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view tends to neglect two important dynamic effects: the role of migration networks, which could reduce immigrants’ quality …, and the responsiveness of education decisions to the prospects of migration. Our model shows that migration networks and … immigration policies, the initial pattern of migrants’ self-selection on education, and the way time-equivalent migration costs by …
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in a migration experience, which increases the migrant's aspirations. This will induce her to invest more in the … given migration rate. We show that the optimal migration rate that maximizes the post-migration skill-rate of the population … is higher if we allow for the aspirations effect of migration. We use panel data from Indonesia to demonstrate that a …
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increase female migration. We build several original indices of gender equality using principal component analysis. Our … the labor market is positively correlated with the migration of women, especially of the high-skilled. We observe the …
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The question of whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market is an important criterion for an … new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour market shocks. We find that recent migration flows have …
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an ongoing widening of the research focus, from local/regional to international, with migration issues concerning …
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regulations, remittances, asylum and migration as an aggregate process). The convergence/divergence of EU member states …’ priorities for migration policies regulate and even shape directly the migration dynamics in migrant sender countries. From this … standpoint, the research explores how main migration factors are influenced by political and judicial factors such as; rule of …
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Die anhaltenden Asyl- und Flüchtlingsströme und der Antritt der neuen Europäischen Kommission am 1. November 2014 bieten Anlass für eine Debatte über ein Umdenken in der deutschen und europäischen Zuwanderungspolitik. Eine Abkehr vom „Festungsdenken“ ist dringend geboten. Die bisherige...
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Do more risk loving migrants opt for self-employment? This is a question especially relevant for policymakers designing selective immigration policies in countries of destination. In order to provide a rigorous answer to it, we use a novel vignette-adjusted measure of risk preferences in the...
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Force Survey and conducting our own statistical analysis of selectivity into migration, we study whether and how migration … of migration flows in terms of the destinations, gender, age, educational attainment and occupation, reflecting changing …, migration propensity was higher among the unemployed and from the more depressed regions of Slovakia. We conclude that labor …
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The extant literature has focused on migration's consequences for the receiving countries. In this paper, we ask a … methodology combining statistical matching with difference-in-differences, we assess migration's effects on the well-being of …, migration enhances subjective well-being and satisfaction with freedom. The results are robust to sensitivity checks …
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