We analyze public expectations about migrants’ provision of work effort as a driving force in the self …-selection process of high-skilled migrants. We adopt and extend Piketty’s (1998) theoretical framework of social status and work out how … country-specific public expectations affect the migrants’ choice about their country of destination. As a result, we relate …

location choice of high-skilled migrants. We pool macro data from the IAB brain drain dataset with population survey data from …-skilled immigrants (stocks) in the main OECD immigration countries. The empirical results suggest that countries with higher "American … Einwanderungslands von hochqualifizierten Migranten beeinflusst. Wir kombinieren Makrodaten aus dem IAB brain drain Datensatz mit …

Recent decades have seen a surge in local interior immigration enforcement. In this paper we examine a little discussed … in intensity of immigration enforcement in a local area reduced the labor supply of citizen college- educated women with …

economy - and the role of high-skilled migrants in these processes. This paper surveys the emerging "wider impacts" literature …

economy - and the role of high-skilled migrants in these processes. This paper surveys the emerging "wider impacts" literature …

This paper analyzes the interaction between migrant networks and linguistic distance in the location choice of migrants …

In the wake of rising immigration and concerns about immigrant skill levels, this paper investigates the skill …

Learning about the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives is a topic of major concern for … immigrant-receiving countries. There exists an extensive literature evaluating the impact of immigration on the employment and … of immigration on native workers. Instead, using data from Spain, where the immigrant population has risen from 4 percent …