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137 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17270
Network Abroad and Culture: Global Individual-Level Evidence
Riccardo Turati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16929
International Immigration and Labor Regulation
Adam Levai, Riccardo Turati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16468
A Bad Break-up? Assessing the Effects of the 2016 Brexit Referendum on Migration
Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Ines Homburg, Jonathan James, Suncica Vujic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16339
Why Is the Roy-Borjas Model Unable to Predict International Migrant Selection on Education? Evidence from Urban and Rural Mexico
Stefan Leopold, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16298
The Political Economy of Assisted Immigration: Australia 1860-1913
Timothy J. Hatton
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16281
Emigrant Voyages from the UK to North America and Australasia, 1853-1913
Timothy J. Hatton
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15582
Tax Incentives for High Skilled Migrants: Evidence from a Preferential Tax Scheme in the Netherlands
Lisa Marie Timm, Massimo Giuliodori, Paul Muller
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15487
Gender Discrimination and the Sex Ratio of Immigrants
Saul Lach, Nachum Sicherman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15334
Diaspora Economics
Tony Fang, Alex Wells
published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, 07 June 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14945
Information, Intermediaries, and International Migration
Samuel Bazzi, Lisa A. Cameron, Simone G. Schaner, Firman Witoelar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14750
Immigrant Supply of Marketable Child Care and Native Fertility in Italy
Rama Dasi Mariani, Furio C. Rosati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14389
Population Aging and Migration
Panu Poutvaara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14333
The Dynamics of Return Migration, Human Capital Accumulation, and Wage Assimilation
Jérôme Adda, Christian Dustmann, Joseph-Simon Goerlach
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89 (6), 2841 - 2871
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14232
Returns to International Migration: Evidence from a Bangladesh-Malaysia Visa Lottery
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Iffath Sharif, Maheshwor Shrestha
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
Taehoon 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
revised version published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2023, 137, 103588
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13612
Migration from Developing Countries: Selection, Income Elasticity, and Simpson's Paradox
Michael A. Clemens, Mariapia Mendola
forthcoming in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13381
Immigrant Inventors and Diversity in the Age of Mass Migration
Francesco Campo, Mariapia Mendola, Andrea Morrison, Gianmarco Ottaviano
published in: Journal of European Economic Association, 2022, 20 (5), 1971-2021
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
revised version published as 'Refugees' and irregular migrants' self-selection into Europe' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 152, 102681
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12624
Self-Employment and Migration
Samuele Giambra, David McKenzie
published in: World Development, 2022, 141, 105362
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
published in: Journal of International Economics, 2024, 148, 103878.
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
published in: New Zealand Economic Papers, 2022, 56 (3), 272-295
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
forthcoming in: The Journal of Labor Economics, 2023
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
published as "How robust is the evidence on the impact of diasporas on institutional quality in home countries?" in: Kyklos, 2021, 74(1), 126-152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10837
International Emigrant Selection on Occupational Skills
Alexander Patt, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold, Miguel Flores
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19(2), 1249-1298
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
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
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. 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, 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. 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
published in: Health Economics, 2017, 26 (6), 765 - 778
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.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7658
Labor Market Transparency
Eskil Wadensjö
published in: Jens Forssbaeck and Lars Oxelheim (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Economic and Institutional Transparency, New York: Oxford University Press, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7549
Immigrants, Household Production and Women's Retirement
Giovanni Peri, Agnese Romiti, Mariacristina Rossi
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 36, 18-34
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 6921
Immigration and the Distribution of Incomes
Francine D. Blau, Lawrence M. Kahn
published in: Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller (eds.): Handbook on the Economics of International Migration, 1B, 2014
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 5958
Multilateral Resistance to Migration
Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 102, 79-100
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5883
There Goes the Neighborhood? People’s Attitudes and the Effects of Immigration to Australia
Mathias Sinning, Matthias Vorell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5707
Labor Market Effects of Immigration: Evidence from Neighborhood Data
Thomas K. Bauer, Regina Flake, Mathias Sinning
published in: Review of International Economics, 2013, 21 (2), 370-385
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5604
The Aggregate Effects of Trade and Migration: Evidence from OECD Countries
Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5590
Globalization, Brain Drain and Development
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2012, 50 (3), 681-730
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5498
Savings, Asset Holdings, and Temporary Migration
Christian Dustmann, Josep Mestres
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5395
Selective Immigration Policies, Migrants' Education and Welfare at Origin
Simone Bertoli, Herbert Brücker
published in: Economics Letters, 2011, 113 (1), 19-22
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5308
Inter-ethnic Marriage and Partner Satisfaction
Mathias Sinning, Shane Worner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5048
Testing the 'Brain Gain' Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde
Catia Batista, Aitor Lacuesta, Pedro C. Vicente
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97 (1), 32-45
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4957
Crossing the Border: Self-Selection, Earnings and Individual Migration Decisions
Simone Bertoli, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Francesc Ortega
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101, 75-91
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4900
The Cliometrics of International Migration: A Survey
Timothy J. Hatton
published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2010, 24 (5), 941–969
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4899
Source Country Characteristics and Immigrants' Migration Duration and Saving Decisions
Murat Güray Kirdar
published in: IZA Journal of Migration 2013, 2:8
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4688
Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Catia Batista, Pedro C. Vicente
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2011, 25 (1), 77-104
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4519
Labor-Market Exposure as a Determinant of Attitudes toward Immigration
Francesc Ortega, Javier G. Polavieja
published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (3), 298-311
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4464
Neighborhood Diversity and the Appreciation of Native- and Immigrant-Owned Homes
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Mathias Sinning
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2011, 41 (1), 214-226
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4438
Do Foreigners Replace Native Immigrants? Evidence from a Panel Cointegration Analysis
Herbert Brücker, Stefano Fachin, Alessandra Venturini
published in: Economic Modelling, 2010, 2011, 28 (3), 1078 - 1089
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4109
Hostility Toward Immigration in Spain
Ferran Martínez i Coma, Robert Duval Hernández
published in: Jorge Durand and Jorge A. Schiavon (eds.), Perspectivas migratorias: Un análisis interdisciplinario de la migración internacional, Mexico: CIDE, 2010.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4055
EU Enlargement under Continued Mobility Restrictions: Consequences for the German Labor Market
Karl Brenke, Mutlu Yuksel, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published as 'The Effects of EU Enlargement and the Temporary Measures on the German Labor Market ' in: M. Kahanec and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), EU Labor Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration, Springer: Berlin, et al. 2009, 111-129
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3912
International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility
Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier, Maurice Schiff
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2013, 46 (4)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3486
Does Immigration Raise Natives' Income? National and Regional Evidence from Spain
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Sara de la Rica
published as 'The Immigration Surplus and the Substitutability of Immigrant and Native Labor: Evidence from Spain', in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 44(2), 945-958
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