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Returns to migration : the role of educational attainment in rural Tanzania
Kudo, Yuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
education in the migration premium. By separating migrants into those that moved out of original villages but remained within … Kagera and those who left the region, this study finds that, in consumption, the return on investment in education is higher … at both destinations. However, whilst the higher return on education fully explains the gains associated with migration …
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Spanish internal migration: is there anything new to say?
Mulhern, Alan; Watson, John - School of Economics, Kingston University - 2009
Spanish internal migration has long been resistant to traditional economic explanations. However this paper examines the data from 1999-2006 after considerable changes in the Spanish economy. Moreover it examines migration at the disaggregated level of Spanish provinces rather than regions, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941107
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Economic situation of eastern Poland and population migration movement
Pietrzak, Michal Bernard; Wilk, Justyna; Chrzanowska, … - Instytut Badañ Gospodarczych (IBG) - 2013
The aim of this paper is to examine population migration flows in relation to the eastern Poland and its economic situation. The empirical study refers to the period 2008-2010. In the first part of the paper, the economic situations of 66 Polish sub-regions were examined. The study used the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271755
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The identification of spatial dependence in the analysis of regional economic development – join-count test application, IER Working Papers, 2013, No. 30
Pietrzak, Michal Bernard; Wilk, Justyna; Kossowski, Tomasz - Instytut Badañ Gospodarczych (IBG) - 2013
The content of the article is focused on the problem of spatial dependence identification, referring to the analysis of regional economic development. Economic development, as an economic category, represents a very extensive concept. Within its framework the following problems should be...
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The best and brightest. Selezione positiva e brain drain nelle migrazioni interne italiane
Nifo, Annamaria; Pagnotta, Stefano; Scalera, Domenico - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
workers with secondary or tertiary education. Also, even in this restricted set of workers, the most talented (the best and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009359922
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Internal Migration and Life Satisfaction: Well-Being Effects of Moving as a Young Adult
Switek, Malgorzata - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Migration typically leads to higher income, but its association with life satisfaction remains unclear. Is migration accompanied by an increase in life satisfaction? If it is, is the increase in income responsible or are other life domains driving the satisfaction changes? These two questions...
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Are Ghettos Good or Bad? Evidence from U.S. Internal Migration
Zhang, Junfu; Zheng, Liang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
It is difficult to determine whether ghettos are good or bad, partly because racial segregation may have some effects that are unobservable. To overcome this challenge, we present a migration choice model that allows for estimating the overall effects of racial segregation. The key idea...
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The Effect of Migration on Income Growth and Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We compare a set of econometric studies that measure the effect of net internal migration in neoclassical models of long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence is about 2.7%. An increase in the net migration rate of...
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The Effect of Migration on Income Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
Using meta-analytical techniques, we focus on 11 studies that explicitly measure the effect of a net migration variable in neoclassical convergence models and derive 57 comparable effect sizes. The data suggest that an increase in the net migration rate of one percentage point increases on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504916
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Internal migration: a review of the literature
Etzo, Ivan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The interest of interregional migration flows in economics covers two important aspects. The first aspect concerns the role played by the main macroeconomic variables in determining the intensity and the directions of the migration flows. The second aspect focuses on migration as an important...
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