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[nep-mig] 2017-06-25, 7 papers
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| nep-mig | New EconomicsPapers |
| on Economics of Human Migration |
| Issue of 2017‒06‒25
seven papers chosen by
Yuji Tamura
La Trobe University
http://econpapers.repec.org/pta90
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- The Legacies of Slavery in and outof AfricaGraziella Bertocchi
- Mobility of highly skilledretirees from Japan to Korea and TaiwanKang,
Byeongwoo; Sato,Yukihito; Ueki, Yasushi
- How Restricted is the Job Mobilityof Skilled Temporary Work Visa
Holders?Jennifer Hunt
- Is London really the engine-room?Migration, opportunity hoarding and
regional social mobility in theUKSam Friedman; Lindsey Macmillan
- International Emigrant Selectionon Occupational SkillsPatt, Alexander;
Ruhose, Jens; Wiederhold,Simon; Flores, Miguel
- Immigration and the Dutch disease.A counterfactual analysis of the
Norwegian resource boom2004-2013Ådne Cappelen; Torbjørn Eika
- Public Opinion on Immigration inEurope: Preference versus SalienceHatton,
TimothyJ.
- The Legacies ofSlavery in and out of Africa
| Date: | 2016-11 |
| By: | Graziella Bertocchi |
| The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the mostsignificant
forced migration experiencesin history. In this paper I illustrate their
long-term consequences oncontemporaneoussocio-economic outcomes, drawing from
my own previous work on the topic and froman extensivereview of the available
literature. I first consider the influence of the slavetrade on the“sending”
countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,institutional,
demographic, andsocial implications. Next I evaluate the consequences of the
slave trade on the“receiving”countries in the Americas. Here I distinguish
between the case of Latin Americaand that of theUnited States. Overall, I show
that the slave trades exert a lasting impactalong severalcontemporaneous
socio-economic dimensions and across diverse areas of theworld. |
| Keywords: | slavery, development |
| JEL: | J15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mod:recent:125&r=mig ;|
- Mobility of highlyskilled retirees from Japan to Korea and Taiwan
| Date: | 2017-03 |
| By: | Kang, Byeongwoo ; Sato,Yukihito ; Ueki, Yasushi |
| Attracting highly skilled workers is a major element for theeconomic
development of manycountries, especially developing countries. However, the
general internationalmobility of workersis from developing countries to
developed ones. Historical evidence hasindicated that Korean andTaiwanese firms
scout for highly skilled Japanese workers (either retired orsoon-to-retire)
toaccrue knowledge and achieve catch-up. Therefore, this paper investigates
howthe highly skilledJapanese workers were scouted by firms in Korea and
Taiwan. Aiming at producingevidence ratherthan testing hypotheses, the findings
of this paper shed practical informationfor firms indeveloping countries to
attract highly skilled workers for their growth. Inaddition, this paperprovides
insights into the international mobility of highly skilled workers froma
developedcountry to developing countries, which has not been examined in
previousliterature. |
| Keywords: | Labor market,Humanresources,Highly
skilled,Mobility,Japan,Korea,Taiwan |
| JEL: | F22 J61 O15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:jet:dpaper:dpaper657&r=mig ;|
- How Restricted isthe Job Mobility of Skilled Temporary Work VisaHolders?
