Showing 66,501 - 66,510 of 68,337
This note demonstrates that when developing countries remove barriers to migration and integrate their labour markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024526
In this paper we employ a tax-competition model to demonstrate that in the presence of migration the re …-distributive advantage of a non-linear income tax system over a linear (flat) one is significantly mitigated relative to the autarky (no-migration …) equilibrium. When migration threats are sufficiently strong, a coordinated shift from a non-linear (prima-facie superior) system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024840
Theoretical and empirical research in economics suggests that bilateral migration triggers bilateral trade through a … number of channels. This paper assesses the functional form of the impact of migration on trade flows in a quasi …-experimental setting. We provide evidence that the relationship is not log-linear. In particular, at small levels of migration (stocks) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024841
This paper investigates the role that discrimination plays in the educational marginalizationof foreign youth commonly observed in European countries with a long guestworkertradition. Economic theory offers two basic explanations for discrimination ofthis form: taste-based discrimination arising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025039
The influx of immigrants in developed countries has increased in recent decades. This, together with rapid population aging have stimulated public interest on immigration issues. Thus, some authors have argued that immigration could serve as a remedy for age-related fiscal pressures. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025190
L'article étudie la migration économique dans le cadre d'un modèle où les migrants peuvent investir une partie de leur … épargne dans le pays d'origine. En particulier, un équilibre avec migration partielle est faisable. Dans ce cas, on démontre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025328
World migration community covers 3 per cent of the world population, in Europe it is around 7 per cent and 4 per cent … in the Czech Republic. Europe is an important target for migration stimulated by the work offer but also by wars and … traditional migration flows. They include mobility of multinational firms employees, mobility of students, pensioners but also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009131111
We review patterns in migration within the U.S. over the past thirty years. Internal migration has fallen noticeably … since the 1980s, reversing increases from earlier in the century. The decline in migration has been widespread across … decline in migration remains elusive and requires further research, we find only limited roles for the housing market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009131482
Migrants are among the groups most vulnerable to economic fluctuations. As predicted by the "welfare magnet" hypothesis, migrants can therefore be expected to – ceteris paribus – prefer countries with more generous welfare provisions to insure themselves against labour market risks. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009140849
The aim of this paper is to measure the impact of migration flows on growth via their effect on structural change. To … this extent we build an empirical growth model in which migration flows and intersectoral wage differentials can affect the … regional data stemming over more than four decades we measure the effects of interregional migration on regional growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009142467