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quantify three distinct barriers that prevent East Germans from migrating west to obtain a higher wage: migration costs …
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educational opportunities. These results extend to internal migration, implying that highly vulnerable populations are trapped in …
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International migration is a selective process that induces ambiguous effects on human capital and economic development … and human capital accumulation in a multi-country context. We then embed this migration-education nexus into a development … accounting framework to quantify the effects of migration on development and inequality. We find that selective emigration …
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consequences of this substantial policy uncertainty shock on firms' private fixed investment and employment plans. We find that … expected employment due to the vote, so that an uncertainty effect is present. We also provide evidence that the short …
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The Venezuelan migration crisis has led to large-scale displacement, with over 2.5 million Venezuelans seeking refuge … the EPM survey and a difference-in-differences methodology, the study compares preand post-migration labor conditions …. Findings indicate that while PEP holders have increased access to formal ways of employment, it does not significantly mitigate …
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analyses the impact of the EQF on education, skills, migration and the economic growth by performing a conceptual analysis and … European Commission. Whereas education is the main driver of the upward skill mobility, migration drives the spatial skill …
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Many governments seek to reduce emigration from low-income countries by encouraging economic development there. A large literature, however, observes that average emigration rates are higher in countries with sustained increases in GDP per capita than in either chronically poor countries or...
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STEM-focused industries are critical to the innovation-driven economy. As many firms are running short of STEM workers, international immigrants are increasingly recognized as a potential for high-tech job recruitment. This paper studies STEM occupations in Sweden 2011-2015 and tests hypotheses...
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Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of … using marriage to engage in long-distance migration - if they are able to match with migrating grooms. Guided by a … theoretical model in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets …
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While Switzerland's recent growth of employment was high in historical and international perspective, the reasons for …, forecasters systematically underestimated the growth of domestic employment. Finally, we highlight that immigration was not only a …
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