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Migration from Africa, the Middle East and European neighbouring countries to the EU : an augmented gravity modelling approach
Mara, Isilda; Landesmann, Michael - 2021
The South-North migration corridor, i.e. migration flows to the EU from Africa, the Middle East and EU neighbouring … countries in the East, have overtaken the East-West migration corridor, i.e. migration flows from Central and East European … countries to the EU15 and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). This is likely to dominate migration flows into the EU …
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Interrelationships between human capital, migration and labour markets in the Western Balkans : an econometric investigation
Mara, Isilda; Landesmann, Michael - 2021
determinants and human capital on migration and vice versa. The period under analysis is 2005-2019 and considers mobility from five …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485454
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Cyclical dimensions of labour mobility after EU enlargement
Ahearnea, Alan; Brücker, Herbert; Darvasa, Zsolt; … - 2009
contrast, in the longer run the crisis might lead to a moderate increase in migration from some of the new member states …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874247
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Immigration and national wages : clarifying the theory and the empirics
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni - 2008
This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas (2003) we focus on national labor markets for workers of different skills and we enrich his methodology and refine previous estimates. We emphasize that a production function...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796285
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The Impact of Immigration on Firm-Level Offshoring
Olney, William W.; Pozzoli, Dario - 2018
This paper studies the relationship between immigration and offshoring by examining whether an influx of foreign workers reduces the need for firms to relocate jobs abroad. We exploit a Danish quasi-natural experiment in which immigrants were randomly allocated to municipalities using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142384
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Which factors explain the rising ethnic heterogeneity in Italy? : an empirical analysis at province level
Cattaneo, Cristina - 2014
The paper investigates the determinants of ethnic heterogeneity of the Italian provinces. Among other factors, the paper tests empirically whether gradual improvements in distant communication boost the generation of ethnically heterogeneous provinces. Consequently to easier communication,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336545
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Understanding the role of immigrants' legal status : evidence from policy experiments
Fasani, Francesco - 2014
Programs aimed at reducing the presence of unauthorised immigrants are often at the core of the migration policy debate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472833
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Immigration, offshoring and American jobs
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - 2010
How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008747717
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Does emigration benefit the stayers? : the EU enlargement as a natural experiment ; evidence from Lithuania
Elsner, Benjamin - 2010
states to the UK and Ireland. This paper analyzes the impact of this migration wave on the real wages in the source countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008749905
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Managing migration through quotas : an option-theory perspective
Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2008
Recent European Legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … framework . To do this, we have used a real option approach to migration choice that assumes that the decision to migrate can be … of counterbalancing immigration policies is not odd but it could be in line with an optimal policy to control migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008772378