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IZA Discussion Paper No. 3025
The Effect of Emigration on Child Labor
Gil S. Epstein, Nava Kahana
published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 99 (3), 545-548
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3008
Dual Citizenship Rights: Do They Make More and Better Citizens?
Francesca Mazzolari
published in: Demography, 46 (1), 2009, 169-191
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2999
Circular Migration: Counts of Exits and Years Away from the Host Country
Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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. 2989
Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany
Leilanie Basilio, Thomas K. Bauer, Mathias Sinning
published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (5), 510-520
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2977
Young People’s Attitudes towards Muslims in Sweden
Pieter Bevelander, Jonas Otterbeck
published in: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2010, 33 (3), 404 - 425
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2974
Modeling Immigrants' Language Skills
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 27, 75-128
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2966
Determinants of Savings and Remittances: Empirical Evidence from Immigrants to Germany
Mathias Sinning
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 45-67
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2960
National Champion versus Foreign Takeover
Jens Suedekum
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2010, 43 (1), 204-231
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2942
Precautionary Savings by Natives and Immigrants in Germany
Matloob Piracha, Yu Zhu
published in: Applied Economics, 2012, 44 (21), 2767 - 2776
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2920
Women on the Move: The Neglected Gender Dimension of the Brain Drain
Jean-Christophe Dumont, John P. Martin, Gilles Spielvogel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2919
Measuring Immigration's Effects on Labor Demand: A Reexamination of the Mariel Boatlift
Örn B. Bodvarsson, Joshua J. Lewer, Hendrik Van den Berg
published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (4), 560-574
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2907
Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
Rita K. Almeida, Ana Margarida Fernandes
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2008, 44 (5), 701-727
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2903
How Does Financial Globalization Affect Risk Sharing? Patterns and Channels
M. Ayhan Kose, Eswar Prasad, Marco E. Terrones
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 89 (2), 258-270
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2891
Modeling Migration Dynamics of Immigrants: The Case of The Netherlands
Govert Bijwaard
revision published as "Immigrant migration dynamics model for The Netherlands" in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (4), 1213-1247
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2873
Skilled Migration: The Perspective of Developing Countries
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
published in: J. Baghwati and G. Hanson (eds.), Skilled Immigration Today: Prospects, Problems and Policies, Oxford University Press, 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2872
When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State
Bernt Bratsberg, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (3), 633-676
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2871
Optimal Immigration Policy: Permanent, Guest-Worker, or Mode IV?
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2862
A Simple Theory of Industry Location and Residence Choice
Rainald Borck, Michael P. Pflüger, Matthias Wrede
published in revised form in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2010, 10 (6), 913 - 940
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2855
Why Are People More Pro-Trade than Pro-Migration?
Anna Maria Mayda
published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 101 (3), 160-163
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2830
Illegal Migration, Enforcement and Minimum Wage
Gil S. Epstein, Odelia Heizler (Cohen)
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 28, 197-224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2829
Home Market Effect versus Multinationals
Eric Toulemonde
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2825
Is There Too Little Immigration?
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Howard J. Wall
published as 'Is There To Little immigration? An Analysis of Temporary Skilled Migration' in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2008, 17 (2), 197 - 211
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2811
Temporary Shocks and Offshoring: The Role of External Economies and Firm Heterogeneity
Devashish Mitra, Priya Ranjan
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2008, 87 (1), 76-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2795
Skilled Migration, FDI and Human Capital Investment
Daniele Checchi, Gianfranco De Simone, Riccardo Faini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2792
Entrepreneurship and Survival Dynamics of Immigrants to the U.S. and their Descendants
Dimitris Georgarakos, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16(2), 161-170
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2788
A Land of Milk and Honey with Streets Paved with Gold: Do Emigrants Have Over-Optimistic Expectations about Incomes Abroad?
