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This paper presents new findings on the main characteristics of immigrants living in OECD countries by country of origin, drawing from the updated Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries (DIOC) 2015/16. It describes migrant populations by country of destination and country of origin in 2015/16,...
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STEM workers. We also document heterogeneity in the results, suggesting that European migrants are more attractive for new … recruitment, but non-EU migrants have the largest impact on wage determination. …
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In the context of a knowledge and innovative-based society and economy, smart and creative cities are attracting an increasing number of young people, most of them being gifted, very talented students and high-skilled workforce, with multiple competences . These young people are pro-active and...
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communities with a sufficiently large network of past migrants. …
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This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as to whether or not send a migrant. Yet, the subsequent...
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There is no internationally accepted definition of an internal migrant. Different surveys and academic papers use varied definitions that are open to subjectivity. Our paper stresses this issue and tests the sensitivity of results obtained by econometric analysis to the use of different defining...
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The plight of immigrant workers in the United States has captured significant scholarly attention in recent years. Despite the prevalence of discourses regarding this population, one set of issues has received relatively little attention: immigrant workers' exposure to unhealthy and unsafe...
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estimate the model exploiting panel data on migrants and stayers in Burkina Faso, and cross-sectional data on permanent … education, while migrants at the extremes of the education distribution tend to move abroad. Local unemployment rates, skilled … migration costs, as well as by higher investment in education (for rural migrants). Migration prospects to urban centres drive …
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temporary migrants already in the country as sources of permanent immigration. An overview of key results in the literature on …
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The Roy-Borjas model predicts that international migrants are less educated than nonmigrants because the returns to … predictions and empirical evidence can be resolved when the human capital of migrants is assessed using a two-dimensional measure …
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