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Where do migrants from countries ridden by environmental conflict settle? : On the scale, selection and sorting of conflict-induced migration
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Schmid, Lena - 2019
Environmentally induced conflicts can trigger migration. This paper analyzes the location decisions of migrants, i … conflict. In addition to (transport-related) migration costs, migration governance shapes the sorting pattern of migrants …. Immigration policies in destination countries impose further costs to migration or even prevent settlement. At the same time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053203
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Migration und Integration : Deutschland als Einwanderungsland – „... denn ihr seid selbst Fremde in Ägypten gewesen“
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
selbstbewusster und unaufgeregter Umgang mit den Themen Migration und Integration angeregt, zu dem Deutschland leider bislang nicht …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008841597
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Qualification structure, over- and underqualification of the foreign born in Austria and the EU
Huber, Peter; Nowotny, Klaus; Bock-Schappelwein, Julia - 2010
This project focuses on comparing the qualification structure of migrants residing in Austria as well as their over- and underqualification rates to other EU countries. The skill structure of foreign born residing in Austria has improved slightly in the last years. Austria is, however,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392340
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Migrants and economic performance in the EU15 : their allocations across countries, industries and job types and their (productivity) growth impacts at the sectoral and regional le...
Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert; Liebensteiner, Mario - 2010
add migration variables to robust determinants of growth and find positive and significant relationships between migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392342
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Are the Chinese in Africa more innovative than the Africans? : comparing Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants' cultures of innovation
Kohnert, Dirk - 2010
invented anew by transnational migration networks in a globalized world. There is no evidence of the supposed superiority of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346056
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Female migration and native marital stability : insights from Italy
Vignoli, Daniele; Venturini, Alessandra; Pirani, Elena - 2015
In this paper, we argue that the size and the composition of the female migrant population in a given area can affect the marital stability of natives. We take Italy as a case-study and we offer discrete-time event history models predicting marital disruption on data from the nationally –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347111
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How do native and migrant workers contribute to innovation? : a study on France, Germany and the UK
Fassio, Claudio; Montobbio, Fabio; Venturini, Alessandra - 2015
This paper uses the French and the UK Labour Force Surveys and the German Microcensus to estimate the effects of different components of the labour force on innovation at the sectoral level between 1994 and 2005. The authors focus, in particular, on the contribution of migrant workers. We adopt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528595
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How skilled immigration may improve economic equality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-13
. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving …
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Migration, risk attitudes, and entrepreneurship : evidence from a representative immigrant survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - 2013
Do more risk loving migrants opt for self-employment? This is a question especially relevant for policymakers designing selective immigration policies in countries of destination. In order to provide a rigorous answer to it, we use a novel vignette-adjusted measure of risk preferences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223620
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Migrant networks and the spread of misinformation
Elsner, Benjamin; Narciso, Gaia; Thijssen, Jacco J. J. - 2013
in the host country. While the existing literature explains the effect of networks on migration decisions through the … migration. Yet we find no evidence that the quality of the network affects the timing of migration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230050