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How beliefs about the impact of immigration shape policy preferences: Evidence from Europe
Héricourt, Jérôme; Spielvogel, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
This paper studies the joint determination of beliefs about the economic impact of immigration and immigration policy preferences, using data from the five waves of the European Social Survey (2002- 2010). In addition to standard socioeconomic characteristics, this analysis takes into account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708625
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How beliefs about the impact of immigration shape policy preferences: Evidence from Europe
Héricourt, Jérôme; Spielvogel, Gilles - DIAL - 2012
This paper studies the joint determination of beliefs about the economic impact of immigration and immigration policy preferences, using data from the five waves of the European Social Survey (2002- 2010). In addition to standard socioeconomic characteristics, this analysis takes into account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010822518
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Do return migrants transfer political norms to their origin country? Evidence from Mali
Chauvet, Lisa; Mercier, Marion - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 42 (2014) 3, pp. 630-651
a positive impact of the stock of return migrants on participation rates and on electoral competitiveness, which mainly … own participation, and that they affect more electoral outcomes in areas where non-migrants are poorly educated, which we … interpret as evidence of a diffusion of political norms from returnees to non-migrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010931323
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Do return migrants transfer political norms to their origin country? Evidence from Mali
Chauvet, Lisa; Mercier, Marion - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
a positive impact of the stock of return migrants on participation rates and on electoral competitiveness, which mainly … own participation, and that they affect more electoral outcomes in areas where non-migrants are poorly educated, which we … interpret as evidence of a diffusion of political norms from returnees to non-migrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072393
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The determinants of international immigration in Spain
Moreno Torres, Iván; López Casasnovas, Guillem - In: INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH (2006) 9, pp. 23-46
This paper studies the main factors of economic immigration to Spain between 1994 and 2004. From the main theories of international migration movements, a panel data with information on fifteen countries less developed than Spain is analysed. Our results show that the stock of immigrants of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010992289
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To return permanently or to return temporarily?: Explaining migrants' intentions
Bilgili Ö.; Siegel M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper studies migrants intentions to return to their origin country by making the distinction between permanent … return, temporary return and participation in temporary return programmes. Using survey data from first generation migrants … in the Netherlands, we explore how migrants experiences regarding both the origin and destination countries are linked to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856367
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Migration, remittances and household welfare in Ethiopia
Andersson L. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of international remittances and migration on household welfare in Ethiopia. We employ both subjective a households subjective economic well-being and objective measures asset holdings and asset accumulation to define household welfare. A matching approach is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856390
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Gravity Model Applications and Macroeconomic Perspectives
Gröschl, Jasmin Katrin - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
This dissertation was prepared by Jasmin Gröschl and is a collection of five self-contained empirical essays. They aim at contributing to the understanding of non-standard determinants of trade and migration: historical and cultural characteristics in the United States (Chapter 1),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877519
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Alone but Better Off? Adult Child Migration and Health of Elderly Parents in Moldova
Böhme, Marcus; Persian, Ruth; Stoehr, Tobias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
Increasing labor migration and simultaneous aging of societies are two important demographic developments many poor countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper investigates the e ect of migration on various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886996
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Let's Be Selective about Migrant Self-Selection
Biavaschi, Costanza; Elsner, Benjamin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Migrants are typically self-selected from the population of their home country. While a large literature has identified … counterfactual in which the same number of migrants are neutrally selected. In both periods, we find virtually no aggregate effect in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959688