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Globalisation and Migratory Pressures from Developing Countries: A Simulation Analysis

de Melo, Jaime; Ettinger, Charles; Faini, Riccardo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

with heterogenous households. We assume that heterogeneity and migration costs prevent households from total migration … outmigration is affected by direct measures aimed at controlling migration (aid and increased migration costs) and indirect … have a financial constraint on migration as well as situations of temporary and permanent migration. These simulations show …

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Immigration and Heterogeneous Labour in Western Germany: A Labour Market Classification Based on Nonparametric Estimation

Fröhlich, Markus; Puhani, Patrick A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities in heterogeneous labour markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration policy in economies with labour market rigidities. In an...

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Voice of the Diaspora: An Analysis of Migrant Voting Behaviour

Doyle, Orla; Fidrmuc, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

. These results are interpreted as indicating that migrants’ political preferences change in the wake of migration as they …

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Eastern Germany Since Unification: Wage Subsidies Remain a Better Way

Begg, David; Portes, Richard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

In Spring 1991, we argued that the centrepiece of German policy towards unification should be a universal, temporary wage subsidy in Eastern Germany and the elimination of all other subsidies. Subsequent events have strengthened the analytical case for and practical importance of this policy....

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Mass Migration, Unions, and Fiscal Migration Policy

Gehrig, Anette; Schmidt, Christoph M; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

result is not robust when important labour market imperfections are considered. Much of the migration literature focuses on …

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The Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the US

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper uses US Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labour market characteristics of European-born workers living in the US. It is found that there is a positive wage premium associated with these workers, and that the highly skilled are over-represented compared with...

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Time Preference and Labour Migration in an OLG Model with Land and Capital.

Crettez, B.; Michel, P.; Vidal, J.P. - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 1995

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Immigrant Settlement Policies and Subsequent Migration.

Aslund, O. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000

immigrants in the late 1980's. Despite common perceptions, I find that the evidence on increased secondary migration after the …

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On the Benefits from Rigid Labour Markets: Norms, Market Failures, and Social Insurance.

Agell, J. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1998

The common view that far-reaching labour market deregulation is the only remedy for high European unemployment is too simplistic. First, the ecidence suggests that deeply rooted social customs are an important cause of wage rigidity, going beyonf the legal constraints emphasized in the political...

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Trade, Earnings, and Mobility - Swedish Evidence.

Edin, P.-A.; Fredriksson, P.; Lundborg, P. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000

Using a large longitudinal data set, we study the effects of increased trade on earnings and mobility in the Swedish labor market in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Earnings respond significantly to changes in industry sales, whether generated by domestic market forces or international trade:...

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