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IZA Discussion Paper No. 7517
Braving the Waves: The Role of Time and Risk Preferences in Illegal Migration from Senegal
Jean-Louis Arcand, Linguère Mously Mbaye
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7504
Perception of Workplace Discrimination among Immigrants and Native Born New Zealanders
Bridget Daldy, Jacques Poot, Matthew Roskruge
published in: Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 2013, 16 (1), 137-154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7497
Financial Liberalization and Remittances: Recent Longitudinal Evidence
James T. Bang, Aniruddha Mitra, Phanindra V. Wunnava
revised version published in: Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2015, 24(8), 1077-1102
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7485
Structural Change in MENA Remittance Flows
George S Naufal, Ismail H. Genc
published in: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2015, 51(6), 1175-1178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7482
The Effect of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Estonia
Jaan Masso, Raul Eamets, Pille Mõtsmees
revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2014, 35 (6), 753-775
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7458
Reexamining the Conditional Effect of Foreign Direct Investment
Randolph Luca Bruno, Nauro F. Campos
published in: Multinational Business Review, 2018, 26 (2), 126-144
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7456
Flight of the H-1B: Inter-Firm Mobility and Return Migration Patterns for Skilled Guest Workers
Briggs Depew, Peter Norlander, Todd A. Sorensen
published as "Inter-firm mobility and return migration patterns of skilled guest workers" in Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30 (2), 681-721
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7406
Transfer Behaviour in Migrant Sending Communities
Tanika Chakraborty, Bakhrom Mirkasimov, Susan Steiner
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2015, 43(3), 690–705
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7401
Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization
David McKenzie, Melissa Siegel
published in: Migration Studies, 2013, 1(3): 276-91
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7399
Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?
Petri Böckerman, Mika Maliranta
published in: Industrial Relations, 2013, 52 (4), 878-914
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7389
Negative and Positive Assimilation By Prices and By Quantities
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 2015, 18 (1)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7388
Who Moves and For How Long: Determinants of Different Forms of Migration
Daniela Borodak, Matloob Piracha
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7385
Does Bilateral Trust Affect International Movement of Goods and Labor?
Eva Spring, Volker Grossmann
published as "Does Bilateral Trust Across Countries Really Affect International Trade and Factor Mobility?" in: Empirical Economics, 2016, 50 (1), 103-136
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7368
The Effects of International Migration on the Well-Being of Native Populations in Europe
William Betz, Nicole B. Simpson
published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2013, 2:12.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7367
Foreign Scientists and Engineers and Economic Growth in Canadian Labor Markets
Giovanni Peri, Kevin Y. Shih
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7362
South-South Migration and the Labor Market: Evidence from South Africa
Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda, Mariapia Mendola
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18 (4), 823-853.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7360
Disadvantages of Linguistic Origin: Evidence from Immigrant Literacy Scores
Ingo E. Isphording
shortened version published in: Economics Letters, 2014, 123 (2) 236–239
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7348
Migration from Ukraine: Brawn or Brain? New Survey Evidence
Simon Commander, Olexandr Nikolaychuk, Dmytro Vikhrov
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7325
Migration, Trade and Income
Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri
published as 'Openness and Income: The Roles of Trade and Migration' in: Journal of International Economics, 2014, 92 (2), 231-251
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7304
Empirical Characteristics of Legal and Illegal Immigrants in the U.S.
