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Return migrants and the wage premium: does the legal status of migrants matter?
El-Mallakh, Nelly; Wahba, Jackline - 2021
This paper examines the impact of the legal status of overseas migrants on their wages upon return to the home country …. Using unique data from Egypt, which allows us to distinguish between return migrants according to their type of … international migration, documented versus undocumented, we examine the impact of the illegal status on wages upon return. Relying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582329
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Return migrants and the wage premium : does the legal status of migrants matter?
El-Mallakh, Nelly; Wahba, Jackline - In: Journal of population economics : international … 35 (2022) 4, pp. 1631-1685
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Return migration and entrepreneurial success : an empirical analysis for Egypt
Bensassi, Sami; Jabbour, Liza - 2017
This paper explores the effect of return migration on the performance of Egyptian household firms. A growing body of evidence suggests that return migrants are more likely to become and remain entrepreneurs (Marchetta, 2012; Wahba and Zenou, 2012). The length of the miration spell, the experience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115194
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Return international migration and geographical inequality : the case of Egypt
McCormick, Barry; Wahba, Jackline - 2004
This paper explores entrepreneurship amongst return migrants, how their business locations and characteristics differ from other businesses, and the implications for rural-urban inequality. First, we examine, amongst returnees, the determinants of investment in a project/enterprise. Second, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514468
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Overseas Work Experience, Savings and Entrepreneurship Amongst Return Migrants to Ldcs
McCormick, Barry; Wahba, Jackline - 2001
probability of becoming an entrepreneur amongst literate returnees to Egypt. Amongst illiterate returnees, overseas savings alone …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014129965
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Overseas Work Experience, Savings and Entrepreneurship Amongst Return Migrants to Ldcs
McCormick, Barry; Wahba, Jackline - 2001
probability of becoming an entrepreneur amongst literate returnees to Egypt. Amongst illiterate returnees, overseas savings alone …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014132297
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Selection, selection, selection : the impact of return migration
Wahba, Jackline - In: Journal of population economics 28 (2015) 3, pp. 535-563
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Promoting better quality job creation for inclusive growth in Egypt
Jin, Yosuke - 2024
Egypt’s working age population is set to expand substantially, with a rising education level, making for growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015081705
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The impact of international migration and remittances on the labor-supply behavior of those left behind : evidence from Egypt
Binzel, Christine; Asʿad, Rāǧī - 2009
draw on the 2006 cross section using an instrumental variable approach as well as on the 1998/2006 panel of the Egypt Labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905562
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Skills and remittances : the case of Afghan, Egyptian, and Serbian immigrants in Germany
Vadean, Florin - 2007
The issue of migration and development became in the last years highly relevant on the global policy agenda. Countries and international organisations increasingly perceive migration as a phenomenon that can positively impact development in both migrant receiving and sending countries, provided...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009229031