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Coming to Africa : Should Black Americans Emigrate
Robinson, Brooks B. - 2011
-to-time. Consequently, Black Americans might benefit greatly from the development of a long-term strategic plan that would help prevent such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122672
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Firms Left Behind : Emigration and Firm Productivity
Giesing, Yvonne - 2018
This paper establishes a causal link between the emigration of skilled workers and firm performance in source countries …. Using firm-level panel data from ten Eastern European countries, we show that the emigration of skilled workers lowers firm … to 2014 as a source of exogenous variation in the emigration rates from new EU member states. We argue that a potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927105
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Paper Walls are Easier to Tear Down : Passport Costs and Legal Barriers to Emigration
McKenzie, David J. - 2006
Increased attention to the development potential of international migration has led to calls for greater global …: passport costs and legal restrictions on emigration. New data collected on passport costs in 127 countries reveals enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012783442
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Foreign Assistance and Emigration : Accounting for the Role of Non-Transferred Aid
Lanati, Mauro - 2019
Since policymakers increasingly regard foreign aid as a means to manage international flows of migrants, it is important to obtain accurate empirical evidence on the complex link between aid and migration. Recent research has shown that the impact of foreign assistance on migrant flows is highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012891531
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Do Emigrants Self-Select Along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the MENA Countries
Docquier, Frédéric - 2017
This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942048
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The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest : Evidence from the Pacific
Gibson, John - 2009
to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the … large, not everyone migrates and many return. Within this group of highly skilled individuals the emigration decision is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765307
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Migration on the rise, a paradigm in decline : the last half-century of global mobility
Clemens, Michael A. - 2022
The past several decades have witnessed a rebirth of global labor mobility. Workers have begun to move between countries at rates not seen since before World War One. During the same period, economists' study of international migration has been framed by a particular textbook model of location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820735
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Happy Moves? Assessing the Link between Life Satisfaction and Emigration Intentions
Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2015
life satisfaction and emigration intentions: it is the most and the least life-satisfied people who are the most likely to … express intentions to emigrate.This result is found in countries with different levels of economic development and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023014
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The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest : Evidence from the Pacific
Gibson, John - 2015
to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the … large, not everyone migrates and many return. Within this group of highly skilled individuals the emigration decision is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039488
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Do Emigrants Self-Select Along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the MENA Countries
Docquier, Frédéric - 2018
This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929247