Vincenzo Caponi, Miana Plesca
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27 (4), 923-960
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7297
Immigration and Labor Productivity: New Empirical Evidence for Spain
Catia Nicodemo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7293
Hypergamy, Cross-Boundary Marriages, and Family Behavior
Yoram Weiss, Junjian Yi, Junsen Zhang
revised version published as 'Cross-border marriage costs and marriage behavior: Theory and Evidence' in: International Economic Review, 2018. 59 (2), 757 -784
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7292
The Effect of Migration and Spatial Connectivity on Regional Skill Endowments across Europe: 1988-2010
Massimiliano Tani, Maurizio Manuguerra
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7287
Employment Effects of Low-Skilled Immigrants in Korea
Jungho Kim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7285
Migration Strategies of the Crisis-Stricken Youth in an Enlarged European Union
Martin Kahanec, Brian Fabo
published in: Transfer: European Review of Labor and Research, 2013, 19 (3), 365-380
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7274
Social Capital and Immigrants' Labour Market Performance
Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Matias Vaira-Lucero
published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2016, 95, S107-S126.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7258
Fifty Years of Compositional Changes in U.S. Out-Migration, 1908-1957
Costanza Biavaschi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7234
Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy
Richard A. Easterlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7225
Migration, Capital Formation, and House Prices
Volker Grossmann, Andreas Schäfer, Thomas M. Steger
published as 'Reversal of Migration Flows: A Fresh Look at the German Reunification' in: Journal of International Economics, 2016, 109, 1-15
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7218
The Religious Affiliation and Anti-Semitism of Secondary School Swedish Youths: A Statistical Analysis of Survey Data from 2003 and 2009
Pieter Bevelander, Mikael Hjerm, Jenny Kiiskinen
published in: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2015, 38 (15), 2705-2721.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7185
Return Migration of Foreign Students
Govert Bijwaard, Qi Wang
revised version published in: European Journal of Population, 2016, 32, 31-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7173
Suppliers of Multinationals and the Forced Linkage Effect: Evidence from Firm Level Data
Olivier Godart, Holger Görg
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 94, 393-404
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7170
The European Crisis and Migration to Germany: Expectations and the Diversion of Migration Flows
Simone Bertoli, Herbert Brücker, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga
revised version published as 'The European Crisis and Migration to Germany' in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2016, 60, 61–72
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7159
Gender Wage-Productivity Differentials and Global Integration in China
Ana C. Dammert, Beyza Ural Marchand, Chi Wan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7134
How Do Tougher Immigration Measures Impact Unauthorized Immigrants?
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Thitima Puttitanun, Ana Martinez-Donate
published in: Demography, 2013, 50(3), 1067-91
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7130
10 Years After: EU Enlargement, Closed Borders, and Migration to Germany
Benjamin Elsner, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published as 'Migration 10 Years After: EU Enlargement, Closed Borders, and Migration to Germany' in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.): Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer: Berlin, et al. 2016, 85 - 101
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7129
Measuring Cultural Diversity and its Impact on Innovation: Longitudinal Evidence from Dutch Firms
Ceren Ozgen, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot
published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2017, 96 (S1), S29-S50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7111
Returning Home at Times of Trouble? Return Migration of EU Enlargement Migrants during the Crisis
Anzelika Zaiceva, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer: Berlin, et al., 2016 : 397-418
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7095
FDI and Wages: Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008
John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy, Gábor Antal
published as 'Foreign Ownership and Wages: Evidence from Hungary, 1986 -2008 ' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 71 (2), 458 - 491
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7094
Visa Policies, Networks and the Cliff at the Border
Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga
revised version published as 'The Size of the Cliff at the Border' in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2015, 51, 1-6
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7080
The Returns to Language Skills in the US Labor Market
Ingo E. Isphording, Mathias Sinning
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7073
Immigration and Trade Creation for the U.S.: The Role of Immigrant Occupation
Kusum Mundra
published in: International Trade Journal, 28 (4), 2014, 311-343.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7061
Domestic Multinationals, Foreign Affiliates, and Labour Demand Elasticities
Olivier Godart, Holger Görg, David Greenaway
published in: Review of World Economics, 2013, 149 (4), 611-630
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7052
The Effects of 9/11 on Attitudes Toward Immigration and the Moderating Role of Education
Simone Schüller
published in: Kyklos, 2016, 69 (4), 604–632.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7049
The Labor Demand Was Downward Sloping: Disentangling Migrants' Inflows and Outflows, 1929-1957
Costanza Biavaschi
published in: Economics Letters, 2013, 118 (3), 531–534
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7020
Immigrants, Ethnic Identities and the Nation-State
Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: A. F. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann (eds), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 14, 259-275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7004
Refugee and Asylum Migration to the OECD: A Short Overview
Timothy J. Hatton
published in: A. F. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 24, 453-469
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6975
Migration, International Trade and Capital Formation: Cause or Effect?
