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Miserable migrants? Natural experiment evidence on international migration and objective and subjective well-being
Stillman, Steven; Gibson, John K.; McKenzie, David J.; … - 2012
well-being by moving to where incomes are higher. But effects of migration on subjective well-being are less clear, with … migration lottery in order to experimentally estimate the impact of migration on objective and subjective well-being. The … results show that international migration brings large improvements in objective well-being, in terms of incomes and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289967
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Economic Liberalisation and the Mobility of Minority Groups: Evidence from Māori in New Zealand
Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Between 1984 and 2003, New Zealand undertook comprehensive market-oriented economic reforms. In this paper, we use Census data to examine how the internal mobility of Māori compares to that of Europeans in New Zealand in the period after these reforms. It is often suggested that Māori are less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195825
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Natural Experiment Evidence on the Effect of Migration on Blood Pressure and Hypertension
Gibson, John; Stillman, Steven; McKenzie, David Mckenzie; … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
to where wages are higher. But the effect of this migration on health is less clear and existing evidence is ambiguous … unsuccessful applicants to a migration lottery to experimentally estimate the impact of migration on measured blood pressure and … to migration. We use various econometric estimators to form bounds on the treatment effects since there appears to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317963
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Natural Experiment Evidence on the Effect of Migration on Blood Pressure and Hypertension
Gibson, John; Stillman, Steven; McKenzie, David; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
to where wages are higher. But the effect of this migration on health is less clear and existing evidence is ambiguous … unsuccessful applicants to a migration lottery to experimentally estimate the impact of migration on measured blood pressure and … to migration. We use various econometric estimators to form bounds on the treatment effects since there appears to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682958
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A land of milk and honey with streets paved with gold: Do emigrants have over-optimistic expectations about incomes abroad?
McKenzie, David; Gibson, John; Stillman, Steven - In: Journal of Development Economics 102 (2013) C, pp. 116-127
-optimistic expectations about the incomes they can earn abroad suggest excessive migration pressure. Yet there is almost no statistical … incomes in the migration destination. Our procedure enables us to obtain moments and quantiles of the subjective distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010666283
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Economic liberalisation and the mobility of minority groups: Evidence from Māori in New Zealand
Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 4, pp. 1-18
Between 1984 and 1993, New Zealand undertook comprehensive market-oriented economic reforms. In this paper, we use census data to examine how the internal mobility of M¯aori compares to that of Europeans in New Zealand in the period after these reforms. It is often suggested that M¯aori are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586055
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Natural experiment evidence on the effect of migration on blood pressure and hypertension
Gibson, John; Stillman, Steven; McKenzie, David; … - 2010
to where wages are higher. But the effect of this migration on health is less clear and existing evidence is ambiguous … unsuccessful applicants to a migration lottery to experimentally estimate the impact of migration on measured blood pressure and … to migration. We use various econometric estimators to form bounds on the treatment effects since there appears to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274547
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All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Wages and Education for US Immigrants
Bertoli, Simone; Stillman, Steven - 2019
Many destination countries consider implementing points-based migration systems as a way to improve migrants' quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005869
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A land of milk and honey with streets paved with gold: Do emigrants have over-optimistic expectations about incomes abroad?
McKenzie, David Mckenzie; Gibson, John; Stillman, Steven - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2007
migration pressure, and in disappointment amongst those who do migrate. Yet there is almost no statistical evidence on how … migration destination. Our procedure enables us to obtain moments and quantiles of the subjective distribution of expected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977230
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A Land of Milk and Honey with Streets Paved with Gold: Do Emigrants Have Over-Optimistic Expectations about Incomes Abroad?
McKenzie, David; Gibson, John; Stillman, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
migration pressure, and in disappointment amongst those who do migrate. Yet there is almost no statistical evidence on how … migration destination. Our procedure enables us to obtain moments and quantiles of the subjective distribution of expected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761951