----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Yuji Tamura <ernad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To:
"nep-mig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <nep-mig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Wednesday, November 1,
2017, 11:15:26 PM GMT-5Subject: [nep-mig] 2017-10-29, 34 papers
|
| nep-mig | New EconomicsPapers |
| on Economics of Human Migration |
| Issue of 2017‒10‒29
thirty-four papers chosen by
Yuji Tamura
La Trobe University
http://econpapers.repec.org/pta90
| |
- Creativity over Time andSpaceSerafinelli, Michel; Tabellini, Guido
- The Influence of Migration onAdaptation and Mitigation - a Political
Economy ApproachRybicki,Jakub
- The Choice of Technology andRural-Urban Migration in Economic
DevelopmentZhou,Haiwen
- Employment and Human CapitalInvestment Intentions among Recent Refugees in
GermanyPeterHaan; Martin Kroh; Kent Troutman
- Computerization and Immigration:Theory and Evidence from the United
StatesGaetano Basso;Giovanni Peri; Ahmed Rahman
- The Effect of Language Training onImmigrants' Economic Integration -
Empirical Evidence fromFranceAlexia Lochmann; Hillel Rapoport; BiagioSpeciale
- Understanding the Effects ofLegalizing Undocumented ImmigrantsJoan Monras;
JavierVázquez-Grenno; Ferran Elias
- Migration, Education and WorkOpportunitiesGirsberger, Esther Mirjam
- Unity in Diversity? Ethnicity,Migration, and Nation Building in
IndonesiaBazzi, Samuel; Gaduh,Arya; Rothenberg, Alexander; Wong, Maisy
- Hate at First Sight? DynamicAspects of the Electoral Impact of Migrations:
The Case of the UK andBrexitFabrizio Patriarca; Rama Dasi Mariani; EugenioLevi
- Understanding the Impact ofTuition Fees in Foreign Education: the Case of
the UK.LionelRagot; Michel Beine; Marco Delogu
- Effects of Emigration on RuralLabor MarketsAgha Ali Akram; Shyamal
Chowdhury; Ahmed MushfiqMobarak
- Educational Choice, Rural-urbanMigration and Economic DevelopmentPei-Ju
Liao; Ping Wang;Yin-Chi Wang; Chong Kee Yip
- How Do Latin American Migrants inthe U.S. Stand on Schooling Premium? What
Does It Reveal about Education Qualityin Their Home Countries?Alonso-Soto,
Daniel; Nopo, HugoR.
- Does population diversity matterfor economic development in the very
long-term? Historic migration, diversityand county wealth in the
USRodríguez-Pose, Andrés; vonBerlepsch, Viola
- Current Migration Phenomenon andLabor Productivity in Christian
PerspectiveAdrian Gh.Paul
- Do climatic events influenceinternal migration? Evidence from
MexicoVicente Ruiz
- The Effect of Immigrant Peers inVocational SchoolsFrattini, Tommaso;
Meschi, Elena
- Should Immigrants CulturallyAssimilate or Preserve Their Own Culture?
Individual Beliefs and the Longevityof National IdentityPeter Grajzl; Jonathan
Eastwood; ValentinaDimitrova-Grajzl
- Global Migration: A Managerial“Cultural†PerspectiveNelu Burcea
- Are National IdentitiesArtificial?Marian Gh. Simion
- Migration and the Church inContemporary EuropeSorin Badragan
- The Impact of Migration on ChurchMissionLiviu Ursache
- The Effects of Migration onRomanian Employees: A Managerial
PerspectiveCristian-LiviuVele
- Migration of the EvangelicalCulture in Romania After the Fall of
CommunismIeremiaRusu
- Migration: Social-ReligiousSynergy from the Perspective of Dogma
HistoryIacobComan
- The Church and Migration: The Roleof Faith in Social Integration and
Behavior Change of the RomaPeopleDaniel Fodorean
- Is There a Theological Side to theRomanian Exodus?Teodor-Ioan Colda
- The Phenomenon of Migration inContemporary Society Viewed from a Religious
PerspectiveIoanLucian Racila
- Judaism andMigrationIoan Stinghe
- The Migration Phenomenon and theNeo–Protestant Denominations in
RomaniaLucian IonelMercea
- Migration and investment: abusiness cycle perspectiveFusshoeller, Chantal;
Balleer,Almut
- Migration and ItsConsequencesIvan Vasile Ivanoff
- Design and implementation of ahigh quality probability sample of
immigrants and ethnic minorities: lessonslearntLynn, Peter; Nandi, Alita;
Parutis, Violetta; Platt,Lucinda
- Creativity overTime and Space
| Date: | 2017-10 |
| By: | Serafinelli, Michel ; Tabellini, Guido |
| Creativity is often highly concentrated in time and space,and across
different domains. Whatexplains the formation and decay of clusters of
creativity? In this paper wematch data onthousands of notable individuals born
in Europe between the XIth and the XIXthcentury withhistorical data on city
institutions and population. After documenting severalstylized facts, weshow
that the formation of creative clusters is not preceded by increases incity
size. Instead,the emergence of city institutions protecting economic and
political freedomsfacilitates theattraction and production of creative talent |
| Keywords: | agglomeration; Gravity;Immigration; Innovation;
