Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 14,110
Cover Image
The effects of international migration on the well-being of native populations in Europe
Betz, William; Simpson, Nicole B. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-21
Very little is understood about how immigrants affect the happiness, or subjective well-being of natives. We use the European Social Survey to analyze the effects of aggregate immigration flows on the subjective well-being of native-born populations in a panel of 26 countries between 2002 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786218
Cover Image
Do Visas Kill? Health Effects of African Health Professional Emigration
Clemens, Michael A. - 2007
raise sending-country and global welfare. This study uses a new database of health worker emigration from Africa to test … that Africa's generally low staffing levels and poor public health conditions are the result of factors entirely unrelated … greater production of health workers in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051466
Cover Image
A New Database of Health Professional Emigration from Africa
Clemens, Michael A.; Pettersson Gelander, Gunilla - 2013
The migration of doctors and nurses from Africa to rich countries has raised fears of an African medical brain drain …. But empirical research on the issue has been hampered by lack of data. How many doctors and nurses have left Africa? Which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014056418
Cover Image
Modern day slavery : what drives human trafficking in Europe?
Hernández, Diego; Rudolph, Alexandra - 2011 - Rev. November 2011
At a time of increased attention on the international agenda for human trafficking, this paper examines the determinants of human trafficking inflows to 13 European countries based on official records. By employing a fixed effects zero-inflated, negative binomial gravity-type model, we address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010349163
Cover Image
Geography matters : spatial dimensions of trade, migration and growth
Steinwachs, Thomas - 2019
This volume was prepared by Thomas Steinwachs while he was working at the ifo Center for International Economics. It was completed in September 2018 and accepted as a doctoral dissertation by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU). It is a collection of four self-contained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966938
Cover Image
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
Studies regarding the migrants' impact upon performance variables and in particular upon productivity growth - which is the focus of this study - are few although there has been an increased interest in this area. This study addresses this issue in a cross-country and regional perspective with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392342
Cover Image
What drives youth's intention to migrate abroad? : evidence from international survey data
Milasi, Santo - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/12, pp. 1-30
Despite the bulk of international migrants being youth, little is known about the factors driving young people's migration behavior at the global level. Using the individual-level survey data from Gallup World Poll across 139 countries over the period 2010-2016, this study contributes to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012303235
Cover Image
South-North Refugee Migration : Lessons for Development Cooperation
Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
Migration has become a major concern of European development policies. By improving socio-economic and political conditions through development cooperation, a reduction of South-North migration flows is envisaged. This new approach is examined by analyzing the causes of asylum migration from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014074593
Cover Image
A Global Migration Framework Under Water : How Can the International Community Protect Climate Refugees?
Sussman, Caitlan M. - 2023
Climate disaster events are expected to displace at least 1.2 billion people by 2050. However, “climate refugees,” or individuals displaced in the context of disasters and climate change, lack international legal recognition and protection. In 2020, an international tribunal acknowledged in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014344842
Cover Image
The effect of visa policies on international migration flows
Bertoli, Simone; Moraga, Jesús Fernández-Huertas - In: ifo DICE report 16 (2018) 1, pp. 38-41
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011860736