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Siegenthaler, Michael; Graff, Michael; Mannino, Massimo - 2014

While Switzerland's recent growth of employment was high in historical and international perspective, the reasons for this "job miracle" were not well understood. As the "miracle" was not anticipated by economic forecasters, it consequently resulted in systematic and persistent forecast errors....

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A bad break-up? : assessing the effects of the 2016 Brexit referendum on migration

Clifton-Sprigg, Joanna; Homburg, Ines; James, Jonathan G.; … - 2023

By voting to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) set off a long period of uncertainty and signalled its support for the Leave campaigns, which centred around restricting migration. This paper researches how this decision affected EU-UK migration patterns. We exploit...

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"Eine Politik, die unklar ist und auf Dauer schädlich" : sieben Fragen an Klaus F. Zimmermann

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Wittenberg, Erich - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 76 (2009) 26, pp. 423

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Young FSU migrants in Germany : educational attainment and early labor market outcomes

Flake, Regina - 2013

Sowjetunion, die zwischen 1989 und 1994 nach Deutschland eingewandert sind. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Migranten einen geringeren …Diese Studie analysiert den Bildungserfolg und die Arbeitsmarktintegration von jungen Migranten aus der ehemaligen … Bildungserfolg als Einheimische haben. Innerhalb der Gruppe der Migranten aus der ehemaligen Sowjetunion sind jüdische Migranten …

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A cohort integration analysis of work and education participation among internal mobile and non-mobile immigrants by reason for immigration

Stambøl, Lasse Sigbjørn - 2016

The aim of the paper is to analyse immigrants' participation versus non-participation in the regional labour markets and/or in education. For comparison we have followed groups of immigrants by their reason for immigration, like refugees, labor-, family- and education-immigrants and Nordic...

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Let's be selective about migrant self-selection

Biavaschi, Costanza; Elsner, Benjamin - 2013

Migrants are typically self-selected from the population of their home country. While a large literature has identified the causes of self-selection, we turn in this paper to the consequences. Using a combination of non-parametric econometrics and calibrated simulation, we quantify the impact of...

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Genetic distance and international migrant selection

Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Ruhose, Jens - 2015 - This version: July 2015

This paper looks at the effect of the relatedness of two countries, measured by their genetic distance, on educational migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 main destination countries in 2000 and show that...

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Genetic distance and international migrant selection

Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Ruhose, Jens - 2015

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Diaspora externalities : a view from the South

Rapoport, Hillel - 2018

Migration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets) and for the most part these can be seen as pure externalities. Diasporas are an example of such an externality. This paper reviews the recent economic...

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Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Ruhose, Jens - 2018

This paper studies the effect of the long-term relatedness between countries, measured by their genetic distance, on educational migrant selection. Analyzing bilateral migrant stocks of the 15 main destination countries and 85 sending countries for the year 2000, we find that migrant selection...

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