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Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit und Finanzkrise: Reagieren Migrationsströme tatsächlich nicht auf asymmetrische Schocks?

Brücker, Herbert - 2014

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Auswirkungen der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise auf die Migration in Europa und nach Deutschland. Häufig wird argumentiert, dass die Arbeitsmobilität in Europa gering sei und sie folglich keinen Beitrag zur Absorbtion asymmetrischer Schocks leisten kann....

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Poland – Economic Development Level in Comparative Perspective, 1950-2005

Rapacki, Ryszard - 2006

The aim of the present paper is to show the most aggregate quantitative results of systemic transformation in Poland to … shed more light on the present comparative position of Poland on world development ladder, a historical perspective is … provided. Between 1990 and 1989, i.e. during the period of command economy, Poland witnessed a real divergence trend. widening …

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Does migration stimulate human capital investment Theory and evidence

Brücker, Herbert; Defoort, Cécily; Gruen, Carola - 2008

This paper investigates whether international migration stimulates additional investment in human capital in host countries. First, a simple theoretical model is developed, showing that if migration were allowed, additional human capital investment is possible. Whether human capital endowment in...

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Can Health Foreign Assistance Break the Medical Brain Drain?

Moullan, Yasser - 2009

This paper analyses the impact of health foreign assistance on physicians' brain drain. We use the database from Bhargava and Docquier (2008) to explain physicians' brain drain and health foreign assistance from 1995 to 2003 using a bilateral gravity equation model. In the first time, we propose...

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The Impact of Czech Commuters on the German Labour Market

Moritz, Michael - 2010

In the process of European integration, regions close to a border are especially affected by labour market liberalisation. Using data from the IAB employment subsample (IABS) and the employment register (BeH) for the period before and after the opening of the border (1980-2001) I shed light on...

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Provincial international migration distribution in Spain: which factors are behind?

Villaverde, Jose; Maza, Adolfo; Hierro, María - 2011

International migration issues are at the forefront of the political debate in the European Union (EU). Some reasons justify the increasing relevance of this topic, being the unprecedented scale of international migration flows, especially in countries such as Spain, the most prominent. In fact,...

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Economic crisis and international migration: The case of Spain

Ródenas, Carmen; Martì, Monica; Kostova, Mirostava - 2013

Spain has become a country of immigration very fast and in an unusual way. At the beginning of the year 2000, foreigners represented barely 2% of the total population, a figure which rose to 12% and exceeded 5.7 million in 2012. Considering its population size, Spain was the country which...

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Refugees’ Self-selection into Europe: Who Migrates Where?

Aksoy, Cevat; Poutvaara, Panu - 2019

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...

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Family Return Migration

Nikolka, Till - 2018

This paper investigates the role of family ties for international return migration decisions. The presence of children in the household affects return propensities of couples in different ways. Results suggest that schooling considerations as well as factors related to cultural identity play a...

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The Decision to Flee: Analyzing Gender-Specific Determinants of International Refugee Migration

Schmid, Lena; Renner, Laura - 2020

Using a gravity approach, we explore determinants and dynamics of refugee migration using a gendered cross-national dyadic dataset on refugee movements for the years 2000-2015. Along three dimensions (push, pull and cost factors), we analyze whether there are heterogeneous effects of ight...

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