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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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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....

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Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We develop a new methodology for quantifying the tasks undertaken within occupations using 3,000 verbs from around 12,000 occupational descriptions in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOTs). Using micro-data from the United States from 1880-2000, we find an increase in the employment share...

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The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from an Historical Experiment

Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

introduction to the Old World from the Americas, to estimate the impact of potatoes on Old World population and urbanization. Our … urbanization observed during the 18th and 19th centuries. …

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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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Breaking out of poverty traps: Internal migration and interregional convergence in Russia

Guriev, Sergei; Vakulenko, Elena - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We study barriers to labor mobility using panel data on gross region-to-region migration flows in Russia for 1995 …-2010. We find that barriers that hindered internal migration in 1990s have been generally eliminated by the end of 2000s. In …

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