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322 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13679
Trade and Economic Growth: Theories and Evidence from the Southern African Development Community
Matias Jaime Farahane, Almas Heshmati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13612
Migration from Developing Countries: Selection, Income Elasticity, and Simpson's Paradox
Michael A. Clemens, Mariapia Mendola
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 171, 103359
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13610
Tracing the Local Impacts of Exports on Poverty and Inequality in Mexico
Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Emmanuel Vazquez, Hernan Winkler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13536
The Labour Market for Native and International PhD Students: Similarities, Differences, and the Role of (University) Employers
Massimiliano Tani
published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2022, 56, 20 (2022)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13494
A Brief Introduction to Human Capital Measures
Gang Liu, Barbara M. Fraumeni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13471
Dream Jobs
Giordano Mion, Luca David Opromolla, Gianmarco Ottaviano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13456
Trends in Absolute Income Mobility in North America and Europe
Robert Manduca, Maximilian Hell, Adrian Adermon, Jo Blanden, Espen Bratberg, Anne C. Gielen, Hans van Kippersluis, Keun Bok Lee, Stephen Machin, Martin D. Munk, Martin Nybom, Yuri Ostrovsky, Sumaiya Rahman, Outi Sirniö
published as 'Measuring Absolute Income Mobility: Lessons from North America and Europe' in: American Economic Journal - Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (2), 1 - 30
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13453
Culture and Student Achievement: The Intertwined Roles of Patience and Risk-Taking
Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
published as 'Patience, Risk-Taking, and Human Capital Investment across Countries' in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (646), 2290-2307
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13381
Immigrant Inventors and Diversity in the Age of Mass Migration
Francesco Campo, Mariapia Mendola, Andrea Morrison, Gianmarco Ottaviano
published in: Journal of European Economic Association, 2022, 20 (5), 1971-2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13157
Are Universities Important for Explaining Unequal Participation in Student Mobility? A Comparison between Germany, Hungary, Italy and the UK
Sylke V. Schnepf, Elena Bastianelli, Zsuzsa Blaskó
revised version published online as 'What can explain the socio-economic gap in international student mobility uptake? Similarities between Germany, Hungary, Italy and the UK' in: European Education Research Journal, 2024, 23 (4), 479 - 502
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13083
Rational Inattention and Migration Decisions
Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Lucas Guichard
published in: Journal of International Economics, 2020, 126, 103364
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13026
Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Sergei Guriev, Daniel Treisman
revised version published in: Journal of Politics, 2024, 86 (4), 1177 - 1191
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13001
The Determinants of China's International Portfolio Equity Allocations
Isha Agarwal, Grace Weishi Gu, Eswar Prasad
published in: IMF Economic Review, 2020, 68, 643 - 692
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13000
Global Macro-Financial Cycles and Spillovers
Jongrim Ha, M. Ayhan Kose, Christopher Otrok, Eswar Prasad
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12901
It's the Way People Move! Labour Migration as an Adjustment Device in Russia
Francesco Pastore, Elena Semerikova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12800
Refugees' and Irregular Migrants' Self-Selection into Europe: Who Migrates Where?
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Panu Poutvaara
revised version published as 'Refugees' and irregular migrants' self-selection into Europe' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 152, 102681
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12749
Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in Three Countries
Maria Alejandra Cattaneo, Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, Stefan C. Wolter
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 63, 101876
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12743
Differences in Euro-Area Household Finances and their Relevance for Monetary-Policy Transmission
Thomas Hintermaier, Winfried Koeniger
revised version forthcoming in: Quantitative Economics, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12624
Self-Employment and Migration
Samuele Giambra, David McKenzie
published in: World Development, 2022, 141, 105362
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12227
Managing the Impact of Climate on Migration: Evidence from Mexico
Isabelle Chort, Maëlys de la Rupelle
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12033
International Mobility of Students in Italy and the UK: Does It Pay off and for Whom?
Sylke V. Schnepf, Beatrice d'Hombres
revised version published in: Higher Education 2021, 82, 1173-1194.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12032
The Impact of Brexit on International Students' Return Intentions
Jane Falkingham, Corrado Giulietti, Jackline Wahba, Chuhong Wang
published in: Manchester School, 2021, 89 (2), 139-171.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11978
International Migration Intentions and Illegal Costs: Evidence from Africa-to-Europe Smuggling Routes
Guido Friebel, Miriam Manchin, Mariapia Mendola, Giovanni Prarolo
published in: Journal of International Economics, 2024, 148, 103878.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11959
International Migration and the Distribution of Income in New Zealand Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas
Omoniyi Alimi, David C. Maré, Jacques Poot
published in: New Zealand Economic Papers, 2022, 56 (3), 272-295
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11790
Collateral Damage? Labour Market Effects of Competing with China – at Home and Abroad
Sónia Cabral, Pedro S. Martins, João Pereira dos Santos, Mariana Tavares
published in: Economica, 2021, 88 (350), 570-600
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11777
Migration, Political Institutions, and Social Networks
Catia Batista, Julia Seither, Pedro C. Vicente
published in: World Development, 2019, 117, 328-343
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11713
Foreign Competition and Executive Compensation in the Manufacturing Industry: A Comparison between Germany and the U.S.
