About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and irregular migrants are self-selected. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on...

We analyze self-selection of refugees and irregular migrants and test our theory in the context of the European refugee crisis. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and...

We analyze self-selection of refugees and irregular migrants and test our theory in the context of the European refugee crisis. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and...

About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and irregular migrants are self-selected. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on...

About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and irregular migrants are self-selected. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on...

Der ifo Migrationsmonitor, der vom Ifo Center of Excellence for Migration and Integration Research (CEMIR) herausgegeben und vierteljährlich erscheinen wird, stellt aktuelle Informationen zur regulären Einwanderung und zu den Asylsuchenden in der Europäischen Union bereit. Der erste Artikel...

Angesichts des demografischen Wandels wird Deutschland in den kommenden Jahren mit einem zunehmenden Fachkräftemangel konfrontiert sein. In Deutschland kann das Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz notwendige Kompetenzen sichern: Damit es diese Wirkung entfalten kann, sollten der Visaprozess und die...

This paper uses Danish full population register data from 1995 to 2001 to analyze self-selection of migrants from Denmark. We find that Danish emigrants are more educated and have higher pre-emigration earnings than non-migrants. The earnings of emigrants are not higher only on average, but the...