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Population aging, migration spillovers, and the decline in interstate migration

Karahan, Fatih; Rhee, Serena - 2014

Interstate migration in the United States has declined by 50 percent since the mid-1980s. This paper studies the role of the aging population in this long-run decline. We argue that demographic changes trigger a general equilibrium effect in the labor market, which affects the migration rate of...

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Population Aging, Migration Spillovers, and the Decline in Interstate Migration

Karahan, Fatih - 2014

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Forced Migration : An Empirical Review of Current Developments

Tan Keok, Tay - 2021

This study provides an overview of current developments in forced migration research and policy interests, concentrating on those areas in which offers its particular expertise to policymakers. It maps current research areas and policy trends as of the end of 2016, as well as identifying areas...

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Rainfall and self-selection patterns in Mexico-US migration

Li, Shan - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/22, pp. 1-32

This article studies the role of rainfall in determining the education composition of Mexico-US migration. Emphasizing the relationship between rainfall and migration costs, a revised Roy model indicates that rainfall affects selection on education through not only households' liquidity...

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Climate change, inequality, and human migration

Burzyńskia, Michał; Deuster, Christoph; Docquier, … - 2019

This paper investigates the long-term implications of climate change on local, interregional, and international migration of workers. For nearly all of the world's countries, our micro-founded model jointly endogenizes the effects of changing temperature and sea level on income distribution and...

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Climate Change, Inequality, and Human Migration

Burzyński, Michał - 2019

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African Doctor Migration : Are Economic Shocks to Blame?

Okeke, Edward N. - 2013

It is widely believed that poor economic conditions in developing countries contribute to the migration of health professionals. In this paper we test this hypothesis using new panel data on the annual flow of physicians from 31 African countries to the United States and the United Kingdom. The...

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Selective Migration and Economic Development : A Generalized Approach

Cha’Ngom, Narcisse; Deuster, Christoph; Docquier, … - 2023

International migration is a selective process that induces ambiguous effects on human capital and economic development in countries of origin. We establish the theoretical micro-foundations of the relationship between selective emigration and human capital accumulation in a multi-country...

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Motives behind the mobility of university graduates : a study of three German universities

Proff, Sidonia von; Duschl, Matthias; Brenner, Thomas - 2014

The mobility of university graduates is influenced by economic factors and individual attitudes. The paper at hand … focuses on individual characteristics influencing the spatial preferences of graduates from three universities in Hesse … (Germany). Using survey data from prospective graduates in 2012 we find that the majority has preferred locations during the …

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No place like home? : graduate migration in Germany

Haussen, Tina; Übelmesser, Silke - 2015

We empirically analyze sub-national migration of graduates in Germany and its determinants. Based on a longitudinal … market and previous and subsequent migration patterns. We find that, five years after graduation, about 60% of the graduates … are employed in the university state either because they have stayed or returned. Whether or not graduates migrate largely …

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