Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute to a more efficient allocation of resources …. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving …

the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … theoretical analysis indicates a tendency toward the favorable self-selection (supply) of migrants for labor market success. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the …

Using uncertainty about the future returns to migration, the option value theory of migration can explain low migration … in the 1990s, we use information on the stage of the application process, migration intentions and ethnicity to construct … close proxies for the option value of postponing migration and for migration costs. The link between the two is shown to be …

In the face of recent refugee migration, early integration of asylum seekers into the labor market has been proposed as … is known about the policies that foster or hamper their participation in the labor market, in particular during the … important initial period of their stay in the host country. In order to evaluate whether inclusive labor market policies …

In the face of recent refugee migration, early integration of asylum seekers into the labor market has been proposed as … is known about the policies that foster or hamper their participation in the labor market, in particular during the … important initial period of their stay in the host country. In order to evaluate whether inclusive labor market policies …

In the face of recent refugee migration, early integration of asylum seekers into the labor market has been proposed as … is known about the policies that foster or hamper their participation in the labor market, in particular during the … important initial period of their stay in the host country. In order to evaluate whether inclusive labor market policies …

literature dealing with the evaluation of labor market programs and with the economic integration of immigrants. Next to … outcomes of immigrants: a) introduction programs, b) language training, c) labor market programs, and d) anti …

This paper examines the role of labor market frictions and moving costs in explaining the migration behavior of US … estimate a dynamic model of individual labor supply and migration decisions. The model incorporates a reduced-form search model … and allows for migration for non-market reasons. My estimates show that moving costs are substantial and that labor market …

Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … relax limits for immigrants in order to control migration inflows better. To this end, we use a real option approach to … migration choice that assumes that the decision to migrate can be described as an irreversible investment decision. In our model …