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Mass migration and seasonality evidence on Moldova's labour exodus
Görlich, Dennis (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper identifies the determinants and patterns of mass migration in Moldova a country in which migration has … migration, which has become increasingly popular in many Eastern European countries. Our findings indicate that poverty is a … main push factor of migration decisions. Additionally, network effects and migration experience appear to be crucial for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003471112
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Mass migration and seasonality evidence on Moldova's labour exodus
Görlich, Dennis (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper identifies the determinants and patterns of mass migration in Moldova a country in which migration has … migration, which has become increasingly popular in many Eastern European countries. Our findings indicate that poverty is a … main push factor of migration decisions. Additionally, network effects and migration experience appear to be crucial for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003326801
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Migration, transfers and child labor
Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2015
the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398473
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Using remittance transaction data for timely estimation of the foreign worker population in Malaysia
Zainab Ali Ahmad; Simler, Kenneth; Yi, Soonhwa - 2020
Malaysia has been grappling with understanding how many foreign workers reside in the country and thus faces challenges in formulating evidence-based foreign worker policies. This paper uses micro-level remittance transaction data collected from money transfer service providers to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297845
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Knowledge remittances : does emigration foster innovation?
Fackler, Thomas; Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2018
? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952002
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Speaking the same language : the effect of foreign origin teachers on students' language skills
Höckel, Lisa Sofie - 2020
This study investigates whether foreign origin teachers causally affect their students language skills in secondary school. Exploring within-student variation in assignment to teachers, I find that teachers who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants significantly increase the reading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257161
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Educational mismatches for second generation migrants : an analysis of applied science graduates in the Netherlands
Falcke, Swantje; Meng, Christoph; Nollen, Romy - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536293
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Modeling the displacement of native workers by immigrants
Michaillat, Pascal - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014424496
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Are immigrants competing with natives in the Italian labour market? : the employment effect
Venturini, Alessandra; Villosio, Claudia - 2002
Gavosto, Venturini, Villosio (1999) find that the impact of foreign workers on the wage of natives was positive. Such a result was partly to be expected, and therefore the effect of immigrants on native employment is analyzed here. Two aspects of the unemployment experience are taken into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410707
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Heterogeneous displacement effects of migrant labor supply : quasi-experimental evidence from Germany
Scharfbillig, Mario; Weißler, Marco - 2019
Dieses Papier untersucht die Auswirkungen des Arbeitskräfteangebot von Migranten auf die Beschäftigung von … Auswirkungen eines höheren Arbeitskräfteangebots von Migranten, abzüglich der zusätzlichen Ausgaben bei der Ankunftfi, die die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052219