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Tag Archives: Migration
How international migration fosters political & social change. Now ONLINE & OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Population Economics
Using data for Morocco, the paper provides further evidence that international migration fosters the transfer of political and social norms. Read more in: Michele Tuccio, Jackline Wahba and Bachir Hamdouch: “International migration as a driver of political and social change: … Continue reading
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Tagged #Social Remittances, #Transfers of Norms, Migration
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Now Out in the Journal of Population Economics: How dreams matter for migration
The article provides evidence that countries with stronger beliefs that hard work leads to a higher social status (the ‘American Dream’) attract a higher proportion of high-skilled immigrants. Read more in: Claudia Lumpe: “Public beliefs in social mobility and high-skilled … Continue reading
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Tagged #public beliefs, #social mobility, #social status, Migration
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The Nativity Wealth Gap: What is it & what drives it? Now ONLINE & OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Population Economics.
The paper studies the migrant-native differences in wealth among older households in Europe which is significant and to the advantage of the natives. The importance of origin country, age at migration, and citizenship status in reducing the gap is shown. … Continue reading
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Tagged #Nativity Wealth Gap, Migration
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Anti-Minaret Votes and Migrants’ Location Choices in Switzerland – GLO Discussion Paper of the Month January 2019 and other GLO Discussion Papers in January
The new GLO Discussion Paper of the Month from January 2019 explores the vote on the Swiss minaret initiative in 2009 as a natural experiment to identify the effect of newly revealed reservations towards immigrants on their location choices. The … Continue reading
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Tagged #anti-migrants attitudes, #Anti-minaret vote, #Location choice of migrants, Migration
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GLO Fellow Robert Holzmann will head the Austrian National Central Bank.
Robert Holzmann, an Austrian economist and Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), has been nominated this week by the Austrian government to head the National Central Bank in his country. As a Professor of Economics, he had taught at … Continue reading
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Tagged #European Central Bank, #Pensions, Migration
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After the Brexit vote: Martin Kahanec of the Central European University of Budapest analyzes the consequences for the European continent, and Eastern Europe in particular.
Stability in a dramatic phase of instability: Theresa May remains Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote the day after she has experienced “the largest defeat for a sitting government in history” on her Brexit deal with the EU in the British … Continue reading
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Tagged #Brexit, #Eastern Europe, #Martin Kahanec, Migration
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Migration supports economic recovery in recessions
Issue 2019/1 of the Journal of Population Economics is published: Please see for the Table of Content: Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2019 The Lead Article is about: Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? A comparison of Europe … Continue reading
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Tagged #EU, #Flexibility, #Recession, Migration
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Immigration restrictions reduce cultural assimilation in the next generation
Issue 2019/1 of the Journal of Population Economics is published: Please see for the Table of Content: Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2019 The article in the new issue Immigration restrictions and second-generation cultural assimilation: theory and quasi-experimental evidence By … Continue reading
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Tagged #Assimilation, Migration
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Natural Disasters and Human Mobility
In a new paper with Linguère Mously Mbaye we review the effects of natural disasters on human mobility or migration. Although there is an increase of natural disasters and migration recently and hence more evidence to observe, the relationship remains … Continue reading