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immigration due to its apparently unbearable social and political costs. However these costs are never measured and made … comparable across countries. In this paper we …rst discuss theoretically how tradable immigration quotas (TIQs) can reveal … information on such costs and, once coupled with a matching mechanism taking into account migrants’ preferences, generate …
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This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and in particular labor market...
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Using standard as well as recently developed univariate and bivariate count data models, this paper analyzes the determinants of workplace accidents using a firm data set for Germany. Given the tight system of public workplace safety regulation, introduced partly as early as in 1869, and the...
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inefficient as it fails to internalize such externality. In addition, host countries quite often restrict immigration due to its … this paper we first discuss theoretically how tradable immigration quotas (TIQs) can reveal countries’ comparative … advantage in hosting immigrants and, once coupled with a matching mechanism taking migrants’ preferences over destinations and …
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The diversity of people has economic costs and benefits. Using recent immigration data from 195 countries, we propose … model to predict the diversity of immigration based on exogenous bilateral variables. The results are robust across various …
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We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people … uncorrelated with ethnic, linguistic or genetic diversity. Our main result is that the diversity of skilled immigration relates … gravity model to predict the share and diversity of immigration based on exogenous bilateral variables. The results are robust …
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individuals and governments who care about world poverty. Host countries quite often restrict immigration due to its important … first show theoretically that tradable immigration quotas (TIQs) can reveal countries' comparative advantages in hosting … immigrants and — once coupled with a matching mechanism taking migrants' preferences over destinations and countries' preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011056214
Migrants to Argentina: Their Prevalence, Amount and Utilization; Remittances and Poverty in Mexico: A Propensity Score Matching …
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