Political Institutions |
| JEL: | J61 N13 O10 R10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12365&r=mig ;|
- The Influence ofMigration on Adaptation and Mitigation - a Political
EconomyApproach
| Date: | 2017 |
| By: | Rybicki, Jakub |
| This paper analyses the effect of migration on otheradaptation measures
and on mitigation from apolitical economy perspective. Mitigation is
represented by an ecotax whileadaptation isrepresented by a dike. In our model,
we focus on a coastal region whereindividuals areheterogeneous in income and
location and where flood risk exists. A main resultis that the optionto move
away decreases the political support for mitigation while the effect
onadaptation can bepositive or negative. |
| JEL: | D70 Q54 R23 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:vfsc17:168190&r=mig ;|
- The Choice ofTechnology and Rural-Urban Migration in EconomicDevelopment
| Date: | 2017-10-20 |
| By: | Zhou, Haiwen |
| This paper studies a general equilibrium model ofrural-urban migration
in which manufacturingfirms engage in oligopolistic competition and choose
increasing returnstechnologies to maximizeprofits. Urban residents incur
commuting costs to work in the Central BusinessDistrict.Surprisingly a change
in the size of the population or an increase in theexogenously given wagerate
will not affect a manufacturing firm’s choice of technology. This helpsto
explain why firmsin developing countries may not adopt labor intensive
technologies even underabundant laborsupply. An increase in the number of
manufacturing firms increases both theemployment rate andthe level of
employment in the manufacturing sector. However, manufacturingfirms choose
lessadvanced technologies. Capital accumulation leads manufacturing firms to
choosemore advancedtechnologies, but may not increase employment in the
manufacturingsector. |
| Keywords: | Economic development, the choice of technology,
rural-urbanmigration, increasing returns, urbanization |
| JEL: | O14 O18 R14 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:48295&r=mig ;|
- Employment andHuman Capital Investment Intentions among Recent Refugees
inGermany
| Date: | 2017 |
| By: | Peter Haan ; MartinKroh ; Kent Troutman |
| Motivations to participate in the labour market as well asto invest in
labour market skills arecrucial for the successful integration of refugees. In
this paper we use aunique dataset – theIAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Survey, which is a
representative longitudinal study ofall refugeesreported on administrative
records in Germany – and analyse which determinantsand characteristicsare
correlated with high motivation and intention to participate in the
labourmarket. We findthat overall men have a strong intention to work and to
invest in human capital.The result forwomen is different: among women, having
children, lack of German languageskills, and having noprevious work experience
significantly and consistently correlate with lowerexpectations andintentions
of future economic integration. Furthermore, we find a significantrelationship
betweenthe degree of traditional or patriarchal views of women’s societal
roles, andour correspondingoutcomes of interest. |
| Keywords: | Refugees, labor market integration, humancapital
investment |
| JEL: | F22 J22 J24 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp1692&r=mig ;|
- Computerizationand Immigration: Theory and Evidence from the UnitedStates
| Date: | 2017-10 |
| By: | Gaetano Basso ; GiovanniPeri ; Ahmed Rahman |
| The changes in technology that took place in the US duringthe last
three decades, mainly due tothe introduction of computerization and automation,
have been characterized as“routine-substituting.” They have reduced the demand
for routine tasks, buthave increased thedemand for analytical tasks. Indirectly
they have also increased the demand formanual tasks andservice oriented
occupations. Little is known about how these changes haveimpacted
immigration,or task specialization between immigrants and natives. In this
paper we showthat suchtechnological progress has attracted skilled and
unskilled immigrants, with thelatter groupincreasingly specialized in
manual-service occupations. We also show that theimmigration responsehas helped
to reduce the polarization of employment for natives. We explainthese facts
with amodel of technological progress and endogenous immigration. Simulations
showthat immigration inthe presence of technological change attenuates the drop
in routine employmentand the increase inservice employment for natives. |
| JEL: | J15 J24 O15 O33 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:23935&r=mig ;|
- The Effect ofLanguage Training on Immigrants' Economic Integration -
Empirical Evidence fromFrance
| Date: | 2017 |
