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Does return migration influence fertility at home? : migrants encounter different fertility norms while abroad, which they can bring back upon returning home
Bertoli, Simone - 2015
migrants, who predominantly move on a temporary basis, encounter new fertility norms in their host countries and then bring … them back home. These new fertility norms can be higher or lower than those in their country of origin. So the new … fertility norms that result from migration flows can either accelerate or slow down a demographic transition in migrant …
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Income of immigrants and their return : both low- and high-income immigrants stay for a relatively short time
Bijwaard, Govert - 2015
The majority of immigrants stay only temporarily in the host country. When many migrations are temporary, it is important to know who leaves and who stays, and why. The key questions for the host country are whether immigrants are net contributors to the welfare system and whether migrants...
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The economics of temporary migrations
Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2015
Many migrations are temporary - a fact that has often been ignored in the economic literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected migration temporariness can impart a distinct dynamic element to immigrants' economic behavior, generating possible consequences for...
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The economics of temporary migrations
Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2015
Many migrations are temporary - a fact that has often been ignored in the economic literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected migration temporariness can impart a distinct dynamic element to immigrants' economic behavior, generating possible consequences for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010476669
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Return versus onward migration : go back or move on?
Bijwaard, Govert; Wahba, Jackline - 2022
This paper examines the impact of unemployment on out-migration by distinguishing between return and onward migration and controlling for total earnings. We use Timing-of-Events models and control for the endogeneity of total earnings, unemployment and out-migration using administrative data...
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Can i have permission to leave the house? : return migration and the transfer of gender norms
Tuccio, Michele; Wahba, Jackline - 2015
and fertility. …
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The effect of temporary migration experience on occupational mobility in Estonia
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Mõtsmees, Pille - 2013
The literature on return migration includes several studies on the impact of foreign work experience on the returnees ́earnings or their decision to become self-employed; however in this paper we analyze the less studied effect on occupational mobility, i.e. how the job in home country after...
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The effect of migration experience on occupational mobility in Estonia
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Mõtsmees, Pille - 2013
The existing literature on return migration has resulted in several studies analysing the impact of foreign work experience on the returnees' earnings or their decision to become self-employed; however, in this paper we analyse the less studied effect on occupational mobility - how the job in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009766364
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Guest workers : adequate incentives for voluntary return
Djajić, Slobodan; Vinogradova, Alexandra - 2013
A guest-worker program can be a very flexible and convenient way of meeting labor shortages in a host country, assuming that the migrants obey the rules. This paper investigates the conditions under which guest workers have sufficient incentives for voluntary return to their country of origin...
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Return plans and migrants' behavior
Chabé-Ferret, Bastien; Machado, Joël; Wahba, Jackline - 2016
This paper studies how return migration intentions affect immigrants' behavior. Using a unique French data set, we analyze the relationship between return plans and several immigrants' behavior in the host and origin countries addressing the potential endogeneity between return plans and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518137