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South-South Migration : The Impact of Nicaraguan Immigrants on Earnings, Inequality and Poverty in Costa Rica
Gindling, T. H. - 2021
More than half of those who emigrate from developing countries move to other developing countries, yet there have been few studies of the impact of this South-South migration. In this paper, we examine the impact of migration from one developing country, Nicaragua, on the labor market in another...
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Immigration policies and the ecuadorian exodus
Bertoli, Simone; Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; … - 2010
to the US. -- Migration ; selection ; sorting ; immigration policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003938999
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The economic effects of immigration restriction policies : evidence from the Italian mass migration to the US
Coluccia, Davide M.; Spadavecchia, Lorenzo - 2021
This article studies the impact of immigration restriction policies on technology adoption in sending countries. From … Quota Act, a severely restrictive immigration law. In a difference-in-differences setting, we exploit variation in exposure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012649765
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Crossing the border : self-selection, earnings and individual migration decisions
Bertoli, Simone; Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; … - 2010
Many empirical studies on the determinants of international migration flows rely exclusively on macro data, and do not account for migrants' self-selection. We analyze a very interesting episode in international migration for which we are able to gather individual-level data covering all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966975
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The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest : Evidence from the Pacific
Gibson, John - 2009
A unique survey which tracks worldwide the best and brightest academic performers from three Pacific countries is used to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the microeconomic level, the determinants of these migration choices....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765307
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The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest : Evidence from the Pacific
Gibson, John - 2015
A unique survey which tracks worldwide the best and brightest academic performers from three Pacific countries is used to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the microeconomic level, the determinants of these migration choices....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039488
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Occupation-specific south-north migration
Heuer, Nina - 2010
This paper presents occupation-specific data on south-north migration around the year 2000 using employment data for developing sending and OECD receiving countries from ILO and OECD. These data reveal that the incidence of south-north migration was highest among professionals, one of the two...
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Smart policy toward high-skill emigrants : many proposed policies on skilled migration do little to improve skill stocks or development outcomes, but promising options exist
Clemens, Michael A. - 2015
Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433686
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Microeconometric analyses on economic consequences of selective migration
Ruhose, Jens - 2015
decades, it is important to know both how migrants integrate into the destination countries and how immigration affects …. Chapters 4 and 5 cover the effect of immigration on the host societies by showing that growing up in high immigration area … increases intergenerational income mobility among natives and by showing that immigration may, under specific circumstances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742892
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Who benefits from return migration to developing countries? : despite returnees being a potential resource, not all developing countries benefit from their return
Wahba, Jackline - 2015
Return migration can have multiple benefits. It allows migrants who have accumulated savings abroad to ease credit constraints at home and set up a business. Also, emigrants from developing countries who have invested in their human capital may earn higher wages when they return. However,...
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