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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013441826
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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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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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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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Skill Mismatch and Migration in Egypt and Tunisia
Nordman, Christophe Jalil; David, Anda Mariana - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
The objective of this paper is to shed light on the issue of skill mismatch in the context of return migration in Egypt … and Tunisia. Using data on both return and potential migrants in Egypt and Tunisia, we analyze the skills that migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010795037
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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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Labor Markets and School-to-Work Transition in Egypt: Diagnostics, Constraints, and Policy Framework
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Semlali, Amina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
transitioning from school to work in Egypt. Despite substantial improvements in labor market outcomes in recent years (in raising … employment and participation and in lowering unemployment), unemployment rates in Egypt remain exceedingly high among youth …-age-population with university education in Egypt has increased significantly between the years 1998 and 2006 (from 14% to 19% among men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777401
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Migrating out of a crowded labor market: Evidence from Egypt
David, Anda; Jarreau, Joachim - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 7 (2017) 6, pp. 1-28
, is one important driver of emigration flows in Egypt. However, these incentives turn into effective migration only in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012123