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ICT, online search behavior, and remittances : evidence from the Kyrgyz Republic

Roland-Holst, David W.; Karymshakov, Kamalbek; … - 2022

Infrastructure has always been a fundamental driver of long-term economic growth, but in recent decades information and communication technology (ICT) has supported and accelerated the growth of the global economy in ways beyond the imagining of our ancestors. This study examines the role of ICT...

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Immigrant entrepreneurship in Romania : drawing best practices from Middle Eastern immigrant entrepreneurs' experiences

Ozmen, Ozgur; Grosu, Raluca Mariana; Dragusin, Mariana - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 23 (2021) 56, pp. 260-275

outlined in this paper emphasize both descriptive and practical features. Migration-related particularities, entrepreneurs …

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Bilateral labor agreements and the migration of Filipinos : an instrumental variable approach

O'Steen, Brianna - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-29

Bilateral labor agreements (BLAs) are preferred policy models for regulating migration by many governments around the … following analysis answers the question "Do BLAs affect the migration outflows of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)?" using a … drive migration. However, BLAs have statistically significant effects on gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and exports …

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Women's economic rights in developing countries and the gender gap in migration to Germany

Neumayer, Eric; Plümper, Thomas - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-23

that women's economic rights in developing countries of origin have three effects on their migration prospects to a place …'s agency to make or otherwise influence migration decisions. These two constraining effects on the female share in migrant … powerful push factor. We find corroborating evidence in our analysis of the gender composition of migration to Germany over the …

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Migration and forsaken schooling in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/4, pp. 1-27

Large international earnings differentials negatively impact human capital investments in migrant-origin countries. We find that three Central Asian migrant-sending countries-the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan-are facing a for-saken schooling...

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Corruption and the desire to leave quasi-experimental evidence on corruption as a driver of emigration intentions

Auer, Daniel; Römer, Friederike; Tjaden, Jasper Dag - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/7, pp. 1-31

migration. …

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What drives youth's intention to migrate abroad? : evidence from international survey data

Milasi, Santo - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/12, pp. 1-30

's migration behavior at the global level. Using the individual-level survey data from Gallup World Poll across 139 countries over … migration, although budgetary constraints may prevent youth from transforming their migration desires into actual plans in low … turned into more concrete plans. Finally, this study shows that while youth's and adults' migration propensities are often …

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Climate change and international migration: evidence from Tajikistan

Murakami, Enerelt - 2020

considered as environmental factors that could induce migration from Tajikistan. Using two waves of a nationally representative … household survey and employing an empirical method within the New Economics of Labor Migration theory framework, the results …

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Spaniards in the wider world : the role of education in the choice of destination country

Bellido, Héctor; Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-27

This paper examines the relationship between the education level of Spanish emigrants and their destination country. Since Spanish emigrants were born under the same laws and institutions, the differences in their destination countries can be due to dissimilarities in their level of education....

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The migrant wealth gap at the household level: evidence from RIF regressions for Austria

Muckenhuber, Mattias; Rehm, Miriam; Schnetzer, Matthias - 2021

We investigate how previous generations of migrants and their children integrated into Austrian society, as measured by their wealth ownership. Using data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), we document a positive average migrant wealth gap between migrant and native...

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