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From farmers to merchants : a human capital interpretation of Jewish economic history
Botticini, Maristella; Eḳshṭain, Tsevi - 2002
Since the Middle Ages the Jews have been engaged primarily in urban, skilled occupations, such as crafts, trade, finance, and medicine. This distinctive occupational selection occurred between the seventh and the ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire and then it spread to other locations. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415389
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Estimating the effect of distance on the migration of higher education candidates
Lourenço, Diogo; Sá, Carla - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210342
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Estimating the effect of distance on the migration of higher education candidates
Lourenço, Diogo; Sá, Carla - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 22 (2022) 4, pp. 739-761
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013450551
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Mobility in an enlarging European Union : projections of potential flows from EU's eastern neighbors and Croatia
Fertig, Michael; Kahanec, Martin - 2013
This study evaluates potential migration flows to the European Union from its eastern neighbors and Croatia. We perform …-enlargement migration flows following the EU's 2004 enlargement. We consider two baseline policy scenarios, with and without accession of … sending countries to the EU. Our results show that migration flows are driven by migration costs and economic conditions, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010194751
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Digging up trenches : populism, selective mobility, and the political polarization of Italian municipalities
Bellodi, Luca; Docquier, Frédéric; Iandolo, Stefano; … - 2024
We study the effect of local exposure to populism on net population movements by citizenship status, gender, age and education level in the context of Italian municipalities. We present two research designs to estimate the causal effect of populist attitudes and politics. Initially, we use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014462133
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From Farmers to Merchants : A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - 2021
Since the Middle Ages the Jews have been engaged primarily in Urban, skilled occupations, such as crafts, trade, finance, and medicine. This distinctive occupational selection occurred between the seventh and the ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire and then it spread to other locations. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320259
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Compliance with the Institutional Wage in Dualistic Models
Martins, Ana Paula - Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI) - 2011
This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008917766
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Compliance with the Institutional Wage in Dualistic Models
Martins, Ana Paula - In: Journal of Economics and Econometrics 54 (2011) 2, pp. 93-126
This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371237
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Compliance with the Institutional Wage in Dualistic Models
Martins, Ana Paula - Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI) - 2011
This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371242
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Mobility of Students and Quality of Higher Education: An Empirical Analysis of the “Unified Brain Drain” Model
Brezis, Elise S.; Soueri, Ariel - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 2013
Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to … analyze the migration of individuals encompassing decisions already at the level of education. We present a “unified brain …” drain model that incorporates the decisions of an individual related to migration vis‐à‐vis both education and work. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010713825