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Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - 2014

This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in the rural-to-urban migration decision in China. We first … village in which the individual resides. We address the endogeneity of the network formation in the migration decision. Our … results indicate that both weak and strong ties matter in the migration decision process, although the impact of weak ties is …

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Return Versus Onward Migration : Go Back or Move on?

Bijwaard, Govert; Wahba, Jackline - 2022

This paper examines the impact of unemployment on out-migration by distinguishing between return and onward migration and controlling for total earnings. We use Timing-of-Events models and control for the endogeneity of total earnings, unemployment and out-migration using administrative data...

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Welfare Migration

Giulietti, Corrado - 2012

This chapter reviews and discusses major theories and empirical studies about the welfare magnet hypothesis, i.e. whether immigrants are more likely to move to countries with generous welfare systems. Although economic theory predicts that welfare generosity affects the number, composition and...

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