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African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). We focus on migration ows within the WAEMU countries to disentangle the … show that migration in the WAEMU is associated with a decline in female labor participation, as it is primarily motivated … by marriage. However, we find an increase in female labor force participation and a narrowing of the gender gap in …
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This paper aims to assess the role of migration as an adjustment mechanism device to favor convergence across states … net migration rate and apply spatial econometric methodology in order to distinguish the effect from the neighbouring … regions. We provide descriptive statistical evidence showing that Russia has more/less/the same intense migration flows than …
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This contribution investigates the opportunities of migration for developing countries. The benefits of migration for …. Policies in receiving developed countries towards migrants can enhance the positive impact of migration for development. Among …, including jobs for asylees. Dual citizenships and circular migration contracts are possible instruments. Migration policy can be …
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resources at destination to meet the parents' bride price expectations and marry at home. We also highlight that these migration … as increasing premarital migration. …
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relocation intentions and actual migration experiences show moderate increases, particularly in cases of higher cyclone severity … and actively seek coverage. Alongside long-distance domestic migration, insurance acquisition emerges as another … from cyclones as a key factor driving observed migration patterns. …
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and migration. We examine the specific link between the acquisition of high levels of human capital in the form of … university education in Turkey and migration to Germany. We implement bounds testing procedures to ascertain the long …-run relationships with the variables of interest in a migration model. Although the bounds testing procedure has advantages compared to …
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In this paper, we investigate the power of migration as a mechanism in the transmission of social norms, taking Mali … migration. We use an original household-level database coupled with census data to analyze the extent to which girls living in … variable approach to control for the endogeneity of migration and return decisions, we show that return migrants have a …
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This paper explores the relationship between social identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants. Using survey data from Italy, we provide robust evidence that immigrants with stronger feelings of belonging to the societies of both the host and home country have higher employment rates,...
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STEM-focused industries are critical to the innovation-driven economy. As many firms are running short of STEM workers, international immigrants are increasingly recognized as a potential for high-tech job recruitment. This paper studies STEM occupations in Sweden 2011-2015 and tests hypotheses...
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This paper examines the migration and labor mobility in the European Union and elaborates on their importance for the … that migration is beneficial is broken. This comes with a crisis of European institutions in general. Migration and labor … survive or collapse even if it solves its migration challenge. But it will most likely collapse, if it fails to solve the …
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