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Herd effects or migration networks? The location choice of Mexican immigrants in the US

Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002

Mexican Migration Project data. Our empirical results show that both network externalities and herds have significant effects …

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Enclaves, language and the location choice of migrants

Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002

Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …

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Assimilation through marriage

Epstein, Gil S.; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana - 2012

During the last few decades cultural changes have been taking place in many countries due to migration. The degree to …

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Migration, transfers and child labor

Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2015

We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999, 2000) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household...

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Multi-Generation Model of Immigrant Earnings: Theory and Application

Epstein, Gil S.; Lecker, Tikva - 2001

The literature, starting with Chiswick (1977, 1978) to Gang and Zimmermann (2000), more recently, focuses on the economic achievements and performance of first- and second-generation migrants. This paper presents a three-generation migrant analysis, comparing relative economic performance of...

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Migration and university education: An empirical (macro) link

Akkoyunlu, Şule; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2022

and migration. We examine the specific link between the acquisition of high levels of human capital in the form of … university education in Turkey and migration to Germany. We implement bounds testing procedures to ascertain the long …-run relationships with the variables of interest in a migration model. Although the bounds testing procedure has advantages compared to …

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Migrants, ethnicity and strategic assimilation

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2006

Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers to trade such as information costs, risk, and uncertainty by building trust and by substituting for the difficulty of enforcing contracts internationally. We study networks which emerge from the interaction (i) between migrants and...

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Migrants, ethnicity and the welfare state

Epstein, Gil S. - 2012

A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less assimilated. Less assimilation affects the reaction of the local...

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Government and cities: Contests and the decentralization of decision making

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002

Governments do not have perfect information regarding the priorities and the needs of different groups in the economy. This lack of knowledge opens the door for different groups to lobby the government in order to receive the government’s support. We set up a model of hierarchical contests and...

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The why, when and how of immigration amnesties

Epstein, Gil S.; Weiss, Avi - 2009

This paper presents some of the many issues involved in the granting of an amnesty to illegal immigrants. Complementing studies by Chau (2001, 2003), Karlson and Katz (2003) and Gang and Yun (2006), we consider government behavior with respect to allocations on limiting infiltration (border...

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