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Returns to migration : the role of educational attainment in rural Tanzania

Kudo, Yuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

education in the migration premium. By separating migrants into those that moved out of original villages but remained within … Kagera and those who left the region, this study finds that, in consumption, the return on investment in education is higher … at both destinations. However, whilst the higher return on education fully explains the gains associated with migration …

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Population decline in Lithuania : who lives in declining regions and who leaves?

Ubarevičienė, Rūta; Ham, Maarten van - 2016

Since the 1990s, Lithuania lost almost a quarter of its population, and some regions within the country lost more than 50% of their residents. Such a sharp population decline poses major challenges to politicians, policy makers and planners. This study aims to get more insight into the recent...

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Are ghettos good or bad? : evidence from US internal migration

Zhang, Junfu; Liang, Zheng - 2014

It is difficult to determine whether ghettos are good or bad, partly because racial segregation may have some effects that are unobservable. To overcome this challenge, we present a migration choice model that allows for estimating the overall effects of racial segregation. The key idea...

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Economic situation of Eastern Poland and population migration movement

Pietrzak, Michał Bernard; Wilk, Justyna; Chrzanowska, … - 2013

The aim of this paper is to examine population migration flows in relation to the eastern Poland and its economic situation. The empirical study refers to the period 2008-2010. In the first part of the paper, the economic situations of 66 Polish sub-regions were examined. The study used the...

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Regional migration, insurance and economic shocks : evidence from Nicaraguax

Millán, Teresa Molina - 2015

To test whether transfers sent and received by regional migrants serve an insurance role, this paper estimates the causal impact of income shocks at a migrant's origin and destination location on the bilateral transfer of funds. Using rainfall shocks in rural Nicaragua, I find that migrants aged...

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Childhood determinants of internal youth migration in Senegal

Herrera, Catalina; Sahn, David E. - 2020

find that the determinants are heterogeneous by gender and destination. The higher the fathers' education, the more (less …

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Internal migration in Spain : a complementary approach

Maza, Adolfo - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 3/59, pp. 1-23

This study examines the determinants of internal migration of working-age population among provinces in Spain in the aftermath of the economic crisis. It pays special attention to two features of migration that have not been sufficiently studied so far: (a) Distance, namely the differences...

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The Effect of Migration on Income Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

See also the article 'The effect of migration on income growth and convergence: Meta-analytic evidence' in Papers in Regional Science (2010). Volume 89, issue 3, pages 537-561. Using meta-analytical techniques, we focus on 11 studies that explicitly measure the effect of a net migration variable...

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Modest expectations: Causes and effects of migration on migrant households in source countries

Hagen-Zanker, Jessica - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This research, mainly looking at Albania and Moldova, investigates the reasons why people migrate internationally and send remittances. It also analyses the consequences of internal migration on the wellbeing of migrants and their family and how it affects the relationship between family...

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The best and brightest. Selezione positiva e brain drain nelle migrazioni interne italiane

Nifo, Annamaria; Pagnotta, Stefano; Scalera, Domenico - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

workers with secondary or tertiary education. Also, even in this restricted set of workers, the most talented (the best and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009359922

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