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Migration strategies of the crisis-stricken youth in an enlarged European Union

Kahanec, Martin; Fabo, Brian - 2013

This paper studies the migration response of the youth from new EU member states to disparate conditions in an enlarged … duration. We find that migration intentions are high among those not married and among males with children, but both categories … are also overrepresented among people with only temporary as opposed to long-term or permanent migration plans. Whereas …

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The Mobility Challenge for Growth and Integration in Europe

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

value of labor mobility for economic prosperity and its determinants. Labor migration and not welfare migration dominates … the future a much higher level of circular and permanent migration. …

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Human capital sorting: The "when" and "who" of sorting of talents to urban regions

Ahlin, Lina; Andersson, Martin; Thulin, Per - 2017

Sorting of high-ability workers is a main source of urban-rural disparities in economic outcomes. Less is known about when such human capital sorting occurs and who it involves. Using data on 15 cohorts of university graduates in Sweden, we demonstrate significant sorting to urban regions on...

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Exit, voice and political change: Evidence from Swedish mass migration to the United States

Karadja, Mounir; Prawitz, Erik - 2018

We study the political effects of mass emigration to the United States in the 19th century using data from Sweden. To instrument for total emigration over several decades, we exploit severe local frost shocks that sparked an initial wave of emigration, interacted with within-country travel...

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Secondary education and international labor mobility: Evidence from the natural experiment in the Philippines

Sakai, Yoko; Masuda, Kazuya - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-22

International labor mobility is a key factor for a well-functioning labor market. Although educational attainment is known to affect regional labor mobility within a country, evidence of a relationship between schooling and international labor mobility is limited, particularly in developing...

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Demographics, labor mobility, and productivity

Wilson, Edgar J.; Jayanthakumaran, Kankesu; Verma, Reetu - 2012

better information on migration and for wage premiums and discounts to be estimated across sectors and countries. The second … migration policies. Whilst it is possible to share the burdens of ageing and dependency through migration, this will not happen … under present arrangements. Migration cannot continue to be treated differently to trade and finance. A framework needs to …

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Labor mobility in an enlarged European Union

Kahanec, Martin - 2012

have with little doubt exceeded any pecuniary and non-pecuniary costs of migration. In conclusion, the freedom of movement …

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Spatial wage gaps and frictional labor markets

Heise, Sebastian; Porzio, Tommaso - 2019

quantify three distinct barriers that prevent East Germans from migrating west to obtain a higher wage: migration costs …

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Pareto efficiency of the pay-as-you-go pension system in a three-period-OLG model

Wrede, Matthias - 1998

The paper considers an unfunded linear pension system when workers make labor decisions more often than once in their life. To capture this feature, a three-period-overlapping-generations model is employed. On the one hand, the paper analyzes whether or not a Pay-as-you-go pension scheme is...

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Mobility and reliefs for traveling expenses to work

Wrede, Matthias - 1999

This paper proposes the question whether or not traveling expenses to work should be deductible from the income tax base. In order to answer this question, a simple model of (im-) perfect household and worker mobility is employed. The focus of the analysis is on the efficient use of land and the...

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