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This document explores the implications of a migratory shock (in the form of household member(s) leaving) on the labour market behaviour of individuals left-behind in Vietnam. In addition, various coping mechanisms exhibited by each age group and their implications regarding sectoral labour...
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Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of … using marriage to engage in long-distance migration - if they are wealthy enough to match with the desirable migrating … grooms. Guided by a model in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and …
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As a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, five million Russian and Russian-speaking people repatriated to Russia … after about ten years after the peak of migration wave. …
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Russia's attacks against Ukraine have triggered massive and unexpected migration movements. In this paper, I examine … the impact of the inflow of Ukrainians that resulted from Russia's aggression in 2014 on local migration patterns in … internal and international out-migration of the Polish population. I provide supportive evidence that the decrease in out-migration …
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determinants of workers' migration decisions and their occupational choice in destination regions. …
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Despite the burgeoning literature on immigrant entrepreneurship, there is a dearth of research on the social and economic factors shaping the performance of immigrant-run firms. Drawing upon human and social capital theory and assimilation theory, we investigate differences in performance...
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Using comprehensive longitudinal matched employer-employee data for the U.S., this paper provides new evidence on the relationship between productivity and immigration spawned urban diversity. Existing empirical work has uncovered a robust positive correlation between productivity and immigrant...
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This article provides causal evidence of the significant role ethnic networks play in facilitating labor market integration by reducing information frictions. Using full population geocoded employer-employee matched Swedish register data, we investigate how co-ethnic commuters can influence the...
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Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, preventing them from taking advantage of economic … engage in long-distance migration-if they are wealthy enough to match with the desirable migrating grooms. Guided by a model … in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets will be …
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