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Modelling the flow of knowledge and human capital : a framework of innovative capital
Kancs, D'Artis; Ciaian, Pavel - 2011
Recently, the EU Council adopted a new labour migration policy instrument - the EU Blue Cards (BC) - for attracting the highly skilled workers to the EU. The present paper examines the potential impacts, which BC may cause on less developed sending countries (LDC). Our results suggest that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524909
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Guest-worker migration, human capital and fertility
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2011
This work focuses on a temporary guest-worker-type migration of individuals from the middle class of the wealth distribution. The article demonstrates that the possibility of a lowskilled guest-worker employment in a higher wage foreign country lowers the relative attractiveness of the skilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274747
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Migration and Dynamics : How a Leakage of Human Capital Lubricates the Engine of Economic Growth
Sorger, Gerhard - 2013
This paper studies the growth dynamics of a developing country under migration. Assuming that human capital formation is subject to a strong enough, positive intertemporal externality, the prospect of migration will increase growth in the home country in the long run. If the external effect is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078179
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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
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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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Self-confirming immigration policy
Giordani, Paolo E.; Ruta, Michele - 2012
We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non …-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this … interaction multiple equilibria may arise, which are driven by the natives' expectations on the welfare effects of immigration. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009511754
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Self-confirming immigration policy
Giordani, Paolo E.; Ruta, Michele - 2012 - Manuscript date: March 2012
We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non …-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this … interaction multiple equilibria may arise, which are driven by the natives' expectations on the welfare effects of immigration. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534894
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A reluctance to assimilate
Stark, Oded (contributor); Fan, Chengze Simon (contributor) - 2006
Quite often, migrants appear to exert little effort to absorb the mainstream culture and to learn the language of their host society, even though the economic returns (increased productivity and enhanced earnings) to assimilation are high. We show that when interpersonal comparisons affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737408
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Self-Confirming Immigration Policy
Giordani, Paolo E. - 2012
We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non …-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this … interaction multiple equilibria may arise, which are driven by the natives' expectations on the welfare effects of immigration. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108468
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Self-Confirming Immigration Policy
Ruta, Michele; Giordani, Paolo E. - 2012
We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non …-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this … interaction multiple equilibria may arise, which are driven by the natives' expectations on the welfare effects of immigration. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014170950