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The dynamics of inter-regional migration in Poland

Mulhern, Alan; Ghatak, Subrata; Watson, John - School of Economics, Kingston University - 2004

In this paper, we modify the Harris-Todaro model of migration to incorporate the impact of human capital, housing stock … migration in different regions of the transition economy Poland. We apply the Seemingly Unrelated Rgression Equation [SURE … regional migration in Poland. Human capital is an important explanatory factor as is the provision of key publicly provided …

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The impact of corruption on apprehension level of immigrants: A study of the United States immigration

Buzurukov, Bilol; Lee, Byeong Wan - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

This paper demonstrates the effect of country level corruption on illicit behavior of individuals in a foreign country. The empirical research investigates the probability of individuals being apprehended overseas due to the influence of corrupt environment in their home countries. Using...

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Why Don't Migrants with Secondary Education Return?

Ivanova, Renata; Jeong, Byeongju - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2011

The paper attempts to explain a U-shaped pattern of return migration rates with respect to educational attainment. We … develop a two period OLG model with emigration and return migration decisions undertaken by agents heterogeneous in terms of … educational attainment. The immigration policy is considered as an additional determinant for the migration decision. The model …

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Remittances and Return Migration

Collier, William; Piracha, Matloob; Randazzo, Teresa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. We investigate the remittance behaviour using the migrants’ conditions before migration as well … as during the migration experience. Using a two-part model, we show that the decision to remit and the amount remitted … depend on a combination of different migrant characteristics as well as the duration and form of migration. We also consider …

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Ethnic Identity and Immigrants' Wages in Greece

Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This study investigates the impact of ethnic identity on Albanian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Georgian, and Russian wages in Greece. Treating ethnic identity as a composite of language, cultural habits, ethnic-self identification, societal interaction, and future citizenship plans, the estimations...

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Immigrants' Effect on Native Workers: New Analysis on Longitudinal Data

Foged, Mette; Peri, Giovanni - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2015

Using longitudinal data on the universe of workers in Denmark during the period 1991-2008 we track the labor market outcomes of low skilled natives in response to an exogenous inflow of low skilled immigrants. We innovate on previous identification strategies by considering immigrants...

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The Labor Market Effects of Reducing the Number of Illegal Immigrants

Chassamboulli, Andri; Peri, Giovanni - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2015

A controversial issue in the US is how to reduce the number of illegal immigrants and what effect this would have on the US economy. To answer this question we set up a two-country model with search in labor markets and featuring legal and illegal immigrants among the low skilled. We calibrate...

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Social Protection for Migrant Workers in ASEAN

Pasadilla, Gloria; Abella, Manolo - CESifo - 2012

cooperation in social security. It discusses evidence of growth of migration in East Asia and the growing need for portability of …

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Costs and Benefits of Immigration and Multicultural Interaction

Bonn, Moritz - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2012

are willing to vote for free migration whereas those who have higher learning costs will be in favor of immigration …

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Spatial relationship between unemployment, immigration, and criminality

Mora, Jhon James; Sandoval, Luis; Riaño, Laura Carolina - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 33 (2024), pp. 1-16

This article discusses the relationships between immigration, unemployment, and crime. Venezuelan social and economic instability has led to an exodus of Venezuelan citizens to Colombian cities in recent years. Cali, the third most important city in Colombia, is aware of this phenomenon, as it...

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