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Cultural distance and gravity effects among migrants: A comparative analysis of the EU15

Tubadji, Annie; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013

This paper introduces cultural gravity as a new concept for analyzing socio-economic disparities among immigrants. It tests the existence of cultural gravity effects on the geographic concentration and human capital productivity of immigrants. Using cultural distance as a proxy for the local...

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Meta-analysis of empirical evidence on the labour market impacts of immigration

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2008

we synthesized the conclusions of this empirical literature by means of meta-analyses of the impact of immigration on …

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Wage Gaps between Native and Migrant Graduates of Higher Education Institutions in the Netherlands

Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 2015

In the Netherlands the share of immigrants in the total population has steadily increased in recent decades. The present paper takes a look at wage differences between natives and migrants who are equally educated. This reduces potential skills biases in our analysis. We apply a Mincer equation...

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International Migration: A Global Complex Network

Tranos, Emmanouil; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter - 2012

Migration has become a prominent research theme in geography and regional science and it has been approached from various methodological angles. Nonetheless, a common missing element in most migration studies is the lack of awareness of the overall network topology, which characterizes migration...

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Migrants and International Economic Linkages: A Meta-Overview

Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 2011

prompted much research on the socio-economic impacts of immigration. The migration issue has become one of the most debated … migration and foreign direct investment. Our primary results confirm that immigration has a positive impact on FDI investment in …

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The impact of cultural diversity on firm innovation: Evidence from Dutch micro-data

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-24

An important question for firms and policy makers is whether the recruitment of foreign workers can boost innovation. Migration studies have demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the regional level, but the impacts at firm level are less...

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The impact of cultural diversity on innovation: Evidence from Dutch firm-level data

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011

Due to the growth in international migration in recent decades, the workforce of firms in host countries has become considerably more diverse, both demographically and culturally. It is an important question for firms and for governments to ask whether there are some productivity-enhancing...

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The impact of immigration on international trade: A meta-analysis

Genc, Murat; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011

distribution of immigration elasticities of imports and exports across 48 studies that yielded 300 observations. The results show … that immigration complements rather than substitutes for trade flows between host and origin countries. Correcting for … fully explained by study characteristics; trade restrictions and immigration policies matter for the impact of immigration …

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Measuring cultural diversity and its impact on innovation: Longitudinal evidence from Dutch firms

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2013

To investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity of a firm's employees boosts innovation, we create a unique linked employer-employee dataset that combines data from two innovation surveys in The Netherlands with administrative and tax data. We calculate three distinct measures of...

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Migration and Foreign Direct Investment: Education Matters

Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 2011

much research on the socio-economic determinants and impacts of immigration. This paper investigates the relationship …

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