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Changes in Social Security Eligibility and the International Mobility of New Zealand Citizens in Australia
Poot, Jacques; Sanderson, Lynda - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2007
This paper is concerned with the international mobility of New Zealanders who migrate to Australia. One in ten New … Zealand citizens lives in Australia and their settlement and subsequent mobility is important from demographic, socio … back into Australia, up to July 2005. This allows us to assess the impact of the removal of labour market-related social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005634999
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Income of immigrants and their return : both low- and high-income immigrants stay for a relatively short time
Bijwaard, Govert - 2015
The majority of immigrants stay only temporarily in the host country. When many migrations are temporary, it is important to know who leaves and who stays, and why. The key questions for the host country are whether immigrants are net contributors to the welfare system and whether migrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430767
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Labor market outcomes, capital accumulation, and return migration: Evidence from immigrants in Germany
Kirdar, Murat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I test the capital accumulation conjecture that is used to rationalize return migration decisions in the context of immigrants in Germany and examine how labor market outcomes influence return migration decisions, with particular attention to selection in these outcomes in return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790076
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Should we stay or should we go? Irregular migration and duration of stay: the case of Moldovan migrants
TICHIT, Ariane; BORODAK, Daniela - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement … - 2009
This paper analyses the link between irregular migration and duration of stay. Using household and regional development data from Moldova and running a duration model, we find that duration of migration is longer for illegal migrants than legal migrants. Further investigation demonstrates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562501
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Labor Market Outcomes, Capital Accumulation, and Return Migration: Evidence from Immigrants in Germany
Kirdar, Murat G. - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2007
In this paper I test the capital accumulation conjecture that is used to rationalize return migration decisions in the context of immigrants in Germany and examine how labor market outcomes influence return migration decisions, with particular attention to selection in these outcomes in return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731574
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Labor Market Outcomes, Savings Accumulation, and Return Migration
Kirdar, Murat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this paper, I test the savings accumulation conjecture that is used to rationalize return migration decisions in the context of immigrants in Germany. Using cross-country and time variation in purchasing power parity, I distinguish between the two competing capital accumulation conjectures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617108
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Do high-income or low-income immigrants leave faster?
Bijwaard, Govert; Wahba, Jackline - 2013
We estimate the impact of the income earned in the host country on return migration of labor migrants from developing countries. We use a three-state correlated competing risks model to account for the strong dependence of labor market status and the income earned. Our analysis is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211160
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Labour market status and migration dynamics
Bijwaard, Govert - 2009
In this empirical paper we assess how labour market transitions and out- and repeated migration of immigrants are interrelated. We estimate a multi-state multiple spell competing risks model with four states: employed, unemployed receiving benefits, out-of-the-labour market (no benefits) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003908641
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Labour Market Status and Migration Dynamics
Bijwaard, Govert E. - 2009
In this empirical paper we assess how labour market transitions and out- and repeated migration of immigrants are interrelated. We estimate a multi-state multiple spell competing risks model with four states: employed, unemployed receiving benefits, out-of-the-labour market (no benefits) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154986
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Return versus onward migration : go back or move on?
Bijwaard, Govert; Wahba, Jackline - 2022
This paper examines the impact of unemployment on out-migration by distinguishing between return and onward migration and controlling for total earnings. We use Timing-of-Events models and control for the endogeneity of total earnings, unemployment and out-migration using administrative data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169929