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IZA Discussion Paper No. 1782
High Skilled Immigration in the International Arena
Barry R. Chiswick
published in: T.R. Shastri (ed.), Emigration: Economic Implications, Icfai University Press, India, 2007, 84-95
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1755
Computer Skills, Destination Language Proficiency and the Earnings of Natives and Immigrants
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2007, 5 (2), 129-157
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1750
Immigrant Earnings: A Longitudinal Analysis
Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2005, 51 (4), 485-503
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1731
Why Is the Payoff to Schooling Smaller for Immigrants?
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (6),1317-1340
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1729
Social Security Incentives, Human Capital Investment and Mobility of Labor
Panu Poutvaara
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91 (7-8), 1299-1325
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1726
The Linguistic and Economic Adjustment of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in the United States, 1980 to 2000
Barry R. Chiswick, Michael Wenz
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2006, 24, 179-216
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1721
European Asylum Policy
Timothy J. Hatton
published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 194 (1), 106-119
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1715
Immigrant Performance and Selective Immigration Policy: A European Perspective
Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 194 (1), 94-105
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1710
On the Estimation and Forecasting of International Migration: How Relevant Is Heterogeneity Across Countries?
Herbert Brücker, Boriss Siliverstovs
published in: Empirical Economics, 2006, 31(3), 735-754
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1694
Immigration and Outsourcing: A General Equilibrium Analysis
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Howard J. Wall
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2010, 14(3), 433-446
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1668
Brain Drain in Developing Regions (1990-2000)
Frédéric Docquier, Olivier Lohest, Abdeslam Marfouk
revised version published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2007, 21 (2), 193-218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1642
U.S. Border Enforcement and the Net Flow of Mexican Illegal Migration
Manuela Angelucci
revised version published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2012, 60 (2), 311-357
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1632
The Savings Behavior of Temporary and Permanent Migrants in Germany
Thomas K. Bauer, Mathias Sinning
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011(2), 24, 421-449
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1612
Student Flows and Migration: An Empirical Analysis
Axel Dreher, Panu Poutvaara
published as "Foreign Students and Migration to the United States" in: World Development, 2011, 39(8), 1294-1307
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1611
Multinationals and Plant Exit: Evidence from Chile
Roberto Alvarez, Holger Görg
published in: International Review of Economics and Finance, 2009, 18 (1), 45-51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1604
Return Intentions of University-Educated Turkish Expatriates
Nil Demet Güngör, Aysit Tansel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1600
Migration, Co-ordination Failures and EU Enlargement
Tito Boeri, Herbert Brücker
published as 'Why are Europeans so tough on migrants?' in: Economic Policy, 2005, 20 (44), 629-703
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1599
Brain Gain: Claims about Its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated
Maurice Schiff
published in: Caglar Ozden and Maurice Schiff (eds.), International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain, Palgrave MacMillan: New York, 2006
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1598
The Determinants of Return Intentions of Turkish Students and Professionals Residing Abroad: An Empirical Investigation
Nil Demet Güngör, Aysit Tansel
substantially revised version published as 'Brain Drain from Turkey: Return Intentions of Skilled Migrants' in: International Migration, 2012, 52(5), 208-226
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1590
International Migration: A Panel Data Analysis of Economic and Non-Economic Determinants
Anna Maria Mayda
published as "International mirgration: a panel data analysis of the determinants of bilateral flows" in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (4), 1249-1274
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1568
Trade Policy and Illegal Immigration
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Ryo Takashima
published in: International Economics and Finance Journal, 2007, 2(1-2), 51-66
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1551
At the Lower End of the Table: Determinants of Poverty among Immigrants to Denmark and Sweden
Kræn Blume Jensen, Björn Anders Gustafsson, Peder J. Pedersen, Mette Verner
published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2007, 33 (3), 373-396
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1516
Regionalism in West Africa: Do Polar Countries Reap the Benefits? A Role for Migration
Adama Konseiga
published in: Natalia Dinello and Ernest Aryeetey (eds.), Testing Global Interdependence: Issues on Trade, Aid, Migration and Development, Edward Elgar, 2007, Ch. 8
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1463
Self-Selection, Immigrant Public Finance Performance and Canadian Citizenship
Don J. DeVoretz, Sergiy Pivnenko
published in: P. Bevelander and D. DeVoretz (eds.), The Economics of Citizenship, IMER Press, Malmo Sweden, 2008
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1432
Are There Gender and Country of Origin Differences in Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes across European Destinations?
