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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011

-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282554

Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011

-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336074

International migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries … original and detailed data on migration. Our results provide evidence of a strong transfer of fertility norms from migrants to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269132

The importance of heterogeneity when examining immigrant education-occupation mismatch: Evidence from New Zealand

Poot, Jacques; Stillman, Steven - 2010

Many immigrants are overqualified in their first job after arrival in the host country. Education-occupation mismatch can affect the economic integration of immigrants and the returns to education and experience. The extent of this problem has been measured in recent years by means of micro...

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The Economic Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market of Host Countries - Meta-Analytic Evidence

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011

The number of immigrants across the world has doubled since 1980. The estimates of the impact of immigration on wages and employment in host countries are quantitatively small but vary widely. We use meta-regression analysis to show how the estimates vary with definitions of the labor market,...

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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011

The concentration of people with diverse socio-cultural backgrounds in particular geographic areas may boost the creation of new ideas, knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. In this paper we measure the impact of the size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the...

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The fallacy of "job robbing" : a meta-analysis of estimates of the effect of immigration on employment

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2006

Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to political pressure to limit a further influx of foreign-born persons on the grounds that the absorption capacity of host countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened....

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Do emigrants self-select along cultural traits? : evidence from the MENA countries

Docquier, Frédéric; Tansel, Aysıt; Turati, Riccardo - 2017

, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and preferred destination choices. We find that individuals who intend to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124658

Do emigrants self-select along cultural traits? : evidence from the MENA countries

Docquier, Frédéric; Tansel, Aysıt; Turati, Riccardo - 2017

, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and preferred destination choices. We find that individuals who intend to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761043

Do emigrants self-select along cultural traits? : evidence from the MENA Countries

Docquier, Frédéric; Tansel, Aysıt; Turati, Riccardo - 2017

, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and preferred destination choices. We find that individuals who intend to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761616