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to established ethnic networks, and acquired more years of pre-migration schooling. Using a doubly robust treatment … effect estimator and the IV method, the study finds that the endogenous post-migration education in the host country …
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We study a reform that granted European cross-border workers free access to the Swiss labor market and had a stronger effect on regions close to the border. The greater availability of cross-border workers increased foreign employment substantially. Although many cross-border workers were highly...
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Israel perceives the immigration of Jews as one of its major goals and thus it applies no selection rules towards them. Jewish immigration to Israel hailed from Arab countries as well as European countries. While immigration has shaped the rate of growth of Israel's Jewish population it has also...
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This study examines the effects of cross-border return migration on intertemporal and intergenerational transmission of … function of their migration histories. Return migrants, current migrants, and (yet) non-migrants are distinguished. Transitions …, demographics and migration status. Migration patterns are found to differ systematically between Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, as well …
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depreciation in human capital with migration or differences in endowments. However, even after considering human capital measures …. Diese unterstellt Ausstattungsunterschiede oder eine Abwertung von Humankapital bei Migration. Trotzdem bleibt auch nach …
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While Switzerland's recent growth of employment was high in historical and international perspective, the reasons for this "job miracle" were not well understood. As the "miracle" was not anticipated by economic forecasters, it consequently resulted in systematic and persistent forecast errors....
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quantify three distinct barriers that prevent East Germans from migrating west to obtain a higher wage: migration costs …
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We use administrative social security records and event history methods to investigate graduate migration in Germany …. The results indicate that most migration events happen up to seven years after graduation. Work experience gathered before … and during the studies influences the migration decision, pointing to the importance of labour market contacts and social …
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Little is known about the individual location behavior of self-employed entrepreneurs. This paper investigates the geographical mobility behavior of self-employed entrepreneurs, as compared to employees, thereby shedding new light onto the place embeddedness of self-employment. It examines...
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