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We study policies that are aimed at retaining a migrant workforce in a Gulf State while introducing a tax on migrant earnings. We single out Qatar as a case study. We consider two types of migrants: target migrants, and non-target migrants. If migrants are target migrants, we show that in order...
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We study policies that are aimed at retaining a migrant workforce in a Gulf State while introducing a tax on migrant earnings. We single out Qatar as a case study. We consider two types of migrants: target migrants, and non-target migrants. If migrants are target migrants, we show that in order...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867669
decentralized markets, CM and DM hereafter, respectively). Moreover, the last century has witnessed the secular migration of asset …
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In this paper, we present theory and global evidence on how mobile internet access affects desire and plans to emigrate. Our theory predicts that mobile internet access increases desire and plans to emigrate. Our empirical analysis combines survey data on 617,402 individuals from 2,120...
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continue to make significant investments in information campaigns designed to discourage irregular African migration. Despite … extent are potential migrants actually misinformed about the migration journey and destination countries? We bring … representative survey data collected in Benin City, Nigeria - a center of irregular migration - to bear on this question. Three key …
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convergence should follow increased migration, capital flows, and commercial integration. All three have increased between the … evidence we do find is most likely due to factors unrelated to US-Mexico integration. While migration, trade, and FDI may …
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their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further … implications. Third, we review the national gatekeepers for skilled migration and broad differences in approaches used to select …
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This paper develops and estimates a joint hazard-longitudinal (JHL) model of the timing of migration and labor market … endogenous age of entry in estimating the returns to years since migration by allowing cross-equation correlations of random …
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The aim of this paper is to estimate the causal effect of the migration of Venezuelans to Colombia on the Colombian …
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I estimate the effect of the Venezuelan exodus on the Colombian labor market. The economic and social crisis in Venezuela triggered one of the most important migratory exoduses in recent decades: more than 4 million Venezuelans left their country and close to 1.8 million arrived in Colombia. I...
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