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International labor mobility is a key factor for a well-functioning labor market. Although educational attainment is known to affect regional labor mobility within a country, evidence of a relationship between schooling and international labor mobility is limited, particularly in developing...
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highly qualified workers - are overblown and that student migration can positively affect economic growth in both sending and …
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migration, since the desire to migrate declines later in the life cycle. In addition, indirect labor demand effects may also … reduce migration. However, migration of the elderly, return retirement migration, as well as mobility of certain specialist …
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Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that...
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Most developed countries have foreign aid programs that aim to alleviate poverty and foster economic growth in less developed countries, but with very limited success. A large body of evidence indicates that the root of the economic development problem is cross-country differences in the...
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Migration is historically a social phenomenon that not only has a significant effect on politics, economics, and social … aspects but also presents challenges to the security of states and alters population composition in countries. Labor migration …
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Economic research on labor migration in the developing world has traditionally focused on the role played by the … microdata, more attention has been paid to the effects of migration on the lives of family members left behind. This paper … examines how the temporary migration of parents for work affects the health outcomes of children left behind using the …
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the impacts of changes in migration flows—in particular, those resulting from … possible migration policy changes after a UK exit (‘Brexit’) from the European Union (EU)—on the finances of the UK state …
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Ländern gelebt haben und auf welchen Wegen sie gewandert sind. Traditionelle Muster der Migration, in denen Zuwanderer nach …There is as yet little scientific knowledge about the migration biographies, routes, and experiences of immigrants … living in Germany. But a longitudinal study started in 2013 is to close this gap. Each year, 5,000 people with a migration …
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The main aim of this article is to identify certain specificity in self-employment of foreigners in EU countries and to find out whether the differences in self-employment of foreigners between countries are diminishing. Within the main objective, we have set two sub-objectives. The first...
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