Alicia Adsera, Barry R. Chiswick
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (3), 495-526
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1419
Language Skills and Immigrant Adjustment: What Immigration Policy Can Do!
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Deborah Cobb-Clark and Siew-Ean Khoo (eds.), Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006, 121-148
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1410
European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials
Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: De Economist, 2005, 153 (4), 425-450
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1406
Trade Liberalization in a Globalizing World
Riccardo Faini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1401
When Migrants Overstay Their Legal Welcome: A Proposed Solution to the Guest-Worker Program
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1395
The Economic Causes and Consequences of Canadian Citizenship
Don J. DeVoretz, Sergiy Pivnenko
published in: Journal of Immigration and Integration, 2006, 6 (3-4), 435-468
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1388
Do Foreign Firms Really Pay Higher Wages? Evidence from Different Estimators
Pedro S. Martins
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1334
How Outsourcing Affects Bilateral Political Relations
Solomon Polachek
published in: Indian Journal of Economics and Business, 2004, 3 (special issue), 29-42.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1332
Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3 (2-3), 291–302
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1326
Integration, Agglomeration and Welfare
Michael P. Pflüger, Jens Suedekum
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63 (2), 544-566
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1319
Mass Migration to Israel and Natives' Transitions from Employment
Sarit Cohen Goldner, M. Daniele Paserman
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (4), 630-652
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1315
The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Israel
Sarit Cohen Goldner, M. Daniele Paserman
published in: European Economic Review, 2011, 55 (8), 1027-1045
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1304
International Migration in the Long-Run: Positive Selection, Negative Selection and Policy
Timothy J. Hatton, Jeffrey G. Williamson
published in: D. Snower (ed.) Labour Mobility and the World Economy, Kiel: Kiel Institute for World Economics, 2005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1279
Migration and Diversity: Human versus Social Capital
Vlad Manole, Maurice Schiff
published in: Review of International Economics, 2013, 21 (2), 281–294
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1272
Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam
Sumon K. Bhaumik, Saul Estrin, Klaus Meyer
published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2007, 49 (1), 61-80
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1244
The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2006, 10 (4), 652 - 665
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1232
Ethnic Networks and International Trade
Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: Foders, Federico and Langhammer, Rolf J. (eds), Labor Mobility and the World Economy. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg 2006, 85-103
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1230
Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Policy in Europe
Timothy J. Hatton, Jeffrey G. Williamson
published in: D. Snower (ed.) Labour Mobility and the World Economy, Kiel: Kiel Institute for World Economics, 2005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1115
Who Is Against Immigration? A Cross-Country Investigation of Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants
Anna Maria Mayda
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88 (3), 510-530
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1104
Selection or Network Effects? Migration Flows into 27 OECD Countries, 1990-2000
Peder J. Pedersen, Mariola Pytlikova, Nina Smith
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2008, 52 (7), 1160-1186
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1094
The Self-Selection of Migrant Workers Revisited
Eran Yashiv
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1063
Are Refugees Different from Economic Immigrants? Some Empirical Evidence on the Heterogeneity of Immigrant Groups in the United States
Kalena E. Cortes
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86(2), 465-480
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1033
Agglomeration and Tax Competition
Rainald Borck, Michael P. Pflüger
published in: European Economic Review, 2006, 50 (3), 647-668
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1027
Labor Mobility, Trade and Social Capital
Maurice Schiff
published in: Review of International Economics, 2004, 12 (4), 630-642
IZA Discussion Paper No. 999
The Demand for High-Skilled Workers and Immigration Policy
Thomas K. Bauer, Astrid Kunze
published in: Brussels Economic Review / Cahiers Economique de Bruxelles, 2004, 47 (1), 1-19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 975
Occupational Choice Across Generations
Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (4), 299-317
IZA Discussion Paper No. 960
Circular Movements and Time Away from the Host Country
Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann
substantially revised version published as 'Circular and Repeat Migration: Counts of Exits and Years Away from the Host Country' in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2011, 30 (4), 495-515
IZA Discussion Paper No. 944
Much Ado About Nothing? Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Direct Investment?
