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122 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14090
New York, Abu Dhabi, London or Stay at Home? Using a Cross-Nested Logit Model to Identify Complex Substitution Patterns in Migration
Michel Beine, Michel Bierlaire, Frédéric Docquier
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13922
The Gender Aspect of Immigrants' Assimilation in Europe
Tae Hoon Lee, Giovanni Peri, Martina Viarengo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13914
First Time around: Local Conditions and Multi-Dimensional Integration of Refugees
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Panu Poutvaara, Felicitas Schikora
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13612
Migration from Developing Countries: Selection, Income Elasticity, and Simpson's Paradox
Michael A. Clemens, Mariapia Mendola
submitted
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13381
Immigrant Inventors and Diversity in the Age of Mass Migration
Francesco Campo, Mariapia Mendola, Andrea Morrison, Gianmarco Ottaviano
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, Article 103364
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12624
Self-Employment and Migration
Samuele Giambra, David McKenzie
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. 11978
International Migration Intentions and Illegal Costs: Evidence from Africa-to-Europe Smuggling Routes
Guido Friebel, Miriam Manchin, Mariapia Mendola, Giovanni Prarolo
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
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. 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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11346
International Import Competition and the Decision to Migrate: Evidence from Mexico
Kaveh Majlesi, Gaia Narciso
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. 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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10837
International Emigrant Selection on Occupational Skills
Alexander Patt, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold, Miguel Flores
forthcoming in: Journal of the European Economic Association
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. 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 - won EALE Labour Economics Prize 2017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10031
The Elasticity of the Migrant Labor Supply: Evidence from Temporary Filipino Migrants
Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Sekou Keita
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53 (11), 1822-1834
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9794
International Migration: Driver of Political and Social Change?
Michele Tuccio, Jackline Wahba, Bachir Hamdouch
forthcoming as 'International migration as a driver of political and social change: evidence from Morocco' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9668
Discouraged Immigrants and the Missing Pop in EPOP
Peter Norlander, Todd A. Sorensen
published as: "21st Century Slowdown: The Historic Nature of Recent Declines in the Growth of the Immigrant Population in the United States", Migration Letters, July 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9541
The Effect of Remittances on Labour Supply in the Republic of Haiti
Evans Jadotte, Xavier Ramos
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 52(12): 1810-1825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1156089
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9540
Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries
Milena Nikolova, Monica Roman, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (3), 658 - 684 [Online]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9492
The Long-Term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery
John Gibson, David McKenzie, Halahingano Rohorua, Steven Stillman
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32(1), 127-47
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9437
Do Foreign Workers Reduce Trade Barriers? Microeconomic Evidence
Martyn J. Andrews, Thorsten Schank, Richard Upward
published in World Economy, 2017, 40(9), 1750-1774
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9434
Self‐Selection of Emigrants: Theory and Evidence on Stochastic Dominance in Observable and Unobservable Characteristics
George J. Borjas, Ilpo Kauppinen, Panu Poutvaara
published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129, 143–171
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9164
The Selection of High-Skilled Migrants
Matthias Parey, Jens Ruhose, Fabian Waldinger, Nicolai Netz
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99(5), 776-792
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9058
The Causal Impact of Migration on US Trade: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Walter Steingress
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9016
On the Potential Interaction Between Labour Market Institutions and Immigration Policies
Claudia Cigagna, Giovanni Sulis
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36(4), 441 - 468
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8846
Language Barriers and Immigrant Health Production
Andrew Clarke, Ingo E. Isphording
forthcoming in: Health Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8747
On the Economic Geography of International Migration
Caglar Ozden, Christopher Parsons
published in World Economy 2015, 39 (4), 478–495
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8746
A Global Assessment of Human Capital Mobility: The Role of Non-OECD Destinations
Erhan Artuc, Frédéric Docquier, Caglar Ozden, Christopher Parsons
published in: World Development, 2015, 65, 6–26
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8690
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Romanian Migrants during Transition and Enlargements
Daniela Andrén, Monica Roman
forthcoming in: Kahanec, M., and Zimmermann, K.F. (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8352
International Migration of Couples
Martin Junge, Martin D. Munk, Panu Poutvaara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8195
Return Migration, Self-Selection and Entrepreneurship in Mozambique
Catia Batista, Tara McIndoe Calder, Pedro C. Vicente
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79, 797–821.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8183
Climate Variability and International Migration: The Importance of the Agricultural Linkage
Ruohong Cai, Shuaizhang Feng, Mariola Pytlikova, Michael Oppenheimer
revised version published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2016, 79, 135-151.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8092
Immigrants and Religion
Carmel U. Chiswick
published in: Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of International Immigration, 1A, Elsevier, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8066
International Labor Mobility and Child Work in Developing Countries
Anna De Paoli, Mariapia Mendola
published in: World Economy, 2017, 40 (4), 678-702.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7866
Two Centuries of International Migration
Joseph Ferrie, Timothy J. Hatton
published in: Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller (eds.): Handbook on the Economics of International Migration, 1A
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7865
Let's Be Selective about Migrant Self-Selection
Costanza Biavaschi, Benjamin Elsner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7839
Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Catia Batista, Gaia Narciso
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32(1), 203–219.
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