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Returns to Returning: Who Went Abroad and What Does it Matter?
Co, Catherine Y.; Yun, Myeong-Su; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998
We examine the labor market performance of return migrants using the Hungarian Household Panel Survey. Two distinct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762396
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Returns to Returning
Gang, Ira N.; Co, Catherine Y.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 1999
We examine the labor market performance of return migrants using the Hungarian Household Panel Survey. Two distinct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005839061
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Returns to returning
Co, Catherine Y.; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - In: Journal of Population Economics 13 (2000) 1, pp. 57-79
We examine the labor market performance of return migrants using the Hungarian Household Panel Survey. Two distinct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005169435
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Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants
Gang, Ira N.; Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S. - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2002
language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005626672
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Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.
Gang, Ira N.; Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S. - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2002
This paper addresses the question: Why and where do immigrants cluster? We examine the relative importance and interaction of two alternative explanations of immigrant clustering: (1) network externalities and (2) herd behavior. We advance the theory by presenting a framework encompassing both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005750184
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Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.
Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
on the migrant’s decision of where to migrate. Moreover, the significance and size of the effects vary according to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761708
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The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
“other people”, such as family and friends, are migrants, former migrants, or potential migrants themselves. We examine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703041
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What are Migration Networks?
Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant’s country in the host region. Using …-village-specific variables on migrants’ location choice. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703077
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Economic Strain, Ethnic Concentration and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union
Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper provides a statistical analysis of the determinants of attitudes towards foreigners displayed by Europeans sampled in Eurobarometer surveys in 1988 and 1997. Europeans who compete with immigrants in the labor market have more negative attitudes towards foreigners. In addition, an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703108
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Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566523