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Junge, Marin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015

We develop a theoretical model regarding the migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases with the income of the primary earner, whereas the income of the secondary earner may...

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Does migration affect education of girls and young women in Tajikistan?

Gatskova, Kseniia; Ivlevs, Artjoms; Dietz, Barbara - 2017

remittance-dependent economies in the world. Using data from a three-wave household panel survey conducted in 2007, 2009, and …

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Ethnic Self-Identification of First-Generation Immigrants

Zimmermann, Laura; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Constant, Amelie - 2021

for males and females separately, and controlling for pre- and post-migration characteristics. We find strong gender …

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The effect of foreign aid on migration : global micro evidence from world bank projects

Fuchs, Andreas; Gröger, André; Heidland, Tobias; … - 2023

term. We combine newly geocoded data on World Bank aid project allocation at the subnational level over the period 2008 …--2019 with exceptionally rich survey data from a sample of almost one million individuals across the entire developing world and … show that in the short term (after the announcement of a World Bank project and within two years after project disbursement …

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Grohmann, Tobias - 2023 - This version 15 November 2023

Theory suggests that cultural similarity increases migration flows between countries. This paper brings best practices from the trade gravity literature to migration to test this prediction. In my preferred specification, I use lags of time-varying similarity variables in a panel of...

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Gravity predictions of international migration flows

Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; López Molina, Gonzalo - 2024

paper estimates simple gravity models of bilateral migration flows for the whole world and projects these models into the …

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A global assessment of human capital mobility : the role of non-OECD destinations

Artuc, Erhan; Docquier, Frédéric; Özden, Çağlar; … - 2014

capital mobility through bilateral migration stocks by gender and education in 1990 and 2000, and calculation of nuanced brain …

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International migration : driver of political and social change?

Tuccio, Michele; Wahba, Jackline; Hamdouch, Bachir - 2016

This paper focuses on the impact of international migration on the transfer of political and social norms. Exploiting recent and unique data on Morocco, it explores whether households with return and current migrants bear different political preferences and behaviours than non-migrant families....

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Migration, political institutions, and social networks

Batista, Catia; Seither, Julia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2018

What is the role of international migrants and, specifically, migrant networks in shaping political attitudes and behavior in migrant sending countries? Our theoretical framework proposes that migration might change individual social identities and thus stimulate intrinsic motivation for...

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International migration and institutional quality in the home country : it matters where you go and how long you stay!

Tran, Ngoc Thi Minh; Cameron, Michael; Poot, Jacques - 2017

International migrants are widely recognised as agents of institutional change in their home countries. However, the huge growth in temporary migration in recent years demands a fresh investigation of this phenomenon. Theoretically, a country's diaspora constitutes one of the four principal...

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