IZA Discussion Papers

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. 10444

The Impact of Migration on Child Labor: Theory and Evidence from Brazil

Garance Genicot, Anna Maria Mayda, Mariapia Mendola

published in: Markets, Governance and Institutions in the Process of Economic Development, Oxford: OUP, 2017.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10367

Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa

Julia Bredtmann, Fernanda Martínez Flores, Sebastian Otten

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55 (7), 1455-1476.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10366

The Economic Contribution of Unauthorized Workers: An Industry Analysis

Ryan Edwards, Francesc Ortega

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2017, 67, 119 - 134

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. 10328

Global Talent Flows

Sari Pekkala Kerr, William Kerr, Caglar Ozden, Christopher Parsons

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives; 2016, 30 (4), 83 - 106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10305

Consumption and Leisure: The Welfare Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind

Elie Murard

published as 'On the Joint Consumption and Labour Supply Effects of Migration on those Left Behind' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (1), 129 - 150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10275

The Gain from the Drain: Skill-biased Migration and Global Welfare

Costanza Biavaschi, Michal Burzynski, Benjamin Elsner, Joël Machado

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 142, 102317

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. 10273

Comparative Advantage and Agglomeration of Economic Activity

Michael P. Pflüger, Takatoshi Tabuchi

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 109, 1-13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10272

Migration and Development: Dissecting the Anatomy of the Mobility Transition

Thu Hien Dao, Frédéric Docquier, Christopher Parsons, Giovanni Peri

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 23(2), 223-258

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10235

Immigrant Crime and Legal Status: Evidence from Repeated Amnesty Programs

Francesco Fasani

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18 (4), 887–914

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10234

On the Economics and Politics of Refugee Migration

Christian Dustmann, Francesco Fasani, Tommaso Frattini, Luigi Minale, Uta Schönberg

published in: Economic Policy, 2017, 32 (91), 497–550

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10214

Linguistic and Economic Adjustment among Immigrants in Israel

Barry R. Chiswick, Uzi Rebhun, Nadia Beider

published as 'Language Acquisition, Employment Status, and the Earnings of Jewish and non-Jewish Immigrants in Israel' in: International Migration, 2020, 58 (2), 205 - 232

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. 10196

Remittances and Informal Work

Artjoms Ivlevs

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1172-1190

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10180

Family Migration and Relative Earnings Potentials

Mette Foged

published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 87-100

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10166

Settling for Academia? H-1B Visas and the Career Choices of International Students in the United States

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Delia Furtado

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10143

Mapping Experiences and Research about Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Sweden and Other Countries

Aycan Celikaksoy, Eskil Wadensjö

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10112

Migrant Networks and Trade: The Vietnamese Boat People as a Natural Experiment

Christopher Parsons, Pierre-Louis Vézina

published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (612), F210 - F234

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10111

Return Plans and Migrants' Behavior

Bastien Chabé-Ferret, Joël Machado, Jackline Wahba

published as 'Remigration Intentions and Migrants' Behavior' in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018, 68, 56-72.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10110

The Long-Term Impact of International Migration on Economic Decision-Making: Evidence from a Migration Lottery and Lab-in-the-Field Experiments

John Gibson, David McKenzie, Halahingano Rohorua, Steven Stillman

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 138, 99-115

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10109

Migration and Globalization: What's in it for Developing Countries?

Hillel Rapoport

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1209-1226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10097

The End of Cheap Labour: Are Foreign Investors Leaving China?

