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Do emigrants self-select along cultural traits? Evidence from the MENA countries
Docquier, Frédéric; Tansel, Aysit; Turati, Riccardo - 2017
This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060198
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The causes and effects of international migrations: evidence from OECD countries 1980-2005
Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2009
This paper contains three important contributions to the literature on international migrations. First, it compiles a new dataset on migration flows (and stocks) and on immigration laws for 14 OECD destination countries and 74 sending countries for each year over the period 1980-2005. Second, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266400
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Source country characteristics and immigrants' migration duration and saving decisions
Kirdar, Murat G. - 2010
This paper examines how immigrants' migration duration and saving decisions in the host country respond to the purchasing power parity (ppp) and the wage ratio between the host and source countries. It is shown that in theory immigrants may stay longer in the host country as a result of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274426
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Which factors drive the skill-mix of migrants in the long-run?
Beerli, Andreas; Indergand, Ronald - 2014
A pervasive, yet little acknowledged feature of international migration to developed countries is that newly arriving immigrants are increasingly highly skilled since the 1980s. This paper analyses the determinants of changes in the skill composition of immigrants using a framework suggested by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282513
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The role of income and immigration policies in attracting international migrants
Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2012
This paper makes two contributions to the literature on the determinants of international migration flows. First, we compile a new dataset on annual bilateral migration flows covering 15 OECD destination countries and 120 sending countries for the period 1980-2006. We also collect data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318841
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Mainstreaming Migration in Development Agendas : Assessment of South Asian Countries
Wickramasekara, Piyasiri - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028369
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Male vs. female guest-worker migration: Does it matter for fertility in the source country?
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2011
Men's additional income from their guest-worker employment generates a pure income effect, which increases fertility …. The timing of women's higher-wage employment relative to child bearing is crucial for its effect on fertility. If women … effect, which reduces fertility. In contrast, if the time period when women work abroad does not coincide with the period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335987
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Sample bias related to household role
Hitczenko, Marcin - 2021
This paper develops a two-stage statistical analysis to identify and assess the effect of a sample bias associated with an individual's household role. Survey responses to questions about the respondent's role in household finances and a sampling design in which some households have all members...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653497
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Illegal migration and consumption behavior of immigrant households
Dustmann, Christian; Fasani, Francesco; Speciale, Biagio - 2015
We analyze the effect of immigrants' legal status on their consumption behavior using unique survey data that samples both documented and undocumented immigrants. To address the problem of sorting into legal status, we propose two alternative identification strategies as exogenous source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460782
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Après nous le déluge: Fertility and the intensity of struggle against immigration
Azamert, Leonid V. - 2009
present model analyzes this issue in the context of low fertility in the host countries and suggests a novel channel though … which the intensity of the struggle against immigration can be related to fertility. The analysis shows that for childless …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336041