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Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2021

There is a well-established high quality literature on the role of networks, particularly ethnic networks, in international trade. Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers (information costs, risk and uncertainty) to trade by building trust and substituting for the difficulty of...

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Interactions between local and migrant workers at the workplace

Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef - 2010

In this paper we consider the interaction between local workers and migrants in the production process of a firm. Both local workers and migrants can invest effort in assimilation activities in order to increase the assimilation of the migrants into the firm and thereby increase their...

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Interactions between local and migrant workers at the workplace

Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef - 2010

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008658273

High skilled migration and the exertion of effort by the local population

Epstein, Gil S.; Kunze, Astrid; Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie - 2002

The design of optimal immigration policy, particularly in the face of the spiralling demand for highly skilled workers …, we present empirical evidence from firm level data collected in 2000 on the demand in Europe for highly skilled workers … demand ; firm data ; highly skilled workers ; globalization …