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The regulation of migration in a transition economy: China's Hukou system

Bao, Shuming; Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Hou, Jack W.; Zhao, … - 2009

Unlike most countries, China regulates internal migration. Public benefits, access to good quality housing, schools … extraordinary surge of migration within China. In this study of interprovincial Chinese migration, we address two questions. First …

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The effect of weather-induced internal migration on local labor markets: Evidence from Uganda

Strobl, Eric; Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2012

Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, we estimate the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Our results reveal a significant negative impact. Consistent with...

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Do the Best Go West? An Analysis of the Self-Selection of Employed East-West Migrants in Germany

Brücker, Herbert; Trübswetter, Parvati - 2004

Since the inequality of earnings in East Germany has approached West German levels in the late 1990s, the standard Roy model predicts that a positive selection bias of East-West migrants should disappear. Using a switching regression model and data from the IABemployment sample, we find however...

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Do the Best Go West? An Analysis of the Self-Selection of Employed East-West Migrants in Germany

Trübswetter, Parvati; Brücker, Herbert - 2004

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Do foreigners replace native immigrants? Evidence from a panel cointegration analysis

Brücker, Herbert; Fachin, Stefano; Venturini, Alessandra - 2009

This paper examines the impact of the immigration of foreigners on domestic labour mobility. Since David Card's seminal study on the regional labour market impact of the Mariel Boatlift it is controversial whether domestic labour mobility equilibrates economic conditions across cities and...

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Why do people stay? Insider advantages and immobility

Fischer, Peter A.; Holm, Einar; Malmberg, Gunnar; … - 2000

The low mobility of people in Europe is considered a problem for adjustment to asymmetric shocks and regional convergence in the European Monetary Union. We suggest a complement to the traditional migration theories, the insider advantages approach to explain why most Europeans prefer to stay....

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Returns to regional migration: Causal effect or selection on wage growth?

Kratz, Fabian; Brüderl, Josef - 2012

Human capital theory predicts pecuniary returns to regional migration, but also positive self-selection of migrants. Therefore, when estimating the causal effect of migration one has to take care of potential self-selection. Several authors recommend using fixed effects models thereby...

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Are Migrants More Skilled than Non-Migrants? Repeat, Return and Same-Employer

Hunt, Jennifer - 2004

I examine the determinants of inter-state migration of adults within western Germany, using the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984-2000. I highlight the prevalence and distinctive characteristics of migrants who do not change employers. Same-employer migrants represent 25% of all migrants,...

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Employment Status, Endogenous Regional Mobility, and Spatial Dependencies in Labor Markets

Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - 2002

This paper investigates spatial correlation in the matching process of vacant jobs and job seekers. The importance of the interactions of regional labor markets in West Germany is highlighted in several dimensions. We test for spatial autocorrelation in regional hires, unemployment and vacancy...

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Interprovincial migration in China: the effects of investment and migrant networks

Bao, Shuming; Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Hou, Jack W.; Zhao, … - 2007

Since the 1980s, China's government has eased restrictions on internal migration. This easing, along with rapid growth … China, especially during the 1990s. However, other important economic and socio-political determinants of interprovincial … gravity model of interprovincial migration in China that includes as explanatory variables: migrant networks in the …

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