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Self-selection patterns in Mexico-U.S. migration : the role of migration networks
McKenzie, David J.; Rapoport, Hillel - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003423206
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Self-selection patterns in Mexico-US migration : the role of migration networks
McKenzie, David J.; Rapoport, Hillel - In: The review of economics and statistics 92 (2010) 4, pp. 811-821
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746438
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Self-Selection Patterns In Mexico-U.S. Migration : The Role of Migration Networks
McKenzie, David - 2007
self-selection of migrants being driven by high migration costs, and with negative self-selection of migrants being driven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521789
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Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity
Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009711851
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Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity
Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009793124
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy : theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - In: Regional science & urban economics 42 (2012) 5, pp. 817-828
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009673907
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy : theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009296647
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy : theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011
We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519903
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Measuring immigration policies : preliminary evidence from IMPALA
Beine, Michel; Burgoon, Brian; Crock, Mary; Gest, Justin; … - 2014
This paper presents the methods and preliminary findings from IMPALA, a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies. Based on a selection of data for six pilot countries between 1990 and 2008, we document the variation of immigration policies across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461308
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Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy : Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Docquier, Frédéric - 2011
We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118275