the long-term impact of temporary labor migration. We use a propensity score matching (PSM) framework to compare … outcomes. Our results show that households that send women abroad are relatively poor and utilize migration to catch up with …

How migration relates to internationalization has been a prominent question in international economics for a long time … and its relevance for policy has increased with the amplified political focus on migration. But the role of migration for … internationalization is not as obvious as the standard theory suggests, and tightening migration could have unexpected consequences for …

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 …

endogenous international migration into a simple growth model. As a result the dynamics of the economy can feature some …

-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …

This paper examines how immigrants' migration duration and saving decisions in the host country respond to the … substitute consumption intertemporally. However, the empirical results from immigrants in Germany reveal that optimal migration … shorter migration duration than immigrants from wealthier source countries. The empirical results also reveal that saving rate …

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 …

Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to … Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these … assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect of different welfare arrangements on benefit fraud. In particular, we …