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The Pattern of Migration with Variable Migration Cost
Chau, Nancy H. - EconWPA - 1995
migration equilibrium may permit multiple steady states are identified. Our analysis discusses instances where migration … generates its own demand and explains differences in migration propensities across potential sources of outmigration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118987
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Moving to Jobs?
Maré, Dave; Timmins, Jason - EconWPA - 2003
and migration flows to gauge the strength of the relationship and the stability of the relationship over the business … strongly related to that region's fortunes. We also find that migration flows to the metropolitan regions of Auckland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556783
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The Geographical Mobility of Mâori in New Zealand
Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - EconWPA - 2005
This paper describes the geographical location and internal mobility of the Mâori ethnic group in New Zealand between 1991 and 2001. It is often suggested that Mâori are less mobile than other ethnic groups because of attachment to particular geographical locations. We compare the mobility of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556799
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Subsidios de Educación: Impacto en la Migración y Convergencia Regional.
Duran, Gonzalo - EconWPA - 2005
: During the last couple of decades, the migratory movements in Chile have been minimum, regions are far from achieving match in the per capíta income, situation that would give persistence to the regional inequity. According to studies, in 52 years, half of the gap between a rich and a poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125980
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Retirement Decisions of Older Czech Male Workers
Galuscak, Kamil - EconWPA - 2002
I analyze the effects associated with the introduction of the earnings test on older Czech males' labor supply in 1996. Using data from the Labor Force Survey, I apply a difference-in-differences estimator to measure the effect of the policy change in the Czech pension scheme using a sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076532
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LOSS AVERSION AND LABOR SUPPLY
Fehr, Ernst; Huffman, David; Goette, Lorenz - EconWPA - 2004
In many occupations, workers’ labor supply choices are constrained by institutional rules regulating labor time and effort provision. This renders explicit tests of the neoclassical theory of labor supply difŽ cult. Here we present evidence from studies examining labor supply responses in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561054
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Generalizing the Causal Effect of Fertility on Female Labor Supply
Cruces, Guillermo; Galiani, Sebastian - EconWPA - 2003
We study the effect of fertility on labor supply in Argentina and Mexico exploiting a source of exogenous variability in family size first introduced by Angrist and Evans (1998) for the United States. Our results constitute the first external validation of the estimates obtained for the US....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125812
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Looking for the Workforce: the Elderly, Discouraged Workers, Minorities, and Students in the Baltic Labour Markets
Hazans, Mihails - EconWPA - 2005
This paper looks at the evolution of the labour markets in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania since the beginning of transition (in some respects since 1996/1998) until 2003, with a particular focus on labour force participation. How did labour supply in the Baltic countries respond to changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556766
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The Effect of Welfare on Work and Marriage: A View From the States
Hepner, Mickey; Reed, W. Robert - EconWPA - 2005
This study provides a comprehensive examination of the work and family structure incentives of public assistance, focusing on the consequences of state-determined programs. Such an approach allows state policy- makers to understand the tradeoffs implicit in their current program parameters. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413024
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Migration and the Environment in the Galapagos:An analysis of economic and policy incentives driving migration, potential impacts from migration control, and potential policies to...
Kerr, Suzi; Cardenas, Susana; Hendy, Joanna - EconWPA - 2004
Galapagos. This law severely limits migration to the islands. We discuss the environmental problems that motivated the law … implications of limiting migration and empirically assess the history and drivers of migration to Galapagos. In particular we … discuss distorted incentives arising from subsidies and inadequate regulations that exacerbate migration pressure. Finally, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118902