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Crisis Region Western Africa : the cradle of African migration to Europe

Kohnert, Dirk - 2007 - Rev.

neglected - economic and socio-cultural effects of the brain drain. Remittances of African migrants contribute considerably not …

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Migration and remittances nexus : economic implications and analysis

Strielkowski, Wadim; Šperková, Lenka; Jacek, Brożyna - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 19 (2017) 46, pp. 772-789

remittances in the Czech Republic. In contrast to previous studies, we provide a more detailed insight into the specifications of … having skilled position. Our results demonstrate that reverse economic effects of remittances on the source country might be …

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The European crisis and migration to Germany : expectations and the diversion of migration flows ; conference paper

Bertoli, Simone; Brücker, Herbert; Fernández-Huertas … - 2013

The analysis of how the economic crisis in Europe has reshaped migration flows faces two challenges: (i) the confounding influence of correlated changes in the attractiveness of alternative destinations, and (ii) the role of rapidly changing expectations about the evolution of the economic...

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Geography matters : spatial dimensions of trade, migration and growth

Steinwachs, Thomas - 2019

This volume was prepared by Thomas Steinwachs while he was working at the ifo Center for International Economics. It was completed in September 2018 and accepted as a doctoral dissertation by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU). It is a collection of four self-contained...

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Determinants of Romanians' migration within the European Union : static and dynamic panel gravity approaches

Davidescu, Adriana Ana Maria; Strat, Vasile Alecsandru; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 19 (2017) 46, pp. 621-639

The 1st of January 2007 marked Romania’s accession to the European Union (EU) and represented its 'ticket' to a free access to the common market. This soon evolved into an important trigger for the increased migration flows from Romania towards the more developed western countries, members of...

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Refugees' and irregular migrants' self-selection into Europe: who migrates where?

Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Poutvaara, Panu - 2019

We analyze self-selection of refugees and irregular migrants and test our theory in the context of the European refugee crisis. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and...

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Sizing it up: Labor migration lessons of the EU enlargement to 27

Constant, Amelie F. - 2011

While economists were pointing out the advantages of the EU enlargement, politicians and policymakers were raising grave concerns about the significant political and economic differences between the newcomer states (EU12) and the old Europe of EU15. The major point of apprehension was related to...

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Migration, Remittances and Brexit : European Labor Market Integration and Its Effects on Inequality and Convergence

Langer, Pawel - 2019

resulted in a large increase in remittances to New Member States (NMS) and were comparable in size to FDI or EU funds. This … paper adds to the literature by analyzing the impact of remittances and migration jointly, rather than separately, on the … directly through migration, and labor demand indirectly through remittances increasing capital stock. We develop an incomplete …

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Knowledge remittances : does emigration foster innovation?

Fackler, Thomas; Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2018

Does the emigration of skilled individuals necessarily result in losses for source countries due to the brain drain? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively contributes to innovation in source countries. We use...

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Determinants of workers’ remittances: evidence from the European Neighbouring Region

Schiopu, Ioana; Siegfried, Nikolaus - 2006

Workers’ remittances have become the second largest source of net financial flows to developing countries. However, the … main motives for sending remittances remain controversial. This paper examines the importance of altruistic versus … investment motive. Finally, migrants’ skills raise remittances, while a large informal economy in the sending country depresses …

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