| By: | Alexia Lochmann ; HillelRapoport ; Biagio Speciale |
| We examine the impact of language training on the economicintegration
of immigrants in France.The assignment to this training, offered by the French
Ministry of the Interior,depends mainly ona precise rule: the training is
available when the test score of an initiallanguage exam is belowa certain
threshold. This eligibility rule creates a discontinuity in therelation between
thetest result and the variables of interest, which is used to estimate the
causaleffect of thistraining, through the method of Regression Discontinuity
Design. We find thatthe number ofassigned hours of training significantly
increases labor force participation ofthe treatedindividuals. The language
classes appear to have a larger effect for labormigrants and refugeesrelative
to family migrants, for men and individuals below the median age, andfor
individualswith higher levels of education. Our estimates suggest that the main
channel forthe improvedlabor market participation is the information on job
search strategies thatimmigrants derive fromthe interaction with their
classmates and teachers during classes. |
| Keywords: | immigrants’ integration, language training,
RegressionDiscontinuity Design |
| JEL: | J15 J61 J68 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ces:ceswps:_6460&r=mig ;|
- Understanding theEffects of Legalizing Undocumented Immigrants
| Date: | 2017-10 |
| By: | Joan Monras (CEMFI and CEPR) ; Javier Vázquez-Grenno
(Universitat de Barcelona and IEB) ;FerranElias (University of Copenhagen) |
| This paper investigates the consequences of the legalizationof around
600,000 immigrants by theunexpectedly elected Spanish government of Zapatero
following the terroristattacks of March 2004(Garcia-Montalvo, 2011). Using
detailed data from payroll-tax revenues, weestimate that eachnewly legalized
immigrant increased local social-security revenues by 3,504Euros on average.
Thisestimate is only 49 percent of what we would have expected from the size of
thenewly documentedimmigrants, which suggests that newly legalized immigrants
probably earned lowerwages than, andmaybe affected the labor-market outcomes
of, other workers. We estimate that thepolicy changedeteriorated the
labor-market outcomes of some low-skilled natives andimmigrants and improved
theoutcomes of highskilled natives and immigrants. This led some
low-skilledimmigrants to move awayfrom high-immigrant locations. Correcting for
internal migration and selection,we obtain thateach newly legalized immigrant
increased payroll-tax re nues by 4,368 Euros or25 percent morethan the raw
payroll-tax revenue data estimates. This shows the importance oflooking both
atpublic revenue data and the labor market to understand the consequences
ofamnesty programs fully. |
| Keywords: | Immigration, undocumented immigrants,public policy
evaluation |
| JEL: | F22 J31 J61 R11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:crm:wpaper:1708&r=mig ;|
- Migration,Education and Work Opportunities
| Date: | 2017-09 |
| By: | Girsberger, Esther Mirjam (University of Lausanne) |
| I study individual location, education and work decisions ina dynamic
life-cycle model in adeveloping country. I estimate the model exploiting panel
data on migrants andstayers in BurkinaFaso, and cross-sectional data on
permanent emigrants. Individuals self-selectinto migration andlocations based
on education. Migration to urban centres increases witheducation, while
migrantsat the extremes of the education distribution tend to move abroad.
Localunemployment rates,skilled work opportunities and returns to education
result in differentialexpected income gainsacross locations and hereby explain
the complex migration pattern observed.Large income gainsfrom migration are
partially offset by direct and indirect migration costs, aswell as by
higherinvestment in education (for rural migrants). Migration prospects to
urbancentres drive educationchoices of rural individuals. Hence, migration
policies can be used to stimulateeducationalattainment in rural regions. |
| Keywords: | migration,education, life-cycle model, simulated method
of moments, BurkinaFaso |
| JEL: | J61 O15 R58 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp11028&r=mig ;|
- Unity inDiversity? Ethnicity, Migration, and Nation Building inIndonesia
| Date: | 2017-10 |
| By: | Bazzi, Samuel ; Gaduh,Arya ; Rothenberg, Alexander ;
Wong,Maisy |
| Throughout history, many governments have introducedpolicies to unite
diverse groups through ashared sense of national identity. However, intergroup
relationships at thelocal level are oftenslow to develop and confounded by
spatial sorting and segregation. We shed newlight on thelong-run process of
nation building using one of history's largest resettlementprograms.
