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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US?: selective features of immigration to four major OECD countries
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
different destination countries. Focusing on migration between the four countries in our data set, we find that migration within … Western Europe is small and rather balanced in terms of skill structures, while there appears to be a brain drain from Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264459
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Educational mismatch : are high-skilled immigrants really working at high-skilled jobs and the price they pay if they aren't?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines the incidence of the mismatch of the educational attainment and the occupation of employment, and the impact of this mismatch on the earnings, of high-skilled adult male immigrants in the US labor market. Analyses for high-skilled adult male native-born workers are also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872711
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The Brain Drain : Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the United States
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2021
This paper uses U.S. Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labor market characteristics of European-born workers living in the US. It is found that there is a positive wage premium associated with these workers, and that the highly skilled are over-represented compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319042
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What affects international migration of European science and engineering graduates?
Grip, Andries de; Fouarge, Didier; Sauermann, Jan - 2009
migration after graduation. We find that not only wage gains are driving the migration decision, but also differences in labour … market opportunities, past migration experience, and international student exchange are strong predictors of future migration … hardly affect the migration decision. When analysing country choice, countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia appear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872700
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Globalization, brain drain and development
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011
high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant pattern of international migration and a major aspect of globalization. We … migration ; globalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235188
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Educational mismatch: are high-skilled immigrants really working at high-skilled jobs and the price they pay if they aren't?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines the incidence of the mismatch of the educational attainment and the occupation of employment, and the impact of this mismatch on the earnings, of high-skilled adult male immigrants in the US labor market. Analyses for high-skilled adult male native-born workers are also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269380
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262350
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How do migrants choose their destination country?: an analysis of institutional determinants
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding … the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and … and unemployment benefits have positive effects on migration. Also good education and health systems tend to attract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264522
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Are immigrants favorably self-selected? : an economic analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325988
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What affects international migration of European science and engineering graduates?
de Grip, Andries; Fouarge, Didier; Sauermann, Jan - 2009
migration after graduation. We find that not only wage gains are driving the migration decision, but also differences in labour … market opportunities, past migration experience, and international student exchange are strong predictors of future migration … hardly affect the migration decision. When analysing country choice, countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia appear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274069