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Genetic Distance and International Migrant Selection
Krieger, Tim - 2015
This paper looks at the effect of the relatedness of two countries, measured by their genetic distance, on educational migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 main destination countries in 2000 and show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013018280
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How do native and migrant workers contribute to innovation? : a study on France, Germany and the UK
Fassio, Claudio; Montobbio, Fabio; Venturini, Alessandra - 2015
different components of the labour force on innovation at the sectoral level between 1994 and 2005. The authors focus, in … determinants of innovation, such as R&D investments, stock of patents and openness to trade. To address possible endogeneity of … accordingly. Our results show that highly-educated migrants have a positive effect on innovation even if the effect is smaller …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528595
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The costs of Babylon : linguistic distance in applied economics
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Otten, Sebastian - 2012
Linguistic distance, i.e. the dissimilarity between languages, is an important factor influencing international economic transactions such as migration or international trade flows by imposing hurdles for second language acquisition and increasing transaction costs. To measure these costs, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580162
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344609
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Source country characteristics and immigrants' migration duration and saving decisions
Kırdar, Murat G. - 2010
This paper examines how immigrants' migration duration and saving decisions in the host country respond to the purchasing power parity (ppp) and the wage ratio between the host and source countries. It is shown that in theory immigrants may stay longer in the host country as a result of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008669966
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Source country characteristics and immigrants’ migration duration and saving decisions
Kirdar, Murat G. - 2010
This paper examines how immigrants' migration duration and saving decisions in the host country respond to the purchasing power parity (ppp) and the wage ratio between the host and source countries. It is shown that in theory immigrants may stay longer in the host country as a result of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959295
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Fünf Jahre EU-Ostererweiterung : schlechte Noten für deutsche Abschottungspolitik
Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit innerhalb der Europäischen Union führt nicht zu Belastungen des Arbeitsmarktes und der Sozialversicherungen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine aktuelle Forschungsarbeit über die Entwicklungen und Folgen der Ost-West-Migration nach den jüngsten Erweiterungsrunden der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874810
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What determines the net fiscal effects of migration? : proactive policies result in a better labor market integration
Hinte, Holger - 2014
Do migration policies affect whether immigrants contribute more to public finances than they receive as transfer payments? Yes. But simply accumulating the annual fiscal transfers to and fiscal contributions by migrants is not sufficient to identify the policy impact and the potential need for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420025
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Happiness and the emigration decision : happy people are an asset to society, and happiness may be a determinant of emigration
Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2014
Happy people are healthier and more creative, productive, and sociable. Because of these positive effects of happiness, it is in the interest of countries to attract and retain happy people. With respect to the decision to migrate, the central question becomes whether people who are happier and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421971
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The European crisis and migration to Germany : expectations and the diversion of migration flows
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009697665