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The impact of migration on family left behind
Antman, Francisca M. - 2012
This paper addresses the effects of migration on families left behind and offers new evidence on the impact of migration on elderly parents. After discussing the identification issues involved in estimation, I review the literature on the effects of migration on the education and health of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009532139
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Earnings over the lifecycle : the Mincer earnings function and its applications
Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2007
In 1958 Jacob Mincer pioneered an important approach to understand how earnings are distributed across the population. In the years since Mincer's seminal work, he as well as his students and colleagues extended the original human capital model, reaching important conclusions about a whole array...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003586565
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Eight questions about brain drain
Gibson, John K.; McKenzie, David J. - 2011
brain drain? -- brain drain ; brain gain ; high-skilled emigration ; development …High-skilled emigration is an emotive issue that in popular discourse is often referred to as brain drain, conjuring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307503
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How effective are active labor market policies in developing countries? : a critical review of recent evidence
McKenzie, David J. - 2017
Jobs are the number one policy concern of policymakers in many countries. The global financial crisis, rising demographic pressures, high unemployment rates, and concerns over automation all make it seem imperative that policymakers employ increasingly more active labor market policies. This...
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The role of religion in economic and demographic behavior in the United States : a review of the recent literature
Lehrer, Evelyn L. (contributor) - 2008
This paper presents a critical review and synthesis of recent research on the role of religion in economic and demographic behavior in the United States. Relationships reviewed include the effects of religion on investments in human capital, labor supply and wealth accumulation; union formation...
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Estimating the potential migration from Turkey to the European Union : a literature survey
Paçacı Elitok, Seçil - 2010
The likelihood of a potential migration flow from Turkey into the European Union (EU) has increasingly been the focus of debates among academics and policy makers. As having one of the fastest growing populations of Europe, Turkey and its migration potential are the nexus of fears and concerns....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009159572
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Irish migration : characteristics, causes and consequences
Barrett, Alan - 1999
-scale outflows. While some have argued that the low level of development was partly a consequence of emigration, other work has shown … work that has been done exploring the causes of the outflow. Generally, the low level of economic development in Ireland … that emigration helped to improve Irish living standards. I end with the observation that the research agenda is now …
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The cliometrics of international migration : a survey
Hatton, Timothy J. - 2010
This is a survey of some of the key studies in the literature on international migration in history that may be described as cliometric. This literature uses the concepts and approaches of applied economics to investigate a range of historical issues and there are strong parallels with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959313
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Experimental approaches in migration studies
McKenzie, David J.; Yang, Dean - 2010
The decision of whether or not to migrate has far-reaching consequences for the lives of individuals and their families. But the very nature of this choice makes identifying the impacts of migration difficult, since it is hard to measure a credible counterfactual of what the person and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008809984
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Family reunification or point-based immigration system? : the case of the United States and Mexico
López Real, Joel - 2011
While the immigration policy in the United States is mainly oriented to family reunification, in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. it is a points-based immigration system which main objective is to attract high skilled immigrants. This paper compares both immigration policies through the...
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