This paper analyzes the wage premia associated with workers' occupational use of foreign languages in Germany. After eliminating time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity and other confounding factors, sizable returns of about 0.12 log points to applying fluent English skills are found in the...

Increasing labor migration and simultaneous aging of societies are two important demographic developments many poor countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper investigates the effect of migration on various...

The income generated from parental migration can increase funds available for children's education. In countries where informal payments to teachers are common migration could therefore increase petty corruption in education. This hypothesis is tested by investigating the effect of migration on...

In diesem Kapitel wird untersucht, in welcher Weise reguläre und irreguläre Migration die Wohlfahrt beeinflusst. Nettowohlfahrtseffekte betreffen Migrant/innen, Herkunftsländer und Aufnahmeländer in unterschiedlichem Ausmaß und werden von den Merkmalen der Migrant/innen beeinflusst,...