Between1979 and 1988, the Transmigration program in Indonesia relocated two
millionvoluntary migrantsfrom the Inner Islands of Java and Bali to the Outer
Islands, in an effort tointegrategeographically segregated ethnic groups.
Migrants could not choose theirdestinations, and theunprecedented scale of the
program created hundreds of new communities withvarying degrees ofdiversity. We
exploit this policy-induced variation to identify the nonlinearways in
whichdiversity shapes incentives to integrate more than a decade after
resettlement.Using rich data onlanguage use at home, marriage, and identity
choices, we find strongerintegration in diversecommunities. To understand why
changes in diversity did not lead to socialanomie or conflict, weidentify
mechanisms that influence intergroup relationships, includingresidential
segregation,cultural distance, and perceived economic and political competition
frommigrants. Overall, ourfindings contribute lessons for the design of
resettlement policies and providea unique lens intothe intergenerational
process of integration and nation building. |
| Keywords: | Cultural change;diversity; identity; Language;
migration; Nation building |
| JEL: | D02 D71 J15 O15 R23 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12377&r=mig ;|
- Hate at FirstSight? Dynamic Aspects of the Electoral Impact of Migrations:
The Case of the UKand Brexit
| Date: | 2017-10 |
| By: | Fabrizio Patriarca (Sapienza University of Rome) ; RamaDasi
Mariani (Sapienza University of Rome) ; EugenioLevi (Sapienza University of
Rome) |
| Recent studies provide evidence that immigration has asignificant
positive effect on the vote forparties with anti-immigration agendas. However,
this result does not emerge ifwe apply the sameempirical analysis to the UK,
whether in the case of Brexit, or if we considersupport for Ukip orthe
political intentions expressed in the BES survey. To account for this andother
fragmentedevidence in the literature on personal attitudes towards immigration,
weformulate the hypothesisthat the increase in anti-immigration views resulting
from an increased numberof immigrants in aneighbourhood is a temporary effect.
Different underlying mechanisms may be atthe root of suchnegative short-run
effects, such as material concerns about the adjustment costof new
migrationflows, or prejudicial attitudes, both denoting a “hate at first
sight”effect. We build aneconometric strategy to test for the existence of such
a short-run effect in thecase of Brexitand then assess the robustness of our
result using a panel of the vote for Ukipand individualdata from the BES
survey. The evidence robustly supports our hypothesis andprovides a basis
forfurther analysis. |
| Keywords: | Immigration, Voting, PoliticalEconomy, Brexit, Biased
attitudes |
| JEL: | P16 J61 D72 D83 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sru:ssewps:2017-21&r=mig ;|
- Understanding theImpact of Tuition Fees in Foreign Education: the Case of
theUK.
| Date: | 2017 |
| By: | Lionel Ragot ; MichelBeine ; Marco Delogu |
| This paper studies the determinants of internationalstudents mobility
at the university level,focusing specifically on the role of tuition fees. We
first develop an originalRandom UtilityMaximization model of location choice
for international students in the presenceof capacityconstraints of the hosting
institutions. The last layer of the model gives riseto a gravityequation. This
equation is estimated using new data on student migration flowsat the
universitylevel for the U.K. We control for the endogeneity of tuition fees by
takingbenefit of theinstitutional constraints in terms of tuition caps applied
in the UK to Europeanstudents at thebachelor level. The estimations support a
negative impact of tuition fees andstress the need toaccount for the endogenous
nature of the fees in the empirical identification oftheir impact.
