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This paper uses an untapped dataset on Swiss immigration and a novel instrumental variable to test three channels through which migrants promote trade. The main finding is that migrant networks are an effective substitute for formal institutions in facilitating trade. The effect takes place...
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This paper looks at the impact of networks on international migration flows to OECD countries. In particular, we look … at whether diaspora effects are different across education levels and gender. Using new data allowing to include both …, unlike the preceding literature on macro determinants of international migration, we can identify the respective factors …
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This paper compares the educational performance of the children of immigrants to the children in their parents' home countries. I utilize the 2003 and 2006 PISA internationally standardized test scores for Italian, Polish, Turkish, former Yugoslavian, and former Soviet origin youth attending...
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This paper compares the educational performance of the children of immigrants to the children in their parents' home countries. I utilize the 2003 and 2006 PISA internationally standardized test scores for Italian, Polish, Turkish, former Yugoslavian, and former Soviet origin youth attending...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702309
The U.S. limits work visas for low-skill jobs outside of agriculture, with a binding quota that firms access via a randomized lottery. We evaluate the marginal impact of the quota on firms entering the 2021 H-2B visa lottery using a novel survey and pre-analysis plan. Firms exogenously...
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In deliberating whether to pursue an undergraduate education in the US, a foreign student takes into consideration the …
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In deliberating whether to pursue an undergraduate education in the US, a foreign student takes into consideration the …. -- Skilled immigration ; H-1B visa ; college education ; SAT scores …
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selbstbewusster und unaufgeregter Umgang mit den Themen Migration und Integration angeregt, zu dem Deutschland leider bislang nicht …
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held constant, faster earnings growth for low-entry-earnings immigrants is found empirically even when age and education …
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Based on a wage curve approach we examine the labor market effects of migration in Germany. The wage curve relies on … wage and employment effects of migration simultaneously in a general equilibrium framework. For the empirical analysis we … vocational degree. The wage and employment effects of migration are moderate: a 1 percent increase in the German labor force …
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