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the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
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the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247704
This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the (imperfect) international transferability of human capital. Data are drawn from the 2009 Italian Labour Force Survey (LFS). We show that returns to human capital are considerably lower...
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factors which attract highly qualified migrants to specific regions and the role of labour-migration policy is analysed. Our …. Based on these empirical results we discuss options of decentralized migration policy in Germany. …
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, models that include externalities or selective migration suggest that regional differences might well increase due to … interregional migration of workers. We investigate the impact of labour mobility on regional disparities in Germany between 1995 and … 2005. Considering the impact of migration as well as commuting, effects on regional wages and unemployment are estimated …
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Unterschiede in den regionalen Arbeitsmarktbedingungen prägen Deutschland seit längerem, besonders zwischen dem östlichen und dem westlichen Landesteil. Üblicherweise postulieren neoklassische Modelle, dass die Mobilität der Arbeitskräfte zur Angleichung regionaler Bedingungen führt. Im...
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factors which attract highly qualified migrants to specific regions and the role of labour-migration policy is analysed. Our …. Based on these empirical results we discuss options of decentralized migration policy in Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211051
Migration and urbanization have transformed the Chinese economy and society in the past 25 years. This paper intends to …
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disparities. Registered migration rates have declined dramatically since the last years of Soviet era, yet they are high by … both on gross and net migration flows. Age and education effects are consistent with predictions of the human capital model … of migration. Non-employed persons, as well as commuters between regions, are significantly more likely to become …
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This paper provides empirical evidence that individual labor productivity significantly depends on the size of the local labor market in which a worker previously acquired work experience. The analysis uses German micro data from the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) on transitions to...
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