Theestimations also support an important role of additional
destination-specificvariables such ashost capacity, the expected return of
education and the cost of living in thevicinity of theuniversity. |
| Keywords: | Foreign students; Tuition fees;Location choice;
University Quality. |
| JEL: | F22 H52 I23 O15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:drm:wpaper:2017-45&r=mig ;|
- Effects ofEmigration on Rural Labor Markets
| Date: | 2017-10 |
| By: | Agha Ali Akram ; Shyamal Chowdhury ; Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak |
| Rural to urban migration is an integral part of thedevelopment process,
but there is littleevidence on how out-migration transforms rural labor
markets. Emigration couldbenefit landlessvillage residents by reducing labor
competition, or conversely, reduceproductivity if skilledworkers leave. We
offer to subsidize transport costs for 5792 potential seasonalmigrants
inBangladesh, randomly varying saturation of offers across 133 villages.
Thetransport subsidiesincrease beneficiaries’ income due to better employment
opportunities in thecity, and alsogenerate the following spillovers: (a) A
higher density of offers increases theindividual take-uprate, and induces those
connected to offered recipients to also migrate. Thevillage emigrationrate
increases from 35% to 65%. (b) This increases the male agricultural wagerate in
the villageby 4.5-6.6%, and the available work hours in the village by 11-14%,
whichcombine to increaseincome earned in the village, (c) There is no
intra-household substitution inlabor supply, butprimary workers within
households earn more during weeks in which many of theirvillageco-residents
moved away. (d) The wage bill for agricultural employers increases,which
reducestheir profit, with no significant change in yield. (e) Food prices
increase by2.7% on net, drivenby an increase in the price of (fish) protein,
and offset by (f) a decrease inthe price ofnon-tradables like prepared food and
tea. Seasonal migration subsidies not onlygenerate largedirect benefits, but
also indirect spillover benefits by creating slack in thevillage-of-originlabor
market during the lean season. |
| JEL: | J43 J61 O1 O18 R13 R23 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:23929&r=mig ;|
- EducationalChoice, Rural-urban Migration and EconomicDevelopment
| Date: | 2017-10 |
| By: | Pei-Ju Liao ; Ping Wang; Yin-ChiWang ; Chong Kee Yip |
| Observing rapid structural transformation accompanied by acontinual
process of rural to urbanmigration in many developing countries, we construct a
micro founded dynamicframework to explorehow important education-based
migration is, as opposed to work-based migration,for economicdevelopment,
urbanization and city workforce composition. We then calibrate ourmodel to fit
thedata from China over the period from 1980 to 2007, a developing
economyfeaturing not only largemigration flows but major institutional reforms
that may affect work andeducation based migrationdifferently. We find that,
although education-based migration only amounts toone-fifth of that
ofwork-based migration, its contribution to the enhancement of per capita
outputis larger than thatof work-based migration. Moreover, the abolishment of
the government jobassignment for collegegraduates and the relaxation of the
work-based migration have limited effects oneconomicdevelopment and
urbanization. Furthermore, the increase in college admissionselectivity for
ruralstudents plays a crucial but negative role in China's development,
lowering percapita output andworsening the high-skilled employment share in
urban areas. |
| JEL: | O15 O53 R23 R28 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:23939&r=mig ;|
- How Do LatinAmerican Migrants in the U.S. Stand on Schooling Premium? What
Does It Revealabout Education Quality in Their Home Countries?
| Date: | 2017-09 |
| By: | Alonso-Soto, Daniel (OECD) ; Nopo,Hugo R. (GRADE) |
| Indicators for quality of schooling are not only relativelynew in the
world but also unavailablefor a sizable share of the world's population. In
their absence, some proxymeasures have beendevised. One simple but powerful
idea has been to use the schooling premium formigrant workers inthe U.S.
(Bratsberg and Terrell, 2002). In this paper we extend this idea andcompute
measures forthe schooling premium of immigrant workers in the U.S. over a span
of fivedecades. Focusing onthose who graduated from either secondary or
tertiary education in LatinAmerican countries, wepresent comparative estimates
of the evolution of such premia for both schoolinglevels. Theresults show that
the schooling premia in Latin America have been steadily lowthroughout thewhole
period of analysis. The results stand after controlling for selectivemigration
in differentways. This contradicts the popular belief in policy circles that
the educationquality of theregion has deteriorated in recent years. In
contrast, schooling premium in Indiashows animpressive improvement in recent
decades, especially at the tertiarylevel. |
| Keywords: | schooling premium,returns to education, wage
differentials, immigrant workers |
| JEL: | J31J61 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp11030&r=mig ;|
- Does populationdiversity matter for economic development in the very
long-term? Historicmigration, diversity and county wealth in the US
| Date: | 2017-10 |
| By: | Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés ; von Berlepsch, Viola |
| Does population diversity matter for economic development inthe
long-run? Does the impact ofdiversity differ over time? This paper traces the
short-, medium-, and long-termeconomic impactof population diversity resulting
from the big migration waves of the late 19thand early 20thcenturies to the
United States (US). Using census data from 1880, 1900, and1910, the
settlementpattern of migrants across the counties of the 48 US continental
states istracked in order toconstruct measures of population fractionalisation
and polarisation at countylevel. Factors whichmay have influenced both the
individual settlement decision at the time ofmigration as well ascounty-level
economic development in recent years are controlled for. Theresults of the
analysisshow that high levels of population fractionalisation have a strong and
positiveinfluence oneconomic development in the short-, medium-, and long-run.
