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, focusing on the instrumental role of migration. In particular, we investigate how climate-induced migration in developing …
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Increasing the realism with respect to the representation of actors, decision-making, and institutions is critical to better understand the transition towards a low-carbon sustainable society since actors, decision-making, and institutions are the defining elements of transition pathways. In...
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explanatory variable in the analysis of migration. Although correlated with other variables that are routinely used in …
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This paper studies the asset pricing implications of a general equi-librium model in which real investment is reversible at a cost. Firmsface higher costs in contracting than in expanding their capital stockand decide to invest when their productive capital is scarce relativeto the overall...
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The aim of this paper is to explain why cross-sectional estimated migration correlations displayed in the academic and … a model with stochastic migration in which the parameters of interest, that are migration correlations, are precisely … defined. The impossibility of estimating consistently the migration correlations from cross-sectional data only is emphasized …
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This paper builds a dynamic general equilibrium model of cities and uses it to analyze the role of local housing markets and moving costs in determining the character and extent of labor reallocation in the US economy. Labor reallocation in the model is driven by idiosyncratic city-specific...
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In this paper, I experimentally examine the employment opportunities of Austrians with and without migration background …. Applications of candidates with a Serbian, Turkish, Chinese, Nigerian and no migration background are sent in response to job … results document employment discrimination for all groups with migration background, it is most pronounced for applicants with …
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gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan … participation. Both women acquiring greater access to education and men increasing their migration abroad contribute to reducing the …
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Using unique Swedish micro data we examine the impact of local public services on community choice. The choice of community is modeled as a choice between a discrete set of alternatives. The US literature has produced conflicting evidence with respect to the importance of local public services....
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population. This paper contributes to the discussion with illuminating the main drivers of urbanization: (i) migration and (ii …
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