Julian Donaubauer, Christian Dreger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10094

Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor

Julie Christensen, Darius Onul, Prakarsh Singh

published in: Eastern Economic Journal, 2018, 44, 18-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10045

Chinese Returnees and High-tech Sector Outward FDI: The Case of Changzhou

Zhao Chen, Tony Fang

published in: Asian Economic Papers, 2016, 15 (3), 195-215

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. 10029

Illegal Migration and Consumption Behavior of Immigrant Households

Christian Dustmann, Francesco Fasani, Biagio Speciale

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15 (3), 654 - 691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9944

Poverty Risk among Older Immigrants in a Scandinavian Welfare State

Vibeke Jakobsen, Peder J. Pedersen

published in: European Journal of Social Security, 2017, 19 (3), 242 - 262

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9943

Explaining the Male Native-Immigrant Employment Gap in Sweden: The Role of Human Capital and Migrant Categories

Marc-André Luik, Henrik Emilsson, Pieter Bevelander

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9941

Asymmetric Information under the Kafala Sponsorship System: Impacts on Foreign Domestic Workers' Income and Employment Status in the GCC Countries

Froilan T. Malit Jr., George S Naufal

published in: International Migration, 2016, 54(5), 76-90

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9940

Migrant Workers and the Welfare State

Torben M. Andersen, Silvia Migali

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9921

What is the Value of Foreign Work Experience? Analysing Online CV Data in Slovakia

Lucia Mýtna Kureková, Zuzana Žilinčíková

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9874

Social Capital, Entrepreneurship and Living Standards: Differences between Immigrants and the Native Born

Matthew Roskruge, Jacques Poot, Laura King

published in: H Westlund and JP Larsson (eds.), Handbook of Social Capital and Regional Development, Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar, 2016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9794

International Migration: Driver of Political and Social Change?

Michele Tuccio, Jackline Wahba, Bachir Hamdouch

published as 'International migration as a driver of political and social change: evidence from Morocco' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32, 1171 - 120

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9791

Does Bilingualism among the Native Born Pay?

Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller

published as 'Do native-born bilinguals in the US earn more?' in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2018, 16 (3), 563 -583

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9789

Bounding the Price Equivalent of Migration Barriers

Michael A. Clemens, Claudio Montenegro, Lant Pritchett

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (2), 201–213.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9788

Migration, Knowledge Diffusion and the Comparative Advantage of Nations

Dany Bahar, Hillel Rapoport

published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (612), F273-305

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9755

Education Policies and Migration across European Countries

Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll, Zoë Kuehn

published in: Demography, 2017, 54 (6), 2181-2200

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9730

The New Economic Case for Migration Restrictions: An Assessment

Michael A. Clemens, Lant Pritchett

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 138, 153-164.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9729

Job Loss and Immigrant Labor Market Performance

Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed

published in: Economica ,2018, 85, 124–151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9687

Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?

Lisa Sofie Höckel, Manuel Santos Silva, Tobias Heidland

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9666

What Drives the Legalization of Immigrants? Evidence from IRCA

Alessandra Casarico, Giovanni Facchini, Tommaso Frattini

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018, 70, 258-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9599

Immigration, Human Capital Formation and Endogenous Economic Growth

Isaac Ehrlich, Jinyoung Kim

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2015, 9 (4), 518 - 563

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9545

Illegal Immigration and the Shadow Economy

Carmen Camacho, Fabio Mariani, Luca Pensieroso

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24, 1050-1080

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9543

Immigration to the U.S.: A Problem for the Republicans or the Democrats?

Anna Maria Mayda, Giovanni Peri, Walter Steingress

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9542

Ability Drain

Maurice Schiff

published as 'Ability drain: size, impact, and comparison with brain drain under alternative immigration policies' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30, 1337- 1354

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, 2016, 52 (12), 1810-1825.

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9539

Self‐Employment amongst Migrant Groups in England and Wales: New Evidence from Census Microdata

Ken Clark, Stephen Drinkwater, Catherine Robinson

revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2017, 48 (4), 1047-1069

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9538

Can Selective Immigration Policies Reduce Migrants' Quality?