Holger Görg, David Greenaway
published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2004, 19(2), 171-197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 938
Italian Migration
Daniela Del Boca, Alessandra Venturini
published in: K. F. Zimmermann (ed.), European Migration - What Do We Know?, Oxford University Press, 2005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 903
Evaluating the Causal Effects of Foreign Acquisition on Domestic Skilled and Unskilled Wages
Sourafel Girma, Holger Görg
revised version published as 'Evaluating the foreign ownership wage premium using a difference-in-differences matching approach' in: Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72(1), 97-112
IZA Discussion Paper No. 889
Fiscal Policy, Human Capital, and Canada-US Labor Market Integration
David Wildasin
published in: Richard G. Harris and Thomas Lemieux (eds.), Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages,Calgary, 2005, 489–536.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 885
The Dynamics of Repeat Migration: A Markov Chain Analysis
Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: International Migration Review, 2012, 46 (2), 361-387
IZA Discussion Paper No. 866
Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives
Amelie F. Constant
published in: K.F. Zimmermann (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know, Oxford: OUP, 2005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 845
Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Note on Employment Protection, Domestic Anchorage, and FDI
Gerda Dewit, Holger Görg, Catia Montagna
published as 'Should I stay or should I go? Foreign direct investment, employment protection and domestic anchorage' in: Review of World Economics, 145 (1), 2009, 93-110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 830
Emigration from the UK, 1870-1913 and 1950-1998
Timothy J. Hatton
published in: European Review of Economic History, 2004, 8 (2), 149-171
IZA Discussion Paper No. 819
Brain Drain and LDCs' Growth: Winners and Losers
Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
new version entitled "Brain drain and human capital formation in developing countries: winners and losers" published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (528), 515-843
IZA Discussion Paper No. 809
The Brain Drain: Curse or Boon?
Simon Commander, Mari Kangasniemi, L. Alan Winters
published in: R. Baldwin and L. A. Winters (eds.), Challenges to Globalisation. NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2004
IZA Discussion Paper No. 793
Foreign Direct Investment, Labour Market Regulation and Self-Interested Governments
Tapio K. Palokangas
revised version published as "Investment, Expropriation and Unionization" in: Economics of Governance, 2009, 10 (1), 27-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 785
The Effects of Foreign Owned Firms on the Labor Market
Rita K. Almeida
published in: Journal of International Economics, 2007, 72 (1), 75-96
IZA Discussion Paper No. 748
Economic Integration, Wage Policies and Social Policies
Michael P. Pflüger
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2004, 56 (1), 135-150
IZA Discussion Paper No. 706
Blessing or Curse? Domestic Plants' Survival and Employment Prospects after Foreign Acquisitions
Sourafel Girma, Holger Görg
published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2004, 50 (1), 89-110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 665
Fancy a Stay at the 'Hotel California'? Foreign Direct Investment, Taxation and Firing Costs
Holger Görg
revised version published as 'Fancy a stay at the 'Hotel California'? in: Kyklos, 2005, 58 (4), 519-535
IZA Discussion Paper No. 631
The Elusive Concept of Immigrant Quality: Evidence from 1970-1990
Harriet Duleep, Mark Regets
IZA Discussion Paper No. 602
Migration in the Soviet Successor States
Lilo Locher
published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2002, 48 (1), 67-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 591
Spillovers From Foreign Firms Through Worker Mobility: An Empirical Investigation
Holger Görg, Eric Strobl
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2005, 107 (4), 693-709
IZA Discussion Paper No. 590
Why Do Foreign-Owned Firms Pay More? The Role of On-the-Job Training
Holger Görg, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh
published in: Review of World Economics, 2007, 143(3), 464-482
IZA Discussion Paper No. 578
Economic Strain, Ethnic Concentration and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union
Ira N. Gang, Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, Myeong-Su Yun
revised version published as 'Changes in Attitudes toward Immigrants in Europe: Before and After the Fall of the Berlin Wall', in: Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Emerald, 2010, 649-676
IZA Discussion Paper No. 560
Wages and International Rent Sharing in Multinational Firms
John W. Budd, Jozef Konings, Matthew J. Slaughter
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 81 (1), 73-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 558
Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants
Thomas K. Bauer, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18 (4), 649–662
IZA Discussion Paper No. 555
How Much Language is Enough? Some Immigrant Language Lessons from Canada and Germany
Don J. DeVoretz, Holger Hinte, Christiane Werner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 551
Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.
