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Inequality and Internal Migration in China : Evidence from Village Panel Data
Zhang, Junsen - 2013
This paper analyzes the impact of rural-to-urban migration on income inequality and gender wage gap in source regions … income inequality is time-persisting, we use a system GMM framework to control for the lagged income inequality, in which … inequality in the sending communities. Specifically, contemporary emigration increases income inequality, while lagged emigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095690
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Internal Migration, Regional Labour Market Dynamics and Implications for German East-West Disparities – Results from a Panel VAR
Alecke, Björn; Mitze, Timo; Untiedt, Gerhard - 2009
This paper analyses the causal linkages between regional labour market variables and internal migration flows among German states between 1991-2006. We adopt a Panel VAR approach to identify the feedback effects among the variables and analyse the dynamic properties of the system through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265805
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Internal Migration, Regional Labour Market Dynamics and Implications for German East-West Disparities – Results from a Panel VAR
Alecke, Björn; Mitze, Timo; Untiedt, Gerhard - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
This paper analyses the causal linkages between regional labour market variables and internal migration flows among German states between 1991–2006. We adopt a Panel VAR approach to identify the feedback effects among the variables and analyse the dynamic properties of the system through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005178232
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Internal Migration of Blacks in South Africa: Self-selection and Brain Drain
Choe, Chung; Chrite, E. LaBrent - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2009
Migrations historically have led to fears of “brain drain” from the sending regions because many studies show that the more highly skilled and motivated people are more likely to migrate. South Africa provides a natural testing ground for the study of brain drains because the Apartheid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002840
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Income redistribution and self-selection of immigrants
Corneo, Giacomo; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2019
We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative dataset that includes information on almost every Italian citizen living abroad. Since Italy takes a middle ground in terms of redistribution, both the welfare-magnet effect from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010530
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Remittances and inequality: A dynamic migration model
Docquier, Frederic; Rapoport, Hillel; Shen, I-Ling - 2006
We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … wealth inequality is shown to be monotonically reduced along the time-span, the short- and the long-run impacts on income … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532975
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Remittances and Inequality: A Dynamic Migration Model
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2003
We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … wealth inequality but may generate higher income inequality. Moreover, the short-run and long-run impacts of migration on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261545
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Remittances and Inequality: A Dynamic Migration Model
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2003
We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … wealth inequality but may generate higher income inequality. Moreover, the short-run and long-run impacts of migration on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204735
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Network Effects and the Dynamics of Migration and Inequality: Theory and Evidence from Mexico
Mckenzie, David; Rapoport, Hillel - 2004
means and incentives to migrate, increasing inequality in the sending community. However, the migration networks formed … lower the costs for future migrants, which can in turn lower inequality. This paper shows both theoretically and empirically …-shaped relationship between emigration and inequality in rural sending communities in Mexico. After instrumenting, we find that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204742
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Remittances and inequality: A dynamic migration model
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Shen, I-Ling - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2006
We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … wealth inequality is shown to be monotonically reduced along the time-span, the short- and the long-run impacts on income … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977231