Simone Bertoli, Vianney Dequiedt, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 119, 100-109

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9516

Migrants' Remittances: Channelling Globalization

Remus Gabriel Anghel, Matloob Piracha, Teresa Randazzo

revised version published in: Leila Simona Talani and Simon McMahon (eds.), Handbook of the International Political Economy of Migration, Edward Elgar 2015, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 11, 234-258.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9514

Colombian Emigration by Administrative Regions

Mariana Saenz, Joshua J. Lewer

published in: Journal of Economic Insight, 2017, 43 (2), 17-48.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9513

Local-Level Immigration and Life Satisfaction: The EU Enlargement Experience in England and Wales

Artjoms Ivlevs, Michail Veliziotis

published in: Environment and Planning A, 2018, 50 (1), 175-193

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9500

The Impact of Missionary Type on the English Language Proficiency and Earnings of Immigrants

Nicholas Larsen, Barry R. Chiswick

published as 'The impact of exposure to missionaries on the English language proficiency and earnings of immigrants in the USA' in: International Journal of Manpower, 2019, 40 (4), 574 - 590

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9499

The Effect of Linguistic Proximity on the Occupational Assimilation of Immigrant Men in Canada

Alicia Adsera, Ana Ferrer

published as 'Linguistic Proximity and the Labour Market Performance of Immigrant Men in Canada' in: Labour, 2021, 35 (1), 1 - 23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9494

Regional Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua

Teresa Molina Millán

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (11), 2000-2029

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9493

Social Networks and the Labour Market Mismatch

Eleni Kalfa, Matloob Piracha

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31(3), 877-914

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. 9422

Human Resources and Innovation: Total Factor Productivity and Foreign Human Capital

Claudio Fassio, Sona Kalantaryan, Alessandra Venturini

published as 'Foreign Human Capital and Total Factor Productivity: A Sectoral Approach' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2020, 66 (3), 613 - 646

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9421

Female Migration and Native Marital Stability: Insights from Italy

Daniele Vignoli, Alessandra Venturini, Elena Pirani

published in :Journal of Family and Economic, 2017, 38 (5), 118-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9419

Heterogeneous Immigrants and Foreign Direct Investment: The Role of Language Skills

Matthias Lücke, Tobias Heidland

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9418

Tradable Refugee-Admission Quotas (TRAQs), the Syrian Crisis and the New European Agenda on Migration

Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Hillel Rapoport

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015, 4:23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9405

The Coming Wave: Where Do Emerging Market Investors Put Their Money?

G. Andrew Karolyi, David T. Ng, Eswar Prasad

published in: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2020, 55 (4), 1369 - 1414

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9353

Wage Gaps between Native and Migrant Graduates of Higher Education Institutions in the Netherlands

Masood Gheasi, Peter Nijkamp, Piet Rietveld

published in: Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2017, 10, 277–296

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9340

Remittances and Credit Markets: Evidence from Senegal

Linguère Mously Mbaye

revised version published as 'Remittances and rural credit markets: Evidence from Senegal' in:Review of Development Economic, 2021, 25 (1), 183 - 199

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9309

Want Freedom, Will Travel: Emigrant Self-Selection According to Institutional Quality

Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Andrew T. Young

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45, 71-84

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9284

Migration, Entrepreneurship and Development: A Critical Review

Wim Naudé, Melissa Siegel, Katrin Marchand

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9259

Does Foreign Entry Spur Innovation?

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9239

Does ICT Investment Spur or Hamper Offshoring? Empirical Evidence from Microdata

Luigi Benfratello, Tiziano Razzolini, Alessandro Sembenelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9234

Immigration and School Choices in the Midst of the Great Recession

Lídia Farré, Francesc Ortega, Ryuichi Tanaka

published as 'Immigration and the public-private school choice' in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 184 - 201

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9218

Losing Our Minds? New Research Directions on Skilled Migration and Development

Michael A. Clemens

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1227-1248.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9216

Can I Have Permission to Leave the House? Return Migration and the Transfer of Gender Norms

Michele Tuccio, Jackline Wahba

published as 'Return Migration and the Transfer of Gender Norms: Evidence from the Middle East' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (4), 1006 - 1029

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9215

Trade, FDI, Migration, and the Place Premium: Mexico and the United States

Davide Gandolfi, Timothy J. Halliday, Raymond Robertson

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. 9105

The Legacies of Slavery in and out of Africa

Graziella Bertocchi

Julian Simon Lecture at the 12th IZA Annual Migration Meeting in Dakar, revised version published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2016, 5,1-19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9062