High levels ofpolarisation, bycontrast, undermine development. Despite a
stronger effect on income levels inthe first 30 years,these relationships are
found to be extremely long-lasting: counties with a moreheterogeneouspopulation
composition over 130 years ago are significantly richer today,whereas counties
thatwere strongly polarised at the time of the migration waves have
enduredpersistent negativeeconomic effects. |
| Keywords: | Counties; diversity;economic development;
Fractionalisation; Polarisation; USA |
| JEL: | J15 J61 O43 R11 R23 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12347&r=mig ;|
- Current MigrationPhenomenon and Labor Productivity in ChristianPerspective
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Adrian Gh. Paul (North University Center, Baia Mare) |
| It is often stated that Europe was born in the year AD 325,in Nicaea,
with the first EcumenicalCouncil of the Christian Church, which formulated the
fundamental dogma on Godand gave thecontinent a genuine model of faith. In this
paper I will focus on the phenomenonof migration froma religious perspective. A
special emphasis will be placed on the OrthodoxChristian perspectiveson labor,
productivity, and the general values that characterize Europe as aChristian
continent. |
| Keywords: | Migration,productivity, communion, unity, Love,
Solitary, solidarity,community. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:23&r=mig ;|
- Do climaticevents influence internal migration? Evidence fromMexico
| Date: | 2017-10 |
| By: | Vicente Ruiz (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne) |
| A growing body of evidence suggests that changes in bothenvironmental
quality and climaticpatterns influence population movements. In this paper, I
provide evidence-basedanalysis on theeffects of climatic factors on internal
migration in Mexico. In particular, Ifocus my analysis onthe role of
earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, and floods. My results show thatboth floods
anddroughts act as push factors for internal migration. In addition, my
resultsshow thatsocio-economic factors such as wage differentials, education
levels, andviolence also act as pushfactors. |
| Keywords: | Internal migration, Climate change,Gravity model, Mexico
|
| JEL: | Q54J11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fae:wpaper:2017.19&r=mig ;|
- The Effect ofImmigrant Peers in Vocational Schools
| Date: | 2017-09 |
| By: | Frattini, Tommaso (University of Milan) ; Meschi,Elena
(Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia) |
| This paper provides new evidence on how the presence ofimmigrant peers
in the classroom affectsnative student achievement. The analysis is based on
longitudinal administrativedata on twocohorts of vocational training students
in Italy's largest region. Vocationaltraininginstitutions provide the ideal
setting for studying these effects because theyattract not
onlydisproportionately high shares of immigrants but also the lowest ability
nativestudents. We adopta value added model, and exploit within-school
variation both within and acrosscohorts foridentification. Our results show
small negative average effects on maths testscores that arelarger for low
ability native students, strongly non-linear and only observablein classes with
ahigh (top 20%) immigrant concentration. These outcomes are driven by
classeswith a high averagelinguistic distance between immigrants and natives,
with no apparent role playedby ethnicdiversity. |
| Keywords: | immigration, education, peereffects, vocational
training, language |
| JEL: | I20J15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp11027&r=mig ;|
- Should ImmigrantsCulturally Assimilate or Preserve Their Own Culture?
