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Family return migration
Nikolka, Till - 2018
This paper investigates the link between family ties and return migration using Danish full population register data. Couples returning from Denmark to the non-Nordic countries are positively selected with respect to income of the primary earner. Positive selection holds for male and female...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433762
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Why do Indian children work, and is it bad for them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio Camillo - 2000
framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural … favourable indirect repercussions on the nutritional status of children. Both types of policies discourage fertility. Income re …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415593
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Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - 2000
framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural … favourable indirect repercussions on the nutritional status of children. Both types of policies discourage fertility. Income re …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262340
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Sibling differences in educational polygenic scores : how do parents react?
Sanz de Galdeano, Anna; Terskaya, Anastasia - 2019
We take advantage of recent advances in behavioral genetics to revisit a classic question in economics: how do parents respond to children's endowments and to differences in endowments among siblings? Parental investment decisions depend both on parental preferences regarding inequality in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019317
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Analyzing the labor market activity of immigrant families in Germany
Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias - 2007
This paper analyzes whether immigrant families facing credit constraints adopt a family investment strategy wherein, upon arrival, an immigrant spouse invests in host country-specific human capital while the other partner works to finance the family's current consumption. Using data for West...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630116
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Gravity predictions of international migration flows
Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; López Molina, Gonzalo - 2024
What is the future of international migration flows? The growing availability of bilateral international migration data has resulted in an improved understanding of the determinants of migration flows through the estimation of theory-based gravity models. However, the use of these models as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015163010
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The supply of foreign talent : how skill-biased technology drives the location choice and skills of new immigrants
Beerli, Andreas; Indergand, Ronald; Kunz, Johannes - 2021
An important goal of immigration policy is to facilitate the entry of foreignborn workers whose skills are in short supply in national labor markets. In recent decades, information and communication technology [ICT] has fueled the demand for highly educated workers at the expense of lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012703250
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The dynamics of return migration, human capital accumulation, and wage assimilation
Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2021
This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model where individuals differ in ability and location preference to evaluate the mechanisms that affect the evolution of immigrants' careers in conjunction with their re-migration plans. Our analysis highlights a novel form of selective return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509554
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The dynamics of return migration, human capital accumulation, and wage assimilation
Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2021
This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model where individuals differ in ability and location preference to evaluate the mechanisms that affect the evolution of immigrants' careers in conjunction with their re-migration plans. Our analysis highlights a novel form of selective return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517729