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the labour market and emigration decisions, carrying out the analysis for both Swiss native and previous immigrant workers … undereducation is positively associated with the probability of emigration and return to the country of origin. In contrast, the … reverse relationship is found between overeducation and emigration, especially among non-European immigrant workers. According …
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We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues...
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-scale outflows. While some have argued that the low level of development was partly a consequence of emigration, other work has shown … that emigration helped to improve Irish living standards. I end with the observation that the research agenda is now …
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Using uncertainty about the future returns to migration, the option value theory of migration can explain low migration rates in spite of huge wage differences. This paper presents the theory in a simple two-period framework and uses ethnic Germans in the CIS to find empirical support for it....
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We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121752
In 1988, comedian Eddie Murphy created quite a stir and considerable good fortune for himself with the movie “Coming to America,” which concerned an African emigrating to America. The title of this paper is a spoof on that movie because the paper inquires about prospects for Black Americans...
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Drawing on survey data on emigration intentions in Latvia, this paper studies emigration intentions of minorities. The … paper shows, that after controlling for other factors, the probability of emigration of a Russian minority individual is … higher probability of emigration. These findings can be explained by linguistic and citizenship policies disadvantaging …
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-scale outflows. While some have argued that the low level of development was partly a consequence of emigration, other work has shown … that emigration helped to improve Irish living standards. I end with the observation that the research agenda is now …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321336
-independence survey (1367 face-to face interviews) on emigration intentions in Kosovo, carried out in June 2008. 30% of the Albanian …-speaking-majority respondents have taken concrete steps to move abroad, and emigration intentions have again risen to their pre-independence peak …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205494
the labour market and emigration decisions, carrying out the analysis for both Swiss native and previous immigrant workers … undereducation is positively associated with the probability of emigration and return to the country of origin. In contrast, the … reverse relationship is found between overeducation and emigration, especially among non-European immigrant workers. According …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014255969