differentials as well as differences in employment opportunities are the central forces which drive East-West migration after …

able to explain the downward trend in east to west migration using wage and unemployment information. Convergence in hourly …

development and catching-up of the New Länder. Therefore, potential for in- and re-migration has attracted much attention at least … in the political context. Our contribution analyses the re-migration potential on the basis of data from a DFG research … project focussing on the re-migration intentions of people formerly emigrated from Saxony-Anhalt. The analysis concentrates on …

in the impact of social capital on migration decisions of different age groups. …

planned GDR and the market-oriented Federal Republic of Germany, rapidly raised fears about mass migration movements from the … predict the east-west German migration volume. Thus it is the objective of this paper to give an overview over the current … state of economic research on migration forecasts in the east-west German context. At this juncture the main studies within …

intensive investment) and labor thinning (net out-migration). I propose a constant-returns neoclassical model of economic …

) and labor thinning (net out-migration). I propose a constant-returns neoclassical model of economic integration which can …

Based on the affirmation that internal migration in Chile has become increasingly less important as an equalizing … migration decision (based on observed and unobserved characteristics). This study finds that the productivity differential is … the leading factor explaining migration. However, migration not only depends on individual characteristics, but strongly …

The migration of labour can affect economies in several ways. This paper focuses on two of the economic impacts of … migration in the context of the recent Welsh experience. Firstly, since migration is a key aspect of labour market flexibility … the most deprived parts of Wales have the lowest levels of migration and that both in and outmigration rates are …