David McKenzie, John Gibson, Steven Stillman
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 102, 116 - 127
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2782
Exports and Productivity Growth: First Evidence from a Continuous Treatment Approach
Helmut Fryges, Joachim Wagner
published in: Review of World Economics, 2008, 144 (4), 695-722
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2772
A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity Wealth Gap
Thomas K. Bauer, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Vincent A. Hildebrand, Mathias Sinning
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2011, 11 (4), 989-1007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2747
Brain Drain, Fiscal Competition, and Public Education Expenditure
Hartmut Egger, Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann
published in: Review of International Economics, 2012, 20 (1), 81-94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2745
Equipping Immigrants: Migration Flows and Capital Movements
Fabian Lange, Douglas Gollin
published in: Review of World Economics, 2013, 149 (4), 749-777
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2692
Multinationals as Stabilizers? Economic Crisis and Plant Employment Growth
Roberto Alvarez, Holger Görg
published as 'Multinationals as Stabilisers? Economic Crisis, Access to Finance, and Employment Growth' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48 (7), 847-863
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2684
How Many Hours Do You Have to Work to Be Integrated? Full Time and Part Time Employment of Native and Ethnic Minority Women in the Netherlands
Pieter Bevelander, Sandra Groeneveld
published as 'How many hours do you have to work to be integrated?' in: International Migration, 2012, 50 (s1), e117 - e131
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2683
The Labour Market Position of Turkish Immigrants in Germany and the Netherlands: Reason for Migration, Naturalisation and Language Proficiency
Rob Euwals, Jaco Dagevos, Mérove Gijsberts, Hans Roodenburg
published in: International Migration Review, 2010, 44 (3), 513-538
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2677
Immigration, Integration and the Labour Market: Turkish Immigrants in Germany and the Netherlands
Rob Euwals, Jaco Dagevos, Mérove Gijsberts, Hans Roodenburg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2676
Earnings and Occupational Attainment: Immigrants and the Native Born
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published as 'Earnings and Occupational Attainment among Immigrants' in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48 (3), 454 - 465
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2670
The International Transferability of Immigrants’ Human Capital Skills
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2009, 28 (2), 162-169
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2664
Occupational Language Requirements and the Value of English in the U.S. Labor Market
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (1), 353-372
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2617
Brain Drain from Turkey: The Case of Professionals Abroad
Nil Demet Güngör, Aysit Tansel
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 29 (4), 323-347
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2587
Matching Language Proficiency to Occupation: The Effect on Immigrants’ Earnings
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published as 'The impact of surplus skills on earnings: Extending the over-education model to language proficiency' in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 36, 263-275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2575
The Critical Period Hypothesis for Language Learning: What the 2000 US Census Says
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
published as "A Test of the Critical Period Hypothesis for Language Learning" in: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2008, 29 (1), 16-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2551
Employment Integration of Refugees: The Influence of Local Factors on Refugee Job Opportunities in Sweden
Pieter Bevelander, Christer Lundh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2538
Immigrants Assimilate as Communities, Not Just as Individuals
Timothy J. Hatton, Andrew Leigh
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (2), 389-419
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2537
Ethnic Persistence, Assimilation and Risk Proclivity
Holger Bonin, Amelie F. Constant, Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Klaus F. Zimmermann
substantially revised version published in: IZA Journal of Migration , 2012, 1, Article 5
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2535
Ethnic Self-Identification of First-Generation Immigrants
Laura V Zimmermann, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Amelie F. Constant
published in: International Migration Review, 2007, 41 (3), 769-781
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2524
Self-Selection and the Returns to Geographic Mobility: What Can Be Learned from the German Reunification "Experiment"
Anzelika Zaiceva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2519
Reconciling the Estimates of Potential Migration into the Enlarged European Union
Anzelika Zaiceva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2510
The Evolution of Citizenship: Economic and Institutional Determinants
Graziella Bertocchi, Chiara Strozzi
revised version published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2010, 53 (1), 95-136
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2506
Multinational Companies, Backward Linkages and Labour Demand Elasticities
Holger Görg, Michael Henry, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2009, 42( 1), 332-348
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2501
Social Relations and Remittances: Evidence from Canadian Micro Data
Don J. DeVoretz, Florin Vadean
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2499
The Age of Mass Migration: Economic and Institutional Determinants
Graziella Bertocchi, Chiara Strozzi
revised version published as "International Migration and the Role of Institutions" in: Public Choice, 2008, 137(1), 81-102
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2493
The International Migration of Knowledge Workers: When Is Brain Drain Beneficial?
