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nep-mig 2016-06-14 papers
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| nep-mig | New Economics Papers |
| on Economics of Human Migration |
| Issue of 2016‒06‒14
five papers chosen by
Yuji Tamura
La Trobe University
http://econpapers.repec.org/pta90
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- Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent ImmigrantsGoel, Deepti; Lang,
Kevin
- Strategic Interactions in Migration Decisions in Rural MexicoRojas Valdes,
Ruben Irvin; Lin Lawell, C.-Y. Cynthia; Taylor, J. Edward
- International Migration and its Effect on Labor Supply of the Left-Behind
Household Members: Evidence from NepalPhadera, Lokendra
- Estimating Immigrant Earnings Profiles when Migrations are
TemporaryChristian Dustmann; Joseph-Simon Görlach
- The Cultural Diffusion of the Fertility Transition: Evidence from Internal
Migration in 19th Century FranceDaudin, Guillaume; Franck, Raphaël; Rapoport,
Hillel
- Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
| Date: | 2016-05 |
| By: | Goel, Deepti (Delhi School of Economics) ; Lang, Kevin (Boston
University) |
| In this paper we highlight a specific mechanism through which social
networks help in job search. We characterize the strength of a network by its
likelihood of providing a job offer. Using a theoretical model we show that the
wage differential in jobs found using networks versus those found using formal
channels, decreases as the network becomes stronger. We verify this result for
recent immigrants to Canada for whom a strong network is captured by the
presence of a 'close tie.' Furthermore, structural estimates confirm that the
presence of a close tie operates by increasing the likelihood of generating a
job offer from the network rather than by altering the wage distribution from
which an offer is drawn. |
| Keywords: | job search, migration, networks |
| JEL: | J3 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9942&r=mig ;|
- Strategic Interactions in Migration Decisions in Rural Mexico
| Date: | 2016-05 |
| By: | Rojas Valdes, Ruben Irvin ; Lin Lawell, C.-Y. Cynthia ;
Taylor, J. Edward |
| Keywords: | Migration, Mexico, Strategic interactions, Labor and
Human Capital, O15, O54, |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea16:235426&r=mig ;|
- International Migration and its Effect on Labor Supply of the Left-Behind
Household Members: Evidence from Nepal
| Date: | 2016 |
| By: | Phadera, Lokendra |
| This paper analyzes the differential impact of migration on labor
supply of the left-behind household members in Nepal, where international
migration for employment, predominantly a male phenomenon, increased
substantially between 2001 and 2011. Using the NLSS III data, this paper
extends the analysis further by incorporating the impacts on both extensive and
intensive margins and answering the question of if they are not wage-employed,
what the remaining members in the household engaging in instead. The paper
finds that, in response to outmigration of some family members, women realign
their priorities and reallocate their time from market employment to
self-employment and home production, possibly filling in the roles vacated by
the migrants. In contrast, the income effect dominates the impact of migration
on the left-behind men; that is, men value their leisure more because of the
remittances from abroad and decrease their overall supply of labor. |
| Keywords: | International Migration, Migration, Labor Supply,
International Development, Labor and Human Capital, F220, O150, J220, |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea16:235968&r=mig ;|
- Estimating Immigrant Earnings Profiles when Migrations are Temporary
| Date: | 2016-05 |
| By: | Christian Dustmann (Centre for Research and Analysis of
Migration (CReAM) University College London (UCL)) ; Joseph-Simon Görlach
(Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) University College
London (UCL)) |
| The assumption that all migrations are permanent, which pervaded the
early microdata-based research on immigrant career profiles, is not supported
by the empirical evidence. Rather, many – if not most – migrations appear
to be temporary. In this paper, therefore, we illustrate the estimation
challenges when migrations are temporary. As in an overwhelming share of the
selective out-migration literature, our basic structure assumes that the
process that determines out-migration is unrelated to other choices that affect
wage growth, such as human capital investment or labour supply decisions, which
greatly simplifies the analysis. When the choice of whether and when to
out-migrate also affects decisions that determine wage growth, the problem
becomes inherently dynamic and requires a more structural approach to
estimation, which we briefly discuss. |
| Keywords: | immigration, return migration, assimilation, earnings
profile, selection |
| JEL: | F22 J15 J31 J61 O15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:crm:wpaper:1609&r=mig ;|
- The Cultural Diffusion of the Fertility Transition: Evidence from Internal
Migration in 19th Century France
| Date: | 2016-05 |
| By: | Daudin, Guillaume (Université Paris-Dauphine) ; Franck,
Raphaël (Bar-Ilan University) ; Rapoport, Hillel (Paris School of Economics) |
| France experienced the demographic transition before richer and more
educated countries. This paper offers a novel explanation for this puzzle that
emphasizes the diffusion of culture and information through internal migration.
It tests how migration affected fertility by building a decennial bilateral
migration matrix between French regions for 1861-1911. The identification
strategy uses exogenous variation in transportation costs resulting from the
construction of railways. The results suggest the convergence towards low birth
rates can be explained by the diffusion of low-fertility norms by migrants,
especially by migrants to and from Paris. |
| Keywords: | fertility, France, demographic transition, migration |
| JEL: | J13 N33 O15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9945&r=mig ;|
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