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Post-enlargement emigration and new EU members' labor markets : outmigration has contributed to increasing wages and decreasing unemployment in the new EU member states but may als...
Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2014
The recent EU enlargements into Central and Eastern Europe and increased labor mobility within the Union provide a unique opportunity to evaluate the labor market effects of emigration. Outmigration has contributed to higher wages for stayers, as well as to lower unemployment in the source...
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How to attract foreign students : international student mobility can be good for migrating students, their home country, the host country, and those remaining at home
Chevalier, Arnaud - 2014
highly qualified workers - are overblown and that student migration can positively affect economic growth in both sending and …
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The impact of aging on the scale of migration : older people migrate less than young, yet with population aging, mobility of elderly and specialized workers may increase
Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2014
migration, since the desire to migrate declines later in the life cycle. In addition, indirect labor demand effects may also … reduce migration. However, migration of the elderly, return retirement migration, as well as mobility of certain specialist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421957
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Crime and immigration : do poor labor market opportunities lead to migrant crime?
Bell, Brian - 2014
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416335
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Freedom of movement for workers : relaxing immigration restrictions could greatly improve the well-being of people in developing countries, with little effect on wages
Kennan, John - 2014
Most developed countries have foreign aid programs that aim to alleviate poverty and foster economic growth in less developed countries, but with very limited success. A large body of evidence indicates that the root of the economic development problem is cross-country differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420240
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Migration, social standards and replacement incomes : how to protect low-income workers in the industrialized countries against the forces of globalization and market integration
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2004
replacement incomes implies migration into unemployment. Defending wages with replacement incomes brings about first …) exclusion of migrants from a national subsidy program makes it possible to avoid a distortion of the migration pattern. …
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Immigrants' contribution to innovativeness : evidence from a non-selective immigration country
Candel-Haug, Katharina; Cuntz, Alexander; Falck, Oliver - 2018
The economic consequences of migration are hotly debated and a main topic of recent populist movements across Europe … identification, we exploit a historical episode in the Polish migration history to Germany before the fall of the Iron Curtain and … construct a shift-share instrument. Our results differ from findings for high-skilled migration to the United States, which is …
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What makes brain drain more likely? : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Méango, Romuald - 2016
number has fueled fears about "Brain Drain" as only 3% of the population obtains tertiary education. Although migration … can compensate for the selection of high-skilled workers into migration. This papers measures the selection, incentive and … migration, thereby decreasing the average schooling level in the origin countries. However, stronger incentives to invest in …
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A macro-level analysis of adult-age language learning
Übelmesser, Silke; Weingarten, Severin - 2017
This article investigates the macro-level drivers of adult-age language learning. We construct a new dataset that covers German language learning in 77 countries (including Germany) for 1992-2006. Fixed-effects regressions show that language learning in the EU is strongly associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663341
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The determinants and effects of social connectedness in Europe
Bailey, Michael; Kuchler, Theresa; Russel, Dominic; … - 2020
more connected, likely due to increased migration from poorer to richer regions. We find more socially connected region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219384