This paper studies the determinants of youth emigration decisions, which is considered to be one of the main causes of …

This paper studies the determinants of emigration from six Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries in light of … and political and democratic discontent, which highly encourage emigration decisions. In addition, socio-economic factors …. However, married individuals are less likely to consider emigration. …

What determines emigration, and what impact does it have on the sending country? We consider the case of Denmark … registers – to show that areas with a more unequal distribution of land witnessed larger emigration. We then use income tax data …, finding evidence of a positive income effect on the areas which saw most emigration. …

unique opportunity to evaluate the labor market effects of emigration. Outmigration has contributed to higher wages for … stayers, as well as to lower unemployment in the source country. However, emigration has also exacerbated skills shortages in …

A growing literature within economics has sought to examine the impacts of emigration on sending countries. Some of the … studies have looked within families and have investigated how emigration affects those family members who are left behind. In … a broad range of life-events occurring between the two waves. These include the emigration of a child but also events …

Many governments seek to reduce emigration from low-income countries by encouraging economic development there. A large … literature, however, observes that average emigration rates are higher in countries with sustained increases in GDP per capita … than in either chronically poor countries or established rich countries. This suggests an emigration life cycle in which …