| Date: | 2017-06 |
| By: | Jennifer Hunt |
| Using the National Survey of College Graduates, Iinvestigate the degree
to which holders oftemporary work visas in the United States are mobile between
employers. Holdersof temporary workvisas either have legal restrictions on
their ability to change employers(particularly holders ofintra-company
transferee visas, L-1s) or may be reluctant to leave an employerwho has
sponsoredthem for permanent residence (particularly holders of specialty worker
visas,H-1Bs). I find thatthe voluntary job changing rate is similar for
temporary visa holders andnatives with similarcharacteristics. For the minority
of temporary workers who receive permanentresidence, there is aconsiderable
spike in voluntary moving upon receipt of permanent residence,suggesting
mobility isreduced during the application period by about 20%. My analysis of
reasons formoving suggeststhat applicants are prepared to pay a small but not
large professional price forpermanent accessto the U.S. labor market. |
| JEL: | J61 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:23529&r=mig ;|
- Is London reallythe engine-room? Migration, opportunity hoarding and
regional social mobility inthe UK
| Date: | 2017-05 |
| By: | Sam Friedman ; Lindsey Macmillan |
| In this paper we explore for the first time regionaldifferences in the
patterning of occupationalsocial mobility in the UK. Drawing on data from
Understanding Society (US),supported by theLabour Force Survey (LFS), we
examine how rates of absolute and relativeintergenerationaloccupational
mobility vary across 19 regions of England, Scotland and Wales. Ourfindings
somewhatproblematise the dominant policy narrative on regional social mobility,
whichpresents London asthe national ‘engine-room’ of social mobility. In
contrast, we find thatthose currently living inInner London have experienced
the lowest regional rate of absolute upwardmobility, the highestregional rate
of downward mobility, and a comparatively low rate of relativeupward mobility
intoprofessional and managerial occupations. This stands in stark contrast
toMerseyside andparticularly Tyne and Wear where rates of both absolute and
relative upwardmobility are high, anddownward mobility is low. We then examine
this Inner London effect further,finding that it isdriven in part by two
dimensions of migration. First, among internationalmigrants, we findstrikingly
low rates of upward mobility and high rates of downward mobility.Second,
amongdomestic migrants, we find a striking overrepresentation of those
fromprofessional and managerialbackgrounds. These privileged domestic migrants,
our results indicate, are lesslikely toexperience downward mobility than those
from similar backgrounds elsewhere inthe country. Thismay be partly explained
by higher educational qualifications, but may also beindicative of aglass floor
or opportunity hoarding. |
| Keywords: | social mobility;regions; London; upward mobility;
downward mobility; glass floor |
| JEL: | J61 P25 Z13 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:80868&r=mig ;|
- InternationalEmigrant Selection on Occupational Skills
| Date: | 2017-06 |
| By: | Patt, Alexander (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)
;Ruhose,Jens (Leibniz University of Hannover) ; Wiederhold, Simon (Ifo
Institute for Economic Research) ; Flores,Miguel (EGAP Tecnológico de Monterrey
CEM) |
| We present the first evidence that international emigrantselection on
education and earningsmaterializes through occupational skills. Combining novel
data from arepresentative Mexican tasksurvey with rich individual-level worker
data, we find that Mexican migrants tothe United Stateshave higher manual
skills and lower cognitive skills than non-migrants.Conditional onoccupational
skills, education and earnings no longer predict migrationdecisions.
Differentiallabor-market returns to occupational skills explain the observed
selectionpattern andsignificantly outperform previously used returns-to-skills
measures inpredicting migration.Results are persistent over time and hold
within narrowly defined regional,sectoral, andoccupational labor markets. |
| Keywords: | international migration, selection, skills,occupations |
| JEL: | F22 O15 J61 J24 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10837&r=mig ;|
- Immigration andthe Dutch disease. A counterfactual analysis of the
Norwegian resource boom2004-2013
| Date: | 2017-06 |
| By: | Ådne Cappelen ; Torbjørn Eika (Statistics Norway) |
| The EU-enlargement in 2004 increased labour migration andaffected the
Norwegian labour market inparticular. We study how this modified the Dutch
disease effects during theresource boom 2004-2013. In the Norwegian case the
resource movement effect of the petroleumindustry hashistorically dominated the
spending effect. One reason is the introduction ofthe fiscal policyrule in 2001
that limited spending. We find that economic growth in Norway wasroughly
doubledduring this period due to the resource boom while total population
increased by2 percent.Moreover, both the resource movement and spending effects
on Mainland GDP wereroughly unaffectedby immigration while employment
increased, real wages fell and so didproductivity. |
| Keywords: | Dutch disease; Immigration |
| JEL: | B22 J11 Q33 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ssb:dispap:860&r=mig ;|
- Public Opinion onImmigration in Europe: Preference versus Salience
| Date: | 2017-06 |
| By: | Hatton, Timothy J. (University of Essex) |
| There is growing interest among economists in public opiniontowards
immigration, something thatis often seen as the foundation for restrictive
immigration policies. Existingstudies havefocused on the responses to survey
questions on whether the individual wouldprefer more or lessimmigration but not
on his or her assessment of its importance as a policyissue. Here Idistinguish
between preference and salience. Analysis of data from the EuropeanSocial
Survey andEurobarometer indicates that these are associated with
differentindividual-level characteristics.At the national level these two
dimensions of public opinion move differentlyover time and inresponse to
different macro-level variables. The results suggest that bothdimensions need
to betaken into account when assessing the overall climate of public opinion
towardsimmigration.Finally, there is some evidence that both preference and
salience are importantinfluences onimmigration policy. |
| Keywords: | public opinion, salience, attitudes toimmigration |
| JEL: | D72 F22 J61 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10838&r=mig ;|
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