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A Simple Theory of Industry Location and Residence Choice

Borck, Rainald; Pflüger, Michael; Wrede, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper provides a simple theory of geographical mobility which simultaneously explains people’s choice of residences in space and the location of industry. Residences are chosen on the basis of the utility which mobile households obtain across locations. The spatial pattern of industry is...

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Fiscal Competition for Imperfectly-Mobile Labor and Capital: A Comparative Dynamic Analysis

Wildasin, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Interjurisdictional flows of imperfectly-mobile migrants, investment, and other productive resources result in the costly dynamic adjustment of resource stocks. This paper investigates the comparative dynamics of adjustment to changes in local fiscal policy with two imperfectly mobile productive...

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The Impact of Labor Market Reforms on Capital Flows, Wages and Unemployment

Beissinger, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

The paper contributes to the globalization debate by scrutinizing the international spillover effects which are provoked if a single country reduces the generosity of the unemployment compensation system or weakens labor union power. For this purpose a two-country model with imperfect...

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International Capital Market Integration, Educational Choice and Economic Growth

Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter; Falkinger, Josef; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper examines the impact of capital market integration (CMI) on higher education and economic growth. We take into account that participation in higher education is noncompulsory and depends on individual choice. Integration increases (decreases) the incentives to participate in higher...

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Is There Too Little Immigration?

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Wall, Howard J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper presents a model of legal migration from one source country to two host countries, both of which can control their levels of immigration. Because of complementarities between capital and labor, the return on capital is positively related to the level of immigration. Consequently, when...

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Cut-Point Shift and Index Shift in Self-Reported Health

Lindeboom, Maarten; van Doorslaer, Eddy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

There is a concern that ordered responses on health questions may differ across populations or even across subgroups of a population. This reporting heterogeneity may invalidate group comparisons and measures of health inequality. This paper proposes a test for differential reporting in ordered...

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First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada

Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Sweetman, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

the United States and Canada are compared. These countries’ immigration flows have large differences in source countries …, scale and timing, and Canada has a much larger policy emphasis on skilled workers. Following from these, the educational … attainment of US immigrants is currently lower than that in Canada and the intergenerational transmission of education is …

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A Theory of Social Forces and Immigrant Second Language Acquisition

DeVoretz, Don; Werner, Christiane - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

by immigrants in such diverse immigrant-receiving countries as Canada, Germany, Israel and the United States. It is …

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The Economic Causes and Consequences of Canadian Citizenship

DeVoretz, Don J.; Pivnenko, Sergiy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Immigrants ascend to citizenship at differential rates in Canada. Why is this so? This paper investigates the economic …

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Choice of Fields of Study of Canadian University Graduates: The Role of Gender and their Parents’ Education

Boudarbat, Brahim; Montmarquette, Claude - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper examines the determinants of the choice of field of study by university students using data from the Canadian National Graduate Survey. The sample of 18,708 graduates holding a Bachelor degree is interesting in itself knowing that these students completed their study and thus...

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