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Massive Migration and its Effect on Human Capital and Growth: The Case of Western Balkan and Central and Eastern European Countries
Landesmann, Michael; Mara, Isilda - 2016
We analyse the effect of massive migration particularly from the Western Balkans and the Central and Eastern European … of migration on human capital and on growth. An important driver of migration is chain migration, as well as the … unemployment and income differentials between developing and developed countries. Overall, our findings suggest that migration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012311513
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Does migration affect education of girls and young women in Tajikistan?
Gatskova, Kseniia; Ivlevs, Artjoms; Dietz, Barbara - 2017
remittances. In contrast, school attendance of teenage girls (ages 12-17) falls when siblings migrate, while parental migration …We study how migration affects education of girls in Tajikistan - the poorest post-Soviet state and one of the most … 2011, we find that the effect of migration on girls' school attendance differs markedly by age. School attendance of young …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011639661
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Does migration affect education of girls and young women in Tajikistan?
Gatskova, Kseniia; Ivlevs, Artjoms; Dietz, Barbara - 2017
remittances. In contrast, school attendance of teenage girls (ages 12-17) falls when siblings migrate, while parental migration …We study how migration affects education of girls in Tajikistan - the poorest post-Soviet state and one of the most … 2011, we find that the effect of migration on girls' school attendance differs markedly by age. School attendance of young …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688599
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Can Labor Emigration Affect the Education of Girls? Evidence from Tajikistan
Gatskova, Kseniia; Ivlevs, Artjoms; Dietz, Barbara - In: Feminist Economics 25 (2019) 3, pp. 96-118
-wave household panel survey conducted in 2007, 2009, and 2011, this study finds that the net effect of migration on girls’ schooling … household head, and an increase in household work. At the practical level, the results imply that migration can be detrimental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012609499
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Migrants and economic performance in the EU15 : their allocations across countries, industries and job types and their (productivity) growth impacts at the sectoral and regional le...
Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert; Liebensteiner, Mario - 2010
add migration variables to robust determinants of growth and find positive and significant relationships between migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392342
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Modelling International Economic Integration: Patterns of Catching-up, Foreign Direct Investment and Migration Flows
Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2004
This paper develops a Schumpeterian model of international specialization and catching-up. In a previous version of the model we looked at the impact on international trade specialization when different patterns of technological catching-up are followed. One of these is a Gerschenkron pattern at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649639
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Migrants and Economic Performance in the EU15: their allocations across countries, industries and job types and their (productivity) growth impacts at the sectoral and regional lev...
Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert; Liebensteiner, Mario - 2010
add migration variables to robust determinants of growth and find positive and significant relationships between migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345629
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Modelling International Economic Integration: Patterns of Catching-up, Foreign Direct Investment and Migration Flows
Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert - 2004
This paper develops a Schumpeterian model of international specialization and catching-up. In a previous version of the model we looked at the impact on international trade specialization when different patterns of technological catching-up are followed. One of these is a Gerschenkron pattern at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099856
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Migration and FDI Flows
Foster-McGregor, Neil; Landesmann, Michael; Mara, Isilda - 2018
In this paper we examine the importance of migrant stocks on FDI flows from a sample of 19 developed countries to around 150 partner countries using a modified version of the gravity model. Based on recent advances in the modelling of trade using the gravity model we include a variety of fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099970
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Improving Competitiveness in the Balkan Region – Opportunities and Limits
Gabrisch, Hubert; Hanzl-Weiss, Doris; Holzner, Mario; … - 2016
The aim of this study is to analyse the state of the competitiveness of seven Western Balkan economies and to suggest policy recommendations in order to increase their capacity to compete. Most countries from the Western Balkans have a persistent current account deficit of about 10% of GDP which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100147