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A Life-Cycle Model of Outmigration and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants in Germany

Bellemare, Charles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper estimates a structural dynamic life-cycle model of outmigration where, in each period, immigrants choose … features of existing life-cycle theories of outmigration but distinguishes itself by introducing uncertainty in about future … overcome the problem of not directly observing outmigration movements by using panel attrition as a proxy variable and use a …

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On the Dynamics of Interstate Migration: Migration Costs and Self-Selection

Bayer, Christian; Juessen, Falko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper develops a tractable dynamic microeconomic model of migration decisions that is aggregated to describe the behavior of interregional migration. Our structural approach allows us to deal with dynamic self-selection problems that arise from the endogeneity of location choice and the...

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Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives: Evidence from Hurricane Mitch

Kugler, Adriana; Yuksel, Mutlu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

previous Latin American immigrants falls when controlling for out-migration. This highlights the importance of controlling for … out-migration not only of natives but also of previous immigrants in regional studies of immigration. …

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Identification and Estimation of Economic Models of Outmigration Using Panel Attrition

Bellemare, Charles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

region and move to another. This paper shows conditions under which the (conditional) outmigration probability, work … present an econometric model which extracts the information on outmigration behavior from sample attrition and allows to …

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Assessing the Impact of the Maternity Capital Policy in Russia Using a Dynamic Model of Fertility and Employment

Slonimczyk, Fabian; Yurko, Anna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

With declining population and fertility rates below replacement levels, Russia is currently facing a demographic crisis. Starting in 2007, the federal government has pursued an ambitious pro-natalist policy. Women who give birth to at least two children are entitled to "maternity capital"...

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Does It Pay for Women to Volunteer?

Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper estimates the economic and non-economic returns to volunteering for prime-aged women. A woman's decision to engage in unpaid work, and to marry and have children, is formulated as a forward-looking discrete choice dynamic programming problem. Simulated maximum likelihood estimates of...

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Taking the Easy Way Out: How the GED Testing Program Induces Students to Drop Out

Heckman, James J.; LaFontaine, Paul A.; Rodríguez, Pedro L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We exploit an exogenous increase in General Educational Development (GED) testing requirements to determine whether raising the difficulty of the test causes students to finish high school rather than drop out and GED certify. We find that a six point decrease in GED pass rates induces a 1.3...

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Assessing the Performance of Matching Algorithms When Selection into Treatment Is Strong

Augurzky, Boris; Kluve, Jochen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper investigates the method of matching regarding two crucial implementation choices, the distance measure and the type of algorithm. We implement optimal full matching – a fully efficient algorithm – and present a framework for statistical inference. The implementation uses data from...

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Optimal Unemployment Insurance for Older Workers

Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Langot, François; Ménard, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper shows that optimal unemployment insurance contracts are age-dependent. Older workers have only a few years left on the labor market prior to retirement. This short horizon implies a more digressive replacement ratio. However, there is a sufficiently short distance to retirement for...

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Why Develop Open Source Software? The Role of Non-Pecuniary Benefits, Monetary Rewards and Open Source Licence Type

Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three key factors affecting supply: non-pecuniary benefits, future expected monetary returns, and opensource licence type. This paper argues that existing large-scale software developer surveys are inadequate...

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