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Population Aging and Migration
Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
fertility rate and emigration rate are going to develop in Africa. Even modest increases in emigration from Africa would …
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International family migration and the dual-earner model
Munk, Martin D.; Nikolka, Till; Poutvaara, Panu - 2017
Gender differences in labor force participation are exceptionally small in Nordic countries. We investigate how couples emigrating from Denmark self-select and sort into different destinations and whether couples pursue the dual-earner model, in which both partners work, when abroad. Female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615817
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Age at Migration, Language and Fertility Patterns Among Migrants to Canada
Adserà, Alícia - 2013
This paper explores the fertility decisions of Canadian immigrants using the 20 percent sample of the Canadian Census … assimilation in terms of fertility. Our analysis does not show any sharp discontinuity by age at migration as sometimes observed on … education or labor market outcomes are not present in fertility outcomes. Rather, there is an inverted U shape relationship …
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The cultural diffusion of the fertility transition : evidence from internal migration in 19th century France
Daudin, Guillaume; Franck, Raphaël; Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
migration affected fertility by building a decennial bilateral migration matrix between French regions for 1861-1911. The … suggest the convergence towards low birth rates can be explained by the diffusion of low-fertility norms by migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476530
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International Migration of Couples
Junge, Martin - 2014
We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048881
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International Migration of Couples
Junge, Martin - 2014
We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049738
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Family decision-making on international migration : conference paper
Nikolka, Till; Poutvaara, Panu - 2014
We use a unique survey of Danes who have emigrated between 1987 and 2002 to study intra-family decision-making on international migration. Our survey reached 582 respondents with a Danish partner who was the same as before emigration. We model family decision-making in a bargaining framework and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484413
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Regional economic impacts of immigration : a review
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2009 - Version: 23 July 2009
A burgeoning literature has emerged during the last two decades to assess the economic impacts of immigration on host countries. In recent years much research has been at the national level under the assumption that impacts in open regions may dissipate through adjustment processes such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378311
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Networks and selection in international migration to Spain
Neubecker, Nina; Smolka, Marcel; Steinbacher, Anne - 2013 - This version: May 2013
This paper provides new evidence on migrant networks as determinants of the total size (scale) and skill structure of migration, using aggregate data from a recent migration boom to Spain. We draw upon McFadden (1984, 1422-1428) in order to develop and apply a three-level nested multinomial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763852
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On the migration decision of IT-graduates : a two-level nested logit model
Mahmood, Talat; Schömann, Klaus - 2003
Discrete choice models are used to investigate the individual's choice among a discrete number of alternatives. The characteristics of each alternative, by means of a multinomial and nested multinomial models have been taken into account. Specifically, this study analyses the impact of choice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009788281