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A critical comparison of migration policies : entry fee versus quota
Stark, Oded; Byra, Lukasz; Casarico, Alessandra; … - 2017
We ask which migration policy a developed country will choose when its objective is to attain the optimal skill composition of the country's workforce, and when the policy menu consists of an entry fee and a quota. We compare these two policies under the assumptions that individuals are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011770608
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A critical comparison of migration policies : entry fee versus quota
Stark, Oded; Byra, Lukasz; Casarico, Alessandra; … - 2017
We ask which migration policy a developed country will choose when its objective is to attain the optimal skill composition of the country's workforce, and when the policy menu consists of an entry fee and a quota. We compare these two policies under the assumptions that individuals are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011665686
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Refugees' and irregular migrants' self-selection into Europe: who migrates where?
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Poutvaara, Panu - 2019
We analyze self-selection of refugees and irregular migrants and test our theory in the context of the European refugee crisis. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138985
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Refugees' and irregular migrants' self-selection into Europe : who migrates where?
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Poutvaara, Panu - 2020
We analyze self-selection of refugees and irregular migrants and test our theory in the context of the European refugee crisis. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161688
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Chapter 1. Migration Theory
Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Simpson, Nicole B.; Sparber, Chad - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 3-51). 2015
This chapter provides a comprehensive expository survey and synthesis of the theoretical determinants of migration. Early work beginning with Adam Smith, running through the pioneering research of Larry Sjaastad in the 1960s, and continuing through the end of the twentieth century established...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025482
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The return to work and how it is taxed : a dynamic perspective
Brewer, Mike; Dias, Mónica Costa; Shaw, Jonathan - 2018
This paper provides an empirical account of the dynamic return to work, and how this is affected by taxes and benefits …, and the forward-looking participation tax rate (FLPTR), which measures the impact of personal taxes and transfers on the …, we find a dynamic perspective makes relatively little difference to the extent to which personal taxes and transfers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011923698
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Decomposing migrant self-selection : education, occupation, and unobserved abilities
Kauppinen, Ilpo; Poutvaara, Panu - 2023
We analyze self-selection and sorting of emigrants from Finland, using full-population administrative data from Statistics Finland. We analyze emigration events lasting at least five years and decompose migrant self-selection into education, occupation, and unobserved abilities. Our analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247383
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Endowment or discrimination? : an analysis of immigrant-native earnings differentials in Switzerland
Golder, Stefan M. - 2000
Recent studies have shown that there are significant earnings differentials between immigrants and natives in Switzerland. The goal of this paper is to determine whether these differences can be attributed to diverging socio-economic endowments or to discrimination. We use the well-known...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476143
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The effect of occupation-specific brain drain on human capital
Heuer, Nina - 2011
This paper tests the hypothesis of a beneficial brain drain using occupation-specific data on migration from developing countries to OECD countries around 2000. Distinguishing between several types of human capital allows to assess whether the impact of high-skilled south-north migration on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304636
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Human-Capital Formation, Asymmetric Information, and the Dynamics of International Migration
Chau, Nancy H.; Stark, Oded - In: The Economics of Globalization: Policy Perspectives …, (pp. 333-370). 1999
[Introduction:] Whatever workers may take with them when they migrate, they cannot possibly transfer their home country's information structure. Consequently, foreign-country employers are not as well informed about home-country workers as are home-country employers. Typically, migration runs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012503514