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Income redistribution and self-selection of immigrants
Corneo, Giacomo; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2019
We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative dataset that includes information on almost every Italian citizen living abroad. Since Italy takes a middle ground in terms of redistribution, both the welfare-magnet effect from...
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The inequality-growth relationship : an empirical reassessment
Kolev-Schaefer, Galina; Niehues, Judith - 2016 - Working paper version
inequality and economic growth, implying the conclusion that inequality reducing policies will foster economic growth. The … likely to suffer from a severe weak instrument problem in the inequality-growth setting because lagged differences of … inequality have practically no explanatory power for current inequality levels. Thus, it is biased in the direction of OLS and …
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Empirical modelling of internal migration and commuting flows for economic regions in Norway
Kornstad, Tom; Skjerpen, Terje; Stambøl, Lasse Sigbjørn - 2021
This paper provides empirical results for internal migration and commuting flows using panel data for 89 economic regions in Norway for the years 2001-2014. The emphasis is on the potential effects of different incentive variables. We consider both in- and out-migration as well as in- and...
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Redistributive policies and migrants' labor market choices
Mitterbacher, Kerstin; Palan, Stefan; Fleiß, Jürgen - 2022
Migration in its various forms, such as economic migration, is a central issue in contemporary research and politics. Our paper provides insights into the behavior of societies faced with the possibility of migratory inflow into their respective social security and welfare systems. In...
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The Impact of Risk and Mobility in Dualistic Models : Migration Under Random Shocks
da Silva Correia Martins, Ana Paula - 2015
In this paper we present and confront the expected outcome of an increase in risk on the regional or sectoral allocation of labor force and employment. The basic frameworks are the benchmark dualistic scenarios. A single-input analysis of a homogeneous product economy is provided. Uncertainty is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021676
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Presence of Language-Learning Opportunities and Migration
Huber, Matthias - 2019
This paper analyses the effect of the presence of German language learning opportunities abroad on migration to Germany. We use information on the presence of the Goethe-Institut (GI), which is an association that promotes German culture and offers language courses and standardized exams. Our...
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Let's be selective about migrant self-selection
Biavaschi, Costanza; Elsner, Benjamin - 2013
Migrants are typically self-selected from the population of their home country. While a large literature has identified the causes of self-selection, we turn in this paper to the consequences. Using a combination of non-parametric econometrics and calibrated simulation, we quantify the impact of...
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Where is the grass greener? : a micro-founded model of migration with application to Guangdong
Simmons, Peter J.; Xie, Yuanyuan - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
study how migrants choose between multiple locations using multiple criteria. Migration should reduce inequality in the …
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Modelling migration and regional labour markets : an application of the new economic geography model RHOMOLOI
Brandsma, Andries; Kancs, D'Artis; Persyn, Damiaan - 2013
The present paper describes the modelling of regional labour markets in the newly developed dynamic spatial general equilibrium model RHOMOLO, where the labour market equilibrium is determined by firms' labour demand, a wage-curve determining unemployment, and interregional labour migration. The...
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The impact of risk and mobility in dualistic models : migration under random shocks
Martins, Ana Paula - In: Journal of economics, finance & administrative science 20 (2015) 38, pp. 2-20
In this paper we present and confront the expected outcome of an increase in risk on the regional or sectoral allocation of labor force and employment. The basic frameworks are the benchmark dualistic scenarios. A single-input analysis of a homogeneous product economy is provided. Uncertainty is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873009