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Migrants and economic performance in the EU15 : their allocations across countries, industries and job types and their (productivity) growth impacts at the sectoral and regional le...
Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert; Liebensteiner, Mario - 2010
add migration variables to robust determinants of growth and find positive and significant relationships between migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392342
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Does development reduce migration?
Clemens, Michael A. - 2014
The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423766
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Remittances and the brain drain revisited: The microdata show that more educated migrants remit more
Bollard, Albert; Morten, Melanie; Rapoport, Hillel - 2009
Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335976
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011
-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336074
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Migration and globalization: challenges and perspectives for the research infrastructure
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences …, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use …. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration trajectories. To alleviate these difficulties, we suggest: (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269198
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Remittances and the brain drain revisited: the microdata show that more educated migrants remit more
Bollard, Albert; McKenzie, David; Morten, Melanie; … - 2009
Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269660
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Immigrant Religious Adjustment: An Economic Approach to Jewish Migrations
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2003
An economic theory of immigration and immigrant absorption for a religious minority is developed and applied to Jewish history. Human capital is classified according to whether it is allocative or productive, transferable or location-specific, general or Jewish. Crossclassifying these categories...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272721
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Labor migration: Macroeconomic and demographic outlook for Europe and neighbourhood regions
Borgy, Vladimir; Chojnicki, Xavier - 2008
of this multi-regions model allows us to put into connection migration with the "triangular" relationship between … demographic and economic consequences of migration ows on both the regions receiving and losing migrants. Our analysis is based on … a very detailed migration scenario between Western Europe and the Neighborhood regions constructed by taking into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430802
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When Drains and Gains Coincide: Migration and International Football Performance
Berlinschi, Ruxanda; Schokkaert, Jeroen; Swinnen, Johan … - 2010
We analyze the effects of football player migration to foreign leagues on the perfirmance of their home country … national teams. We provide a theoretical model predicting a positive effect of migration on international football perfirmance … migrating players, we construct a weighted migration index that takes into account the quality of the foreign league and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313357
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011
-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282554