Individual Beliefs and theLongevity of National Identity
| Date: | 2017 |
| By: | Peter Grajzl ; Jonathan Eastwood ; Valentina Dimitrova-Grajzl |
| We develop and empirically test a theory concerningindividual beliefs
about whether immigrantsshould culturally assimilate into the host society or
preserve their owncultural norms. We arguethat when national identity is a
source of intrinsic utility, the longevity ofnational identityinfluences a
national identity’s perceived resilience to an ostensibleimmigrant threat
and,thus, affects individuals’ beliefs about the need for
immigrants’cultural assimilation.Empirical evidence based on data from
countries of wider Europe supports ourtheory. An expertsurvey-based measure of
the longevity of national identity, first, exhibits arobustly negativeeffect on
the strength of individual preferences in favor of immigrants’cultural
assimilationand, second, is an important contextual moderating variable that
shapes theeffect ofindividual-level characteristics on their beliefs. Thus,
individual beliefsabout the necessity ofimmigrants’ cultural assimilation
versus accommodation of culturaldiversity reflect ahistorically-rooted sense of
national identity. |
| Keywords: | culturalassimilation, immigrants, individual beliefs,
national identity,longevity |
| JEL: | Z13 J18 D72 P51 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ces:ceswps:_6470&r=mig ;|
- Global Migration:A Managerial “Cultural†Perspective
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Nelu Burcea (Athenaeum University in Bucharest) |
| This paper focuses on the reality of migration from theperspective of
the United Nations. Bysurveying a UN report provided by the Department of
Economic and Social Affairsof the UnitedNations, this paper attempts to offer a
managerial perspective on the culturalaspects ofmigration, as effected by the
involvement of the United Nations in handling thisglobal crisis.Particularly,
this study focuses on raising the cultural question about themanagerial
methodsused by the UN in calibrating this reality within the framework of
thehistorical and territorialperspective of the phenomenon itself. The findings
of this study are relevant inthe context ofdeveloping new tactics for managing
migration, applicable to specificinternational institutionsand geographic
areas. |
| Keywords: | migration, culture,management, statistics,
international, United Nations DESA. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:3&r=mig ;|
- Are NationalIdentities Artificial?
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Marian Gh. Simion (Field Education Supervisor at Harvard
DivinitySchool) |
| This paper outlines the debate over the artificiality ofnational
identities by attempting toexplore questions such as: What are national
identities? How are they created?And, who isinvolved in creating them? If they
are modern creations then why do theiradherents insist theyare ancient? If they
are created what are the goals of their creators. Thisdebate is
increasinglyrelevant in the context of migration and integration; a phenomenon
thatprimarily seems to affectthe Global North. |
| Keywords: | custom, ethnicity, identity, nationalism,tradition |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:13&r=mig ;|
- Migration and theChurch in Contemporary Europe
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Sorin Badragan (Baptist Theological Institute inBucharest) |
| One of the aspects which is growing in size and importancein the
contemporary world,specifically, in Europe is migration. The ‘old
continent’ isflooded with ‘new people’ whowere ‘far neighbors’ until
recently. This paper explores the way inwhich contemporarymigrationis dealt
with by Europe, specifically European Union member countries.A significantinput
can be offered by the church in the migration issue, as the Bible is hasto say
a lot aboutthis phenomenon. This article aims to explore these aspects as well
assuggesting that migrationis, more than a challenge, an opportunity of service
and witness for thechurch. |
| Keywords: | Migration, Europe, church, integration,refugees. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:17&r=mig ;|
- The Impact ofMigration on Church Mission
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Liviu Ursache (Timotheus Theological Institute inBucharest) |
| I deal with the topic of migration’s impact onmission, mainly within
European boundaries, dueto the recent waves of immigrants coming from the
Middle East. The vast majorityof these peopleis non-Christian and is seeking to
settle in a western country. Mainly, thesecountries aresecular, postmodern
societies, being already on the verge of losing theirChristian identity.Thus,
the phenomenon of migration could be perceived as a threat to theChristian
heritage of thisnation. On the other hand, migration could be seen as an
opportunity for missionas well; thus,churches do not need to be sending out
missionaries for, instead, people comeinto their own turf. |
| Keywords: | migration, mission, worldview, church. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:27&r=mig ;|
- The Effects ofMigration on Romanian Employees: A ManagerialPerspective
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Cristian-Liviu Vele (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca) |
| It is a fact that the phenomenon of migration has generatedmajor
outcomes on the Romaniansociety, both from a social point of view, but also
