Using data from labour force surveys conducted simultaneously in the capital cities of seven West African Economic and Monetary Union countries, we estimate a model of residential location choice in which expected earnings play a role. The model is first estimated in a reduced form. Estimates...

The number of migrants from conflict regions in Africa has been increasing dramatically. The European Union shares dual responsibility for the continuing migration pressure: First, because it fostered over decades corrupt and autocratic regimes with dire disregard to principles of ‘good...

Using data from labour force surveys conducted simultaneously in the capital cities of seven West African Economic and Monetary Union countries, we estimate a model of residential location choice in which expected earnings play a role. The model is first estimated in a reduced form. Estimates...

Nach Angaben der OECD steht Deutschland mittlerweile bei der Zahl der dauerhaften Zuwanderer an zweiter Stelle hinter den USA. Welche ökonomischen Effekte sind zu erwarten, und wie sollte die Migration gesteuert werden? Joachim Herrmann, Bayerischer Staatsminister des Innern, für Bau und...

Hans-Werner Sinn antwortet auf Einwände zu seinem Artikel »Ökonomische Effekte der Migration«.

Hans-Werner Sinn stellt weitere Überlegungen zu den Kosten-Nutzen-Rechnungen der Migration zur Diskussion.

Hans-Werner Sinn zeigt die ökonomischen Effekte der Migration und diskutiert die Frage, ob man die Migration so steuern sollte, dass sie zur Stabilisierung und zum Nutzen der bereits ansässigen Bevölkerung beiträgt.

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 capital with two dimensions of immigration policy:...

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 capital with two dimensions of immigration policy:...