temporary, the optimal migration duration may decrease if the wage differential grows larger. Using micro data for Germany, the … duration. This paper analyses optimal migration durations in a model which rationalises the decision of the migrant to return …

immigration and emigration country: What determines their optimal migration duration, and what are the activities migrants choose … activities. We then develop a model, where migrants decide simultaneously about the optimal migration duration, and their after …If migrants return to their origin countries, two questions arise which are of immediate economic interest for both …