Thomas K. Bauer, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2007, 26, 199-229
IZA Discussion Paper No. 540
High Skilled Migration and the Exertion of Effort by the Local Population
Gil S. Epstein, Astrid Kunze, Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 56 (3), 332–352
IZA Discussion Paper No. 516
Eine fiskalische Gesamtbilanz der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland
Holger Bonin
published in: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 2002, 71 (2), 215-229
IZA Discussion Paper No. 467
Are Immigrants Competing with Natives in the Italian Labour Market? The Employment Effect
Alessandra Venturini, Claudia Villosio
revised version published in: International Labour Review, 2006, 145 (1-2), 91-118
IZA Discussion Paper No. 447
Mobility within Europe – What do we (still not) know?
Michael Fertig, Christoph M. Schmidt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 445
Informational Cascades and Decision to Migrate
Gil S. Epstein
published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.): Migration and Culture, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 25-44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 431
The Perception of Foreigners and Jews in Germany - A Structural Analysis of a Large Opinion Survey
Michael Fertig, Christoph M. Schmidt
published as 'Attitudes towards foreigners and Jews in Germany: identifying the determinants of xenophobia in a large opinion survey ' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 99-128
IZA Discussion Paper No. 390
The Impact of Labor Market Reforms on Capital Flows, Wages and Unemployment
Thomas Beissinger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 375
The Pro-Trade Effect of Immigration on American Exports During the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
James A. Dunlevy, William K. Hutchinson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 366
Research and Policy Issues in High-Skilled International Migration: A Perspective with Data from the United States
Mark Regets
IZA Discussion Paper No. 359
A Simple, Analytically Solvable Chamberlinian Agglomeration Model
Michael P. Pflüger
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics 2004, 34 (5), 565-573
IZA Discussion Paper No. 346
The Determination of a Migration Wave Using Ethnicity and Community Ties
Lilo Locher
IZA Discussion Paper No. 343
Will it Last? An Assessment of the 2001 German Pension Reform
Holger Bonin
published in: Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, 2002, 24 (4), 547-564
IZA Discussion Paper No. 331
Why Do Firms Recruit Internationally? Results from the IZA International Employer Survey 2000
Rainer Winkelmann
published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2002, 122 (2), 155-178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 324
Trade, Technology and Labour Markets: Empirical Controversies in the Light of the Jones Model
Michael P. Pflüger
published in: Journal of Economic Integration, 2004, 19 (1), 79-112
IZA Discussion Paper No. 305
Fiskalische Effekte der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland - Eine Generationenbilanz
Holger Bonin
published in: Applied Economics Quarterly Supplement, 2001, 52, 127-156
IZA Discussion Paper No. 275
Multi-Generation Model of Immigrant Earnings: Theory and Application
Gil S. Epstein, Tikva Lecker
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2006, 24, 217-234
IZA Discussion Paper No. 266
The Optimal Migration Duration and Activity Choice after Re-migration
Christian Dustmann, Oliver Kirchkamp
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2002, 67 (2), 351-372
IZA Discussion Paper No. 264
Return Migration, Wage Differentials, and the Optimal Migration Duration
Christian Dustmann
published in: European Economic Review, 47 (2), 2003, 353-369
IZA Discussion Paper No. 256
Eastern Enlargement and EU-Labour-Markets: Perceptions, Challenges and Opportunities
Tito Boeri, Herbert Brücker
published in: World Economics, 2001, 2(1), 49-68
IZA Discussion Paper No. 250
Demographic and Economic Pressure on Emigration out of Africa
Timothy J. Hatton, Jeffrey G. Williamson
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2003, 105 (3), 465-486
IZA Discussion Paper No. 220
The Changing Profile of Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Evidence from California and Mexico
Wayne A. Cornelius, Enrico A. Marcelli
published in: Latin American Research Review, 2001, 36 (3), 105-131
IZA Discussion Paper No. 208
Dutch Migrants in New Zealand: Did they Fare Well?
Joop Hartog, Rainer Winkelmann
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2003, 16 (4), 683-705
IZA Discussion Paper No. 204
Labor Market Interactions Between Legal and Illegal Immigrants
Gil S. Epstein
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2003, 7 (1), 30-43
IZA Discussion Paper No. 200
What are Migration Networks?
Thomas K. Bauer, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
revised version published as 'Measuring ethnic linkages among migrants' in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 56-69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 199
Rational Migration Policy Should Tolerate Non-Zero Illegal Migration Flows: Lessons from Modelling the Market for Illegal Migration
Horst Entorf
published in: International Migration, 40 (1), 2002, 27-43
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