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Returns to migration : the role of educational attainment in rural Tanzania

Kudo, Yuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

education in the migration premium. By separating migrants into those that moved out of original villages but remained within … Kagera and those who left the region, this study finds that, in consumption, the return on investment in education is higher … at both destinations. However, whilst the higher return on education fully explains the gains associated with migration …

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The Effect of Migration on Income Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

Using meta-analytical techniques, we focus on 11 studies that explicitly measure the effect of a net migration variable in neoclassical convergence models and derive 57 comparable effect sizes. The data suggest that an increase in the net migration rate of one percentage point increases on...

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The Effect of Migration on Income Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

See also the article 'The effect of migration on income growth and convergence: Meta-analytic evidence' in Papers in Regional Science (2010). Volume 89, issue 3, pages 537-561. Using meta-analytical techniques, we focus on 11 studies that explicitly measure the effect of a net migration variable...

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Internal Migration and Life Satisfaction: Well-Being Effects of Moving as a Young Adult

Switek, Malgorzata - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Migration typically leads to higher income, but its association with life satisfaction remains unclear. Is migration accompanied by an increase in life satisfaction? If it is, is the increase in income responsible or are other life domains driving the satisfaction changes? These two questions...

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Spanish internal migration: is there anything new to say?

Mulhern, Alan; Watson, John - School of Economics, Kingston University - 2009

Spanish internal migration has long been resistant to traditional economic explanations. However this paper examines the data from 1999-2006 after considerable changes in the Spanish economy. Moreover it examines migration at the disaggregated level of Spanish provinces rather than regions, the...

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Internal migration: a review of the literature

Etzo, Ivan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The interest of interregional migration flows in economics covers two important aspects. The first aspect concerns the role played by the main macroeconomic variables in determining the intensity and the directions of the migration flows. The second aspect focuses on migration as an important...

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Labor migration, human capital agglomeration and regional development in China

Fu, Yuming; Gabriel, Stuart A. - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 3, pp. 473-484

We estimate a skill-based directional migration model to assess the effects of regional human capital agglomeration on labor migration in China. Upon accounting for regional differentials in skill-based compensation, cost-of-living, amenities, and the like, model estimates indicate the...

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The best and brightest. Selezione positiva e brain drain nelle migrazioni interne italiane

Nifo, Annamaria; Pagnotta, Stefano; Scalera, Domenico - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

workers with secondary or tertiary education. Also, even in this restricted set of workers, the most talented (the best and …

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Modest expectations: Causes and effects of migration on migrant households in source countries

Hagen-Zanker, Jessica - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This research, mainly looking at Albania and Moldova, investigates the reasons why people migrate internationally and send remittances. It also analyses the consequences of internal migration on the wellbeing of migrants and their family and how it affects the relationship between family...

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Childhood residential mobility and adult outcomes

Tønnessen, Marianne; Telle, Kjetil; Syse, Astri - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013

This study analyses the relation between moving during childhood and four different outcomes later in life. We use detailed data on complete cohorts born in Norway between 1965 and 1980 (N=967 151), their parents and siblings, and information on all their moves between Norway’s municipalities....

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