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Where is the grass greener? : a micro-founded model of migration with application to Guangdong
Simmons, Peter; Xie, Yuanyuan - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
study how migrants choose between multiple locations using multiple criteria. Migration should reduce inequality in the …
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Menschenhandel : Deutschland beim Opferschutz nur Mittelmaß
Cho, Seo-young - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 39, pp. 3-12
Mehr als 2,45 Millionen Menschen sind laut den Vereinten Nationen Opfer von Menschenhandel, die Dunkelziffer ist hoch. Viele Staaten haben deshalb ihre Bemühungen verstärkt, gegen Menschenhandel vorzugehen und den Opfern zu helfen. Das DIW Berlin hat nun den 3P-Index, der die staatlichen...
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Self-selection patterns among return migrants : Mexico 1990-2010
Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M.; Lara, Jaime - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-18
the selection patterns, we nonparametrically estimate the counterfactual wages that the return migrants would have … that the wages of return migrants are larger than those that the migrants would have obtained had they not migrated. …This paper analyzes the self-selection patterns among Mexican return migrants during the period 1990–2010. To calculate …
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From immigrants to (non-)citizens : political economy of naturalisations in Latvia
Ivļevs, Artjoms; King, Roswitha M. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
migrants and their descendants born on the territory of Latvia. The country of Latvia serves as an instructive laboratory for … the possibility that migrants came with an intention to acquire host country citizenship. Using data from a 2007 survey of …
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Do high-skill immigrants raise productivity? : evidence from Israeli manufacturing firms, 1990-1999
Paserman, M. Daniele - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-31
This paper exploits the episode provided by the mass migration from the former Soviet Union to Israel in the 1990s to study the effect high skill immigration on productivity. Using a unique data set on manufacturing firms, I investigate directly whether firms and industries with a higher...
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Source country characteristics and immigrants’ optimal migration duration decision
Kırdar, Murat G. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-21
parity (ppp) and relative wages between the host and source countries. A theoretical model of joint migration duration and …
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Skilled migration and the transfer of institutional norms
Beine, Michel; Sekkat, Khalid - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19
We examine two impacts of international emigration on the evolution of the institutions in the origin countries. The first impact concerns the influence of emigration per se (i.e. people who left the country can voice more or less from abroad). The second impact relates to the transfer of the...
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The working hours of immigrants in Germany : temporary versus permanent
Kahanec, Martin; Shields, Michael P. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-15
Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating …, we explore how temporary migrants differ from permanent migrants in their labor supply decisions and behavior. After … correcting for endogeneity bias, male temporary migrants are found to work more hours than permanent ones. The effect for females …
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Multiculturalism versus assimilation : attitudes towards immigrants in Western countries
Vani, Borooah K.; John, Mangan - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 2 (2009) 2, pp. 33-50
A long standing area of debate in Western countries is that of the appropriate philosophy for facilitating large scale immigration; should immigrants preserve their traditions and culture while living in the host country (integration/multiculturalism) or should they assimilate themselves into...
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The productivity of return migrants : the case of China’s "Sea Turtles"
Sun, Wei - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19
This paper explores the productivity differential between return migrants (“Sea Turtles”) and non-migrants through a … capitalists are less productive than comparable non-migrants in targeting promising projects and/or providing value-added services …. Given that the VC industry is a useful laboratory in which to look at the performance of return migrants and China …
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