from an economicperspective. Following thecountry integration in the European
Union a large number of Romanians havechosen to migrate,especially in countries
in Western Europe, in search of a better life and higherincomes. Thismigration
has led to a decrease in the workforce in Romania, but has alsochanged the
manner inwhich Romanian employees are viewed by the companies in which they
work andchanged the manner inwhich they behave at their workplace. The present
paper seeks to provide abetter understanding ofthe particularities of Romanian
employees at their workplace and of the effectsthat migration hadon these
particularities. |
| Keywords: | human resource management, migration, employee
characteristics. (JELClassification: M12, M51, M54) |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:1&r=mig ;|
- Migration of theEvangelical Culture in Romania After the Fall ofCommunism
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Ieremia Rusu (Timotheus Brethren Theological Institute
ofBucharest) |
| The Evangelical churches were established in Romania duringthe 19th and
20th centuries, but theircultural influence became more prevalent after the
fall of Communism. In thefirst part of thispaper, the author analyzes the
cultural trends that emerged after the Romanianrevolution ofDecember 1989. In
the second part, the paper highlights three historicalconceptions
regardingChrist and culture. In the third part, the paper focuses on the
migration of theEvangelicalculture in the post-communist Romania. In the last
part, the author offers fewsuggestions on howto extend the impact of the
Evangelical culture in the Romanian culture, by theoccasionaladoption of the
concepts “Christ against Culture†, and “Christthe Transformer of
Culture.†|
| Keywords: | Christ, Evangelical, culture, Romania,migration. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:29&r=mig ;|
- Migration:Social-Religious Synergy from the Perspective of DogmaHistory
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Iacob Coman (Pentecostal Theological Institute ofBucharest) |
| The hysteria of crowds of people migrating to Europe knowsan
unprecedented level. The situationis quite unclear in terms of those who
intended to follow this phenomenon orthose who have takenit on the go. What we
see is that both, the former and the latter, got out ofcontrol thisphenomenon
on which they believed themselves quite sure. As far as we areconcerned, we
want inthe present study to avoid speculation and nurturing ideas related to
variousconspiracies. Tothis end, our study will be based on records of
historical, sociological andbiblical origin.Under the title, Migration:
Social-Religious Synergy from the Perspective ofDogma History Iintend to
critique the phenomenon of migration, from the end of this decade,under three
aspects:1) The idea of origins and the purpose of emigration; 2) Ontology of
the idea ofmigration, thatis the superhuman aspect of this issue and the divine
involvement in this typeof phenomenon; and3) Introductory acknowledgments on
the religious missionary activity and itsimbalance of forces. |
| Keywords: | migration, socio-religious synergy, dogma, the
migrationof the idea, missionary activity, religious syncretism. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:21&r=mig ;|
- The Church andMigration: The Role of Faith in Social Integration and
Behavior Change of theRoma People
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Daniel Fodorean (Baptist Theological Institute ofBucharest) |
| Roma or Gypsies are originally a migratory people who todayare spread
across several continentsand living in many countries, especially on the
continent of Europe. Severalsources indicate that8 million of Roma live in
Eastern Europe. Romania has the largest Romapopulation in the area,over 535,000
persons according to the latest official estimates. The changesthat have
occurredover the last 20 years in Europe Central and Eastern Europe, it made a
largenumber of Roma peoplemigrate to Western European countries. This raised a
new kind of issues inWestern, but also inEastern Europe, the authorities
sometimes, reaching the point of no longer findsolutions in themanagement of
Roma issues. This paper proposes that we look not only at stateresponsibilities
tosolve these issues but also to the church responsibilities to spread the
messagethat can changetheir behavior. |
| Keywords: | Immigration, Emigration,Migration, Gypsy, Roma people,
Culture Church Mission. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:22&r=mig ;|
- Is There aTheological Side to the Romanian Exodus?
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Teodor-Ioan Colda (Baptist Theological Institute ofBucharest) |
| In this paper, the author brings into discussion theRomanian phenomenon
of migration, oftendescribed as ‘the Romanian Exodus’ due to the impressive
numbers ofRomanians who emigrated tothe West (especially to Western Europe).
His aim is to bring a theologicaldimension to thesociological discussion. He
argues for the need of ‘local’ or‘contextualized’ Romaniantheologies
that could meet the current social events experienced by Romanianpeople. He
believesthat the Romanian Exodus could be a starting point in developing
suchtheologies. |
| Keywords: | migration, Romania, Exodus,indigenous theology,
contextual theology. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:20&r=mig ;|
- The Phenomenon ofMigration in Contemporary Society Viewed from a
ReligