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Scientific Mobility and Knowledge Networks in High Emigration Countries: Evidence from the Pacific
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David - 2013
impact, and that there is no productivity gain to researchers from migration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532972
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Scientific Mobility and Knowledge Networks in High Emigration Countries: Evidence from the Pacific
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David Mckenzie - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
impact, and that there is no productivity gain to researchers from migration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610173
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International migration: A panel data analysis of the determinants of bilateral flows
Mayda, Anna Maria - 2007
In this paper I empirically investigate the determinants of migration inflows into fourteen OECD countries by country … of origin, between 1980 and 1995. I analyze the effect on migration of average income and income dispersion in … played by changes in destination countries' migration policies. My analysis both delivers estimates consistent with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532817
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How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?
Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht - 2011
In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532848
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Why are people more pro-trade than pro-migration?
Mayda, Anna Maria - 2006
I analyze individual attitudes towards trade and immigration in comparative terms. I find that individuals are on average more pro-trade than pro-immigration across several countries. I identify a key source of this di.erence: the cleavage in trade preferences, absent in immigration attitudes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532853
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Why are people more pro-trade than pro-migration?
Mayda, Anna Maria - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2006
I analyze individual attitudes towards trade and immigration in comparative terms. I find that individuals are on average more pro-trade than pro-immigration across several countries. I identify a key source of this di.erence: the cleavage in trade preferences, absent in immigration attitudes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971280
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International migration: A panel data analysis of the determinants of bilateral flows
Mayda, Anna Maria - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2007
In this paper I empirically investigate the determinants of migration inflows into fourteen OECD countries by country … of origin, between 1980 and 1995. I analyze the effect on migration of average income and income dispersion in … played by changes in destination countries' migration policies. My analysis both delivers estimates consistent with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977226
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How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?
dustmann, christian; Glitz, Albrecht - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011
In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317939
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Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - 2014
Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the literature, the question of identifying this relationship empirically has only begun to be explored. Using a unique representative survey of 1500 immigrants in the Greater Dublin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532676
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Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The microdata show that more educated migrants remit more
Bollard, Albert; McKenzie, David; Morten, Melanie; … - 2009
Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532677