Katharina Dyballa, Kornelius Kraft
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11683
Testing
Annika B. Bergbauer, Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (2), 349-388
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11499
Competitiveness at the Country-Sector Level: New Measures Based on Global Value Chains
Martyna Marczak, Thomas Beissinger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11488
Long-Term Relatedness between Countries and International Migrant Selection
Tim Krieger, Laura Renner, Jens Ruhose
published in: Journal of International Economics, 2018, 113, 35-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11486
The Labor Market Effects of Immigration Enforcement
Chloe N. East, Philip Luck, Hani Mansour, Andrea Velasquez
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41 (4), 957–996
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11346
International Import Competition and the Decision to Migrate: Evidence from Mexico
Kaveh Majlesi, Gaia Narciso
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 132, 75-87
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11299
Adjusting to Globalization in Germany
Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Suedekum
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (1), 263–302
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11173
Do Emigrants Self-Select along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the MENA Countries
Frédéric Docquier, Aysit Tansel, Riccardo Turati
published in: International Migration Review, 2020, 54 (2), 388-422.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11172
Migration and Co-Residence Choices: Evidence from Mexico
Simone Bertoli, Elie Murard
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 142, Article 102330
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11143
Immigrant Locations and Native Residential Preferences: Emerging Ghettos or New Communities?
Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Albert Saiz
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 112, 133-151
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11123
Does Segregation Reduce Socio-Spatial Mobility? Evidence from Four European Countries with Different Inequality and Segregation Contexts
Jaap Nieuwenhuis, Tiit Tammaru, Maarten van Ham, Lina Hedman, David Manley
published in: Urban Studies, 2020, 57 (1), 176 - 197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11037
Escaping from Hunger before WW1: Nutrition and Living Standards in Western Europe and USA in the Late Nineteenth Century
Ian Gazeley, Rose Holmes, Andrew T. Newell, Kevin Reynolds, Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos
published online in: Cliometrica, 25 November 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10945
International Migration and Institutional Quality in the Home Country: It Matters Where You Go and How Long You Stay!
Ngoc Thi Minh Tran, Michael P. Cameron, Jacques Poot
published as "How robust is the evidence on the impact of diasporas on institutional quality in home countries?" in: Kyklos, 2021, 74(1), 126-152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10837
International Emigrant Selection on Occupational Skills
Alexander Patt, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold, Miguel Flores
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19(2), 1249-1298
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10699
The Relative Labour Market Performance of Former International Students: Evidence from the Canadian National Graduates Survey
Zong Jia Chen, Mikal Skuterud
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10684
Digital and Competing Information Sources: Impact on Environmental Concern and Prospects for Cooperation
Vladimir Udalov, Paul J. J. Welfens
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10468
Labor Market Regulation, International Trade and Footloose Capital
Tapio K. Palokangas
revised version "Public Policy, Footloose Capital, and Union Influence" published in: Review of International Economics, 2020, 28 (4), 976-991.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10462
Family Size, Sibling Rivalry and Migration: Evidence from Mexico
Massimiliano Bratti, Simona Fiore, Mariapia Mendola
revised version published as 'The Impact of Family Size and Sibling Structure on the Great Mexico-U.S. Migration' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33(2), 483-529
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10445
International Migration, Return Migration, and their Effects: A Comprehensive Review on the Romanian Case
Remus Gabriel Anghel, Alina Botezat, Anatolie Coșciug, Ioana Manafi, Monica Roman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10329
The Gravity Model of Migration: The Successful Comeback of an Ageing Superstar in Regional Science
Jacques Poot, Omoniyi Alimi, Michael P. Cameron, David C. Maré
published in: Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, 2016, 36, 63-86
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10274
Diasporas and Conflict
Fabio Mariani, Marion Mercier, Thierry Verdier
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18(4), 761 -793
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10249
Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
Eric A. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Economics Letters, 2017, 153, 15-19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10213
Networks and Migrants' Intended Destination
Simone Bertoli, Ilse Ruyssen
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18 (4), 705–728
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10180
Family Migration and Relative Earnings Potentials
Mette Foged
published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 87-100
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