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How do migrants choose their destination country?: an analysis of institutional determinants
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding … the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and … and unemployment benefits have positive effects on migration. Also good education and health systems tend to attract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264522
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How do migrants choose their destination country? : an analysis of institutional determinants
Geis, Wido; Übelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding … the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and … and unemployment benefits have positive effects on migration. Also good education and health systems tend to attract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805994
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The Employment and Earnings of Migrants inGreat Britain
Andrews, Martyn; Clark, Ken; Whittaker, William - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
examine the labour market returns to inter-regional migration inGreat Britain... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861658
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Immigration and heterogeneous labor in Western Germany : a labor market classification based on nonparametric estimation
Frölich, Markus; Puhani, Patrick A. - 2002
This paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities in heterogeneous labor markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447106
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262350
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Occupational regulation, institutions, and migrants' labor market outcomes
Koumenta, Maria; Pagliero, Mario; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2022
We study how licensing, certification and unionisation affect the wages of natives and migrants and their representation among licensed, certified, and unionized workers. We provide evidence of a dual role of labor market institutions, which both screen workers based on unobservable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172092
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Wage growth through job hopping in China
Ariga, Kenn; Ohtake, Fumio; Sasaki, Masaru; Wu, Zheren - 2012
differentials essentially disappear. We also find that migration and job mobility are highly selective processes. Our evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291448
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New evidence on mobility and wages of the young and the old
Hansen, Jörgen; Lkhagvasuren, Damba - 2015
human capital theory. Instead, we propose a simple dynamic extension of the Roy model, where worker migration and wages are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308399
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Are immigrants favorably self-selected? : an economic analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325988
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Does better pre-migration performance accelerate immigrants' wage assimilation? : conference paper
Hirsch, Boris; Jahn, Elke J.; Toomet, Ott; Hochfellner, … - 2013
include a standardized measure of immigrants' pre-migration wage based on occupation, industry, tenure, qualification, and the … partial. A 10% higher pre-migration wage translates into a 1.6% higher wage in Germany when also controlling for educational … market. We also find that wage assimilation is significantly accelerated for immigrants with a higher pre-migration wage. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341074