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Determinants of International Migration: Empirical Evidence for Migration from Developing Countries to Germany

Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

international migration from developing to developed countries. In addition, we look at the relationship between trade, development … and migration. Empirical studies focusing on international migration from Less Developed Countries (LDCs) are, so far …, very scarce. In this paper, we utilize a new dataset that is based on migration to Germany from 86 African and Asian …

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Finance and Poverty: Evidence from India

Ayyagari, Meghana; Beck, Thorsten; Hoseini, Mohammad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

among self-employed in the rural areas, while at the same time it supported an inter-state migration trend from rural areas … inducing geographic-sectoral migration. …

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European migration, national origin and long-term economic development in the US

Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; von Berlepsch, Viola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development …. The results indicate that while there is a strong and positive impact associated with overall migration, the national …

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When migrants rule: the legacy of mass migration on economic development in the US

Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; von Berlepsch, Viola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where … look at the geography of migration across US counties in the 48 continental states. We then link this settlement pattern of … number of factors which may have influenced both the location of migrants at the time of migration, as well as for the …

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Economic Developments in the Balkan Countries and the Role of Greece: From Bilateral Relations to the Challenge of Integration

Christodoulakis, Nikos; Petrakos, George - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

Throughout the post-war period Greece has faced a unique, and unfavourable, situation consisting of: (i) a perimetric location away from major European markets; and (ii) distorted economic relations as its northern borders were designed to be real barriers to communication and trade with...

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The Economic Impact of Social Ties: Evidence from German Reunification

Burchardi, Konrad B.; Hassan, Tarek - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We use the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to show that personal relationships which individuals maintain for non-economic reasons can be an important determinant of regional economic growth. We show that West German households who have social ties to East Germany in 1989 experience a persistent...

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Occupational Choice Across Generations

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and second-generation occupational choice and mobility is even less investigated. Such research is important because occupations determine success in the labour market. In a country like Germany occupations also reflect a general...

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Is Child Like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Gang, Ira; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. This paper compares the educational attainment of second generation immigrants to those of natives in the same age cohort. Evidence using a large German data set...

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Informational Cascades and Decision to Migrate

Epstein, Gil S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We introduce the idea that informational cascades can explain the observed regularity that emigrants from the same locations also tend to choose the same foreign locations. Thus informational cascades generates herd behaviour. Herd behaviour is compared with the network externalities explanation...

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Post-Reform East and West: Capital Accumulation and the Labor Mobility Constraint

Wyplosz, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

is on the wage pressure that the threat of migration from East to West is likely to impose. The paper adopts a Ramsey … the East. All these effects are reduced by the migration-induced wage pressure as less capital is accumulated in the East …

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