Peter J. Kuhn, Carol McAusland
revised version published as 'Consumers and the brain drain: Product and process design and the gains from emigration' in: Journal of International Economics, 2009, 78 (2), 287–291
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2478
Public Education in an Integrated Europe: Studying to Migrate and Teaching to Stay?
Panu Poutvaara
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110 (3), 591–608
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2453
Employment Effects of Privatisation and Foreign Acquisition of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Yundan Gong, Holger Görg, Sara Maioli
published in: International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2007, 14(2), 197-214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2446
Heterogeneous Human Capital and Migration: Who Migrates from Mexico to the US?
Vincenzo Caponi
revised version published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2010, 97/98, 207 - 234
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2444
Der Finanzierungsbeitrag der Ausländer zu den deutschen Staatsfinanzen: Eine Bilanz für 2004
Holger Bonin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2440
Brain Drain and Inequality Across Nations
Frédéric Docquier
published as 'Fuite des cerveaux et inégalités entre pays' in: Revue d'Economie du Développement, 2007, 21 (2), 49-88
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2439
The Social Assimilation of Immigrants
Domenico de Palo, Riccardo Faini, Alessandra Venturini
published in: Intereconomics, 2017, 52, 285-292
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2437
Intergenerational Transmission of Fertility Patterns in Britain
Alison L. Booth, Hiau Joo Kee
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 71 (2), 183–208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2431
Intergenerational Transmission of Abilities and Self Selection of Mexican Immigrants
Vincenzo Caponi
published in: International Economic Review, 2011, 52 (2), 523 - 547
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2420
Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work
Amelie F. Constant, Liliya Gataullina, Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2410
Poles Apart? EU Enlargement and the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in the UK
Stephen Drinkwater, John Eade, Michal Garapich
published in: International Migration, 2009, 47 (1), 161-190
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2405
How Immigrants Fare Across the Earnings Distribution: International Analyses
Barry R. Chiswick, Anh T. Le, Paul W. Miller
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (3), 353-373
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2392
The Economics of Citizenship: A Common Intellectual Ground for Social Scientists?
Don J. DeVoretz
published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2008, 34 (4), 679-693
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2356
Intentions to Return of Undocumented Migrants: Illegality as a Cause of Skill Waste
Nicola Coniglio, Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Laura Serlenga
published in: Review of Development Economics, 13 (4), 2009, 641 - 657
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2350
Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Amelie F. Constant, Liliya Gataullina, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Laura V Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2345
Immigrant Selection Systems and Immigrant Health
Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller
published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 26 (4), 555 - 578
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2336
Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect Wage Inequality? An Empirical Investigation
Paolo Figini, Holger Görg
published in: World Economy, 2011, 34 (9), 1455-1475
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2306
Identifying the Determinants of Attitudes towards Immigrants: A Structural Cross-Country Analysis
Jan Brenner, Michael Fertig
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2300
Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants
Laura V Zimmermann, Liliya Gataullina, Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 98 (3), 235-239
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2287
Brain Drain from Turkey: An Investigation of Students' Return Intentions
Nil Demet Güngör, Aysit Tansel
published in: Applied Economics, 40 (23), 2008, 3069 - 3087
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2283
Attitudes Towards Immigration: Does Economic Self-Interest Matter?
Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, Jakob R. Munch, Sanne Schroll, Jan Rose Skaksen
published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (2), 254-257
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2282
The Labor Market Costs of Conflict: Closures, Foreign Workers, and Palestinian Employment and Earnings
Sami H. Miaari, Robert M. Sauer
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 129-148
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2267
Can You Teach Old Dragons New Tricks? FDI and Innovation Activity in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Sourafel Girma, Yundan Gong, Holger Görg
revised version published as 'What determines innovation activity in Chinese state-owned enterprises? The role of foreign direct investment' in: World Development, 2009, 37 (4), 866-873
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2256
Towards a Unifying Approach of the 'New Economic Geography'
Michael P. Pflüger, Jens Suedekum
published in revised form as 'A synthesis of footloose-entrepreneur new economic geography models: when is agglomeration smooth and easily reversible?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2008, 8 (1), 39-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2240
The Effect of Filipino Overseas Migration on the Non-Migrant Spouse’s Market Participation and Labor Supply Behavior
Emily Cabegin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2220
Cross-Border Mergers and National Champions in an Integrating Economy
Jens Suedekum
published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2008, 164 (3), 477-508
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2199
Extremism within the Family
Gil S. Epstein
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (3), 707-715
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2160
Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth
Paola Giuliano, Marta Ruiz-Arranz
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 90 (1), 144-152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2155
Remittances and the Brain Drain
Riccardo Faini
published in: World Bank Economic Review , 2007, 21 (2), 177-191
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2153
Naturalisation and Socioeconomic Integration: The Case of the Netherlands
Pieter Bevelander, Justus Veenman
published in: Pieter Bevelander and Don J. DeVoretz (eds.): The Economics of Citizenship, Malmo University, Malmö: Holmbergs, Sweden, 2008
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2146
A Dual Policy Paradox: Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in Labor-Scarce Economies?
Timothy J. Hatton, Jeffrey G. Williamson
published in T.J. Hatton. K. H. O'Rourke and A. M. Taylor (eds.), The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson, Cambridge Mass: MIT Press, 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2139
Remittances, Institutions and Economic Growth
Natalia Catrinescu, Miguel Leon-Ledesma, Matloob Piracha, Bryce Quillin
published in: World Development, 2009, 37(1), 81-92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2131
Margins of Multinational Labor Substitution
Marc-Andreas Muendler, Sascha O. Becker
published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (5), 1999-2030
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2127
Individual Attitudes towards Immigrants: Welfare-State Determinants Across Countries
Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda
published as 'Does the Welfare State Affect Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants? Evidence across Countries' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91 (2), 295 - 314
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2088
Migration's Income and Poverty Impact Has Been Underestimated
Maurice Schiff
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2008, 6 (3), 267-284
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2087
How Important Is Selection? Experimental vs. Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration
David McKenzie, John Gibson, Steven Stillman
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8(4), 913-945
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2052
The (Self-)Selection of International Migrants Reconsidered: Theory and New Evidence
Herbert Brücker, Cécily Defoort
published in: Journal of International Manpower, 2009, 30 (7), 742-764.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2049
International Migration with Heterogeneous Agents: Theory and Evidence
Herbert Brücker, Philipp J. H. Schröder
published in: World Economy , 2012, 35 (2), 152-182.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2044
The Impact of Immigration on the Employment of Natives in Regional Labour Markets: A Meta-Analysis
Simonetta Longhi, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot
published in: J. Poot, B. Waldorf, and L. van Wissen (eds.), Migration and Human Capital, Edward Elgar, 2008
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2040
Ethnosizing Immigrants
Amelie F. Constant, Liliya Gataullina, Klaus F. Zimmermann
substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 69 (3), 274-287
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1999
Native-Migrant Differences in Risk Attitudes
Holger Bonin, Amelie F. Constant, Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16 (15), 1581-1586
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1934
Head-content or Headcount? Short-term Skilled Labour Movements as a Source of Growth
Massimiliano Tani
published as 'Short-Term Skilled Labour Movements and Economic Growth' in: International Migration, 2008, 46 (3), 161-187
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1910
Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-employment Proclivity: A Bi-national Study of Immigrants
Amelie F. Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1903
On Human Capital Formation with Exit Options: Comment and New Results
Panu Poutvaara
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21 (3), 679-684
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1892
Oligopoly and Outsourcing
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Howard J. Wall
published in: Economics and Politics, 2007, 19 (2), 219-234
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1863
International Capital Market Integration, Educational Choice and Economic Growth
Hartmut Egger, Peter Egger, Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann
published as 'The Impact of Capital Market Integration on Educational Choice and the Consequences for Economic Growth' in: World Economy, 2010, 33 (10), 1241-1268
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1840
Endogenous Assimilation and Immigrant Adjustment in Longitudinal Data
Michael Beenstock, Barry R. Chiswick, Ari Paltiel
revised paper published as "Testing the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis with Longitudinal Data" in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2010, 8 (1), 7-27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1834
Immigration and Public Spending
René Böheim, Karin Mayr
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1819
Household Migration Decisions as Survival Strategy: The Case of Burkina Faso
Adama Konseiga
published in: Journal of African Economies, 2007, 16 (2), 198-233
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1807
An Auction Model of Canadian Temporary Immigration for the 21st Century
Don J. DeVoretz
published in: International Migration, 2008, 46 (1), 3–17
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