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This paper studies the migration response of the youth from new EU member states to disparate conditions in an enlarged … duration. We find that migration intentions are high among those not married and among males with children, but both categories … are also overrepresented among people with only temporary as opposed to long-term or permanent migration plans. Whereas …
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it is possible to share the burdens of ageing and dependency through migration, this will not happen under present …
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Empirical studies of international labor migration, modelling average outcomes, suggest migrants move to enhance … internal migration are mostly captured by the higher educated. Much if not most of migration outcomes are however a wash and … capital motivated migration. …
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Empirical studies on internal labor migration are usually based on observed patterns of net flows into local labor … revolves around average and individual outcomes from migration. Using a sample of 39 000 Swedish regional migrants, this paper … predict their placement within this distribution. We show that returns to migration do matter, especially for the more …
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value of labor mobility for economic prosperity and its determinants. Labor migration and not welfare migration dominates … the future a much higher level of circular and permanent migration. …
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have with little doubt exceeded any pecuniary and non-pecuniary costs of migration. In conclusion, the freedom of movement …
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This study uses a unique natural experiment to test a simple model of international differences in workers’ wages and productivity. Large differences in wages across countries could arise from several sources. These include barriers to trade in outputs, differences in technology, differences...
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The majority of immigrants stay only temporarily in the host country. When many migrations are temporary, it is important to know who leaves and who stays, and why. The key questions for the host country are whether immigrants are net contributors to the welfare system and whether migrants...
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Labor mobility is mechanism for transfer the technology and innovation from multinational firms (MNEs) to non-multinational firms (non-MNEs). In this paper, we use a unique employer-employee data set in Sweden to provide individual-firm match dataset. Using the special research framework, we...
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, creating a "brain drain" in the sending country. In reality, migration is typically temporary: Workers migrate, find employment … circular migration can be costly to both sending and receiving countries. …
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