Gabriel Felbermayr, Volker Grossmann, Wilhelm Kohler
published in: Chiswick, Barry R. and Paul W. Miller (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of International Migration, Vol. 1B, Elsevier, North-Holland, Ch. 18, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6966
Immigration, Growth and Unemployment: Panel VAR Evidence from OECD Countries
Ekrame Boubtane, Dramane Coulibaly, Christophe Rault
published in: Labour, 2013, 27 (4), 399-420
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6957
The Impact of Language Proficiency on Immigrants' Earnings in Spain
Santiago Budría, Pablo Swedberg
published in: Revista de Economía Aplicada, 2015, 23 (67), 63-91
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6941
Isolating the Network Effect of Immigrants on Trade
Mariya Aleksynska, Giovanni Peri
published in: World Economy, 2014, 37 (3), 434 - 455
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6940
The Economics of Circular Migration
Amelie F. Constant, Olga Nottmeyer, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: A. F. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 3, 55-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6924
The Labour Market Integration of Refugee and Family Reunion Immigrants: A Comparison of Outcomes in Canada and Sweden
Pieter Bevelander, Ravi Pendakur
published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2014, 40 (5), 689-709.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6857
In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants and its Impact on College Enrollment, Tuition Costs, Student Financial Aid, and Indebtedness
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Chad Sparber
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2014, 49, 11-24.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6854
Russian Jewish Immigrants in the United States: The Adjustment of their English Language Proficiency and Earnings in the American Community Survey
Barry R. Chiswick, Nicholas Larsen
published in: Contemporary Jewry, 2015, 35 (3), 191 - 209
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6852
The Impact of Divorce on Return-Migration of Family Migrants
Govert Bijwaard, Stijn van Doeselaar
revised version published as 'The Impact of Changes in the Marital Status on Return-Migration of Family Migrants' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27(4), 961-997
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6850
Migrants, Ethnicity and the Welfare State
Gil S. Epstein
published in: Korean Economic Review, 2012, 28 (2), 117-136.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6843
Does Emigration Benefit the Stayers? Evidence from EU Enlargement
Benjamin Elsner
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 531-553
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6837
Frontier Issues of the Political Economy of Migration
Gil S. Epstein
published in: A. Constant and K. F. Zimmermann (eds): International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar, 2013
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6831
Assimilation through Marriage
Gil S. Epstein, Renana Lindner Pomerantz
published in: Review of International Economics, 2013, 21(2), 191–203.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6795
Recovering the Counterfactual Wage Distribution with Selective Return Migration
Costanza Biavaschi
published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 38 (1), 59-80
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6713
Migration and Imperfect Labor Markets: Theory and Cross-Country Evidence from Denmark, Germany and the UK
Herbert Brücker, Elke J. Jahn, Richard Upward
published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 66, 205-225
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6695
Overeducation among Immigrants in Sweden: Incidence, Wage Effects and State-Dependence
Pernilla Andersson Joona, Nabanita Datta Gupta, Eskil Wadensjö
published in: IZA Journal of Migration 2014, 3:9
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6665
Migration, Redistribution and the Universal Welfare Model
Torben M. Andersen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6664
The Selection of Migrants and Returnees in Romania: Evidence and Long-Run Implications
J. William Ambrosini, Karin Mayr, Giovanni Peri, Dragos Radu
published in: Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2015, 34 (4), 753 - 793
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6655
The Role of Income and Immigration Policies in Attracting International Migrants
Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri
published as 'The effect of income and immigration policies on international migration' in: Migration Studies, 2013, 1 (1), 47-74.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6640
Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind
Francisca M. Antman
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (4), 1187-1214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6628
On the Pro-Trade Effects of Immigrants
Massimiliano Bratti, Luca De Benedictis, Gianluca Santoni
revised version published in: Review of World Economics, 2014, 150 (3), 557-594
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6622
Remittances and Portfolio Values: An Inquiry Using Spanish Immigrants from Africa, Europe and the Americas
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo
published in: World Development, 2013, 41, 83-95.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6611
Wage Effects of High-Skilled Migration: International Evidence
Volker Grossmann, David Stadelmann
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2013, 27 (2), 297-319
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6610
Does High-Skilled Migration Affect Publicly Financed Investments?
Volker Grossmann, David Stadelmann
published in: Review of International Economics, 2012, 20 (5), 944-959.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6584
A Global View of Cross-Border Migration
Julian di Giovanni, Andrei A. Levchenko, Francesc Ortega
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13 (1), 168-202
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6555
A 'Glass-Ceiling' Effect for Immigrants in the Italian Labour Market?
Carlo Dell’Aringa, Claudio Lucifora, Laura Pagani
published as: 'Earnings differentials between immigrants and natives: the role of occupational attainment' in: IZA Journal of Migration, 4 (8), 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6546
The Impact of the 1996 US Immigration Policy Reform (IIRIRA) on Mexican Migrants' Remittances
Matias Vaira-Lucero, Daehoon Nahm, Massimiliano Tani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6523
Internal vs. International Migration: Impacts of Remittances on Child Well-Being in Vietnam
Michele Binci, Gianna Claudia Giannelli
published in: International Migration Review, 2018, 2018, 52 (1), 43–65
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6498
Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks
David McKenzie, Caroline Theoharides, Dean Yang
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6(2), 49-75.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6485
Labor Mobility in an Enlarged European Union
Martin Kahanec
published in: A. F. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, pp. 137-152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6420
What Explains the Rise in CEO Pay in Germany? A Panel Data Analysis for 1977-2009
Francesca Fabbri, Dalia Marin
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118 (2), 235-263
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6382
Does Human Capital Endowment of FDI Recipient Countries Really Matter? Evidence from Cross-Country Firm Level Data
Sumon K. Bhaumik, Ralitza Dimova
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2013, 17 (3), 559-570
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6374
The Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind
Francisca M. Antman
published in: A. F. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, pp. 293-308
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6369
The Evaluation of Immigration Policies
Ulf Rinne
published in: Amelie F. Constant and Klaus F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 28, 530-551
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6363
Living and Working in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency of Immigrants in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Julia Beckhusen, Raymond J.G.M. Florax, Thomas de Graaff, Jacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf
published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2013, 92(2), 305-328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6333
The Role of Language in Shaping International Migration
Alicia Adsera, Mariola Pytlikova
revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125(586), F49–F81
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6331
Social Isolation, Loneliness and Return Migration: Evidence from Older Irish Adults
Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca
published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2013, 39 (10), 1659-1677
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6324
The Psychic Costs of Migration: Evidence from Irish Return Migrants
Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 483-506
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6314
The Effect of Ethnic Identity on the Employment of Immigrants
Nick Drydakis
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11 (2), 285-308
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6293
Remittances and Children's Capabilities: New Evidence from Kyrgyzstan, 2005-2008
Antje Kroeger, Kathryn H. Anderson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6258
The Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Emigration in OECD Countries
Frédéric Docquier, Caglar Ozden, Giovanni Peri
published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (579), 1106-1145
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6243
Assimilation in Multilingual Cities
Javier Ortega, Gregory Verdugo
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28(3), 785-815
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6207
Foreign Ownership and Firm Survival: First Evidence for Enterprises in Germany
Joachim Wagner, John Philipp Weche Gelübcke
published in: International Economics / Economie Internationale, 2012, 132 (Q4), 117-139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6205
Immigrant Enclaves and Crime
Brian Bell, Stephen Machin
published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2013, 53 (1), 118–141
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6188
Demographic Divide and Labor Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
Mehmet S. Tosun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6169
Migration, Openness and the Global Preconditions of 'Smart Development'
Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati
published in: Boğaziçi Journal Review of Social, Economic and Administrative Studies, 2012, 26 (2), 27-89.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6150
Migrant Youths' Educational Achievement: The Role of Institutions
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Mathias Sinning, Steven Stillman
published in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 2012, 643 (1), 18-45
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6145
The Impact of Immigration on International Trade: A Meta-Analysis
Murat Genc, Masood Gheasi, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot
published in: P. Nijkamp, J. Poot J and M. Sahin (eds.) Migration Impact Assessment: New Horizons, Edward Elgar, 2012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6144
Welfare Participation by Immigrants in the UK
Stephen Drinkwater, Catherine Robinson
revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (2), 100-112
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6129
Disparities in Social Assistance Receipt between Immigrants and Natives in Sweden
Björn Anders Gustafsson
shorter version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (2), 126-141
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6119
Sizing It Up: Labor Migration Lessons of the EU Enlargement to 27
Amelie F. Constant
published in: European Migration and Asylum Policies: Coherence or Contradiction, C. Gortázar, C. Parra, B. Segaert, and C. Timmerman, editors. Bruylant: Belgium, 2012, 49-77
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6111
Emigration and Wages: The EU Enlargement Experiment
Benjamin Elsner
published in: Journal of International Economics, 2013, 91(1), 154-163
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6104
Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport, Sara Salomone
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42 (5), 817-28
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