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endogenous international migration into a simple growth model. As a result the dynamics of the economy can feature some …
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land-intensive production in the nontradable goods sector (housing). To capture the response to migration on housing supply … welfare effects of labor mark etintegration. Whereas individuals without residential property lose from immigration due to … increased housing costs, landowners may win. Moreover, we show how the relationship between migration and capital formation …
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Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …
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Temporary and circular migration programs have been devised by many destination countries and supported by the European … Commission as a policy to reduce welfare and social costs of immigration in destination countries. In this paper we present an … additional reason for proposing temporary migration policies based on the characteristics of the foreign labor-effort supply. The …
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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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There has been increased emphasis on the linkages between international migration and development at international …, regional and national levels in the past two decades. This recognition of migration as a developmental tool has generated calls … for mainstreaming migration in development with some origin countries making specific attempts at incorporating migration …
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Working for labour platforms is still relatively rare, but the generally poor working conditions and the impact on the world of work are the subject of much debate. Although data are scarce, there is a general consensus that migrants are overrepresented in this type of work. Platforms may well...
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Migration is an important and yet neglected determinant of institutions. The paper documents the channels through which …
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Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to … analyze the migration of individuals encompassing decisions already at the level of education. We present a unified brain … drain model that incorporates the decisions of an individual related to migration vis-à-vis both education and work. In the …
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Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to … analyze the migration of individuals encompassing decisions already at the level of education. We develop a unified brain … drain model that incorporates the decisions of an individual vis - à - vis both education and migration. In the empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336067