We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative … level covariates, migration costs, and when testing for stochastic dominance of the skill distributions of migrants and … stayers. Policy simulations are run in order to gauge the magnitude of these migration effects. Based on estimated …

We follow the migration patterns of European inventors and find evidence of a novel emigration determinant: policy …

Previous work suggests a general uncertainty surrounding the migration process acts as a barrier to outmigration. In … migration from 12 European countries between 1997 and 2012 and test the premise that a higher relative uncertainty in the origin …

This paper assesses the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. In the theoretical part, we identify … several factors in addition to the reduction of moving costs by which EU membership influences migration. Specifically, EU … increased current migration. Additionally, casual evidence from the 1980s EU South enlargement is examined. Since then no …

This paper assesses the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. In the theoretical part, we identify … several factors in addition to the reduction of moving costs by which EU membership influences migration. Specifically, EU … increased current migration. Additionally, casual evidence from the 1980s EU South enlargement is examined. Since then no …