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region and move to another. This paper shows conditions under which the (conditional) outmigration probability, work … present an econometric model which extracts the information on outmigration behavior from sample attrition and allows to … estimate a panel data model where immigrants can choose whether to stay or leave a country. The model is estimated using the …
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Assuming that immigrants select destinations according to absolute returns to their observable and unobservable human capital, I present a human capital model of migration accounting for taxes, transfers and limited portability of skills. The model predicts both segmented sorting of migrants to...
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What are the migration policy lessons that can be learned from the Spanish case? Unlike countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants, in Spain having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms of wage or occupational assimilation (relative to their native...
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major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a relatively weak record of immigrant assimilation. For identification …
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reforms in Germany, a country with a weak record of immigrant assimilation. For identification, we exploit discontinuities in …
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The strength of the German labour market response to the financial crisis of 2008-09 demonstrated the benefits of past labour market reforms, which raised work incentives, improved job matching and increased working hour flexibility. Going forward, the government should build on this success and...
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reforms in Germany, a country with a weak record of immigrant assimilation. For identification, we exploit discontinuities in …
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