firms, the flow of technology and the migration of people. These rules have to make sure that individuals, individual … been introduced to ease patent applications. TRIPS protects intellectual property. Rules for labor migration relate to the … a pecking order between trade, capital flows and migration. …

include socioeconomic characteristics of the migrant and other household members, the pattern of migration (destination … migrant’s irregular legal status in the host country, and short migration spells …

empirically. More specifically, we use state-level German data to answer the question whether and how migration and FDI decisions … and thus integration of labor and capital markets are linked. Our findings suggest that FDI and migration have similar …

. After a brief overview of labour flows to Germany and the related empirical literature, a Ricardian model of migration is …