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The effects of international migration on the well-being of native populations in Europe
Betz, William; Simpson, Nicole B. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-21
Very little is understood about how immigrants affect the happiness, or subjective well-being of natives. We use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786218
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In transit : the well-being of migrants from transition and post-transition countries
Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol - 2014
The extant literature has focused on migration's consequences for the receiving countries. In this paper, we ask a different but important question: how much do migrants gain from moving to another country? Using Gallup World Poll data and a methodology combining statistical matching with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412653
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Local-level immigration and life satisfaction : the EU enlargement experience in England and Wales
Ivlevs, Artjoms; Veliziotis, Michail - 2015
The 2004 European Union enlargement resulted in an unprecedented wave of 1.5 million workers relocating from Eastern Europe to the UK. We study how this migrant inflow affected life satisfaction of native residents in England and Wales. Combining the British Household Panel Survey with the Local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388106
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Migrant well-being after leaving transition economies : evidence is mixed on whether quality of life improves for migrants from post-socialist economies
Nikolova, Milena - 2015
Most comparative research suggests that immigrants from post-socialist countries earn less than natives, work in jobs for which they are overqualified, and may experience unhappiness compared with natives, other immigrants, and non-migrants. In contrast, one study presents causal evidence which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433593
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Inter-ethnic marriage and partner satisfaction
Sinning, Mathias; Worner, Shane - 2010
This paper investigates immigrant assortative mating and relationship satisfaction. Using a modified random effects ordered probit model, the paper demonstrates that spouses of mixed couples are significantly less satisfied with their partner than nativeonly and foreign-only couples. --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008934346
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The Well-Being of Nations : Estimating Welfare from International Migration
Lee, Sanghoon - 2019
The limitations of GDP as a measure of welfare are well known. We propose a new method of estimating the well-being of nations. Using gross bilateral international migration flows and a discrete choice model in which everyone in the world chooses a country in which to live, we estimate each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860549
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Social deprivation and exclusion of immigrants in Germany
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Sinning, Mathias - 2007
This paper aims at providing empirical evidence on social exclusion of immigrants in Germany. We demonstrate that when using a conventional definition of the social inclusion index typically applied in the literature, immigrants appear to experience a significant degree of social deprivation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631294
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Happiness among North-to-South Migrants in Europe
Bartram, David - 2013
/her happiness. By the same logic, migration from a wealthy country to a poorer one might bring a higher status position for the … migrant and so might raise his/her happiness. This paper investigates happiness among migrants who move from northern European … that the difference represents a decrease in happiness for the migrants (and not a difference in happiness prior to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155961
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Is immigration good for Europe? : long-run evidence using comprehensive well-being
O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2024
The immigrant (foreign-born) population increased by 32 million in total across 37 European countries from 1990 to 2019. Much of this movement was from east to west. Indeed, both the total and foreign-born populations declined in the former Eastern Bloc over this period. Such demographic shifts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014637523
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The Effects of International Migration on the Well-Being of Native Populations in Europe
Betz, William - 2013
little is understood about how migrants affect the happiness, or subjective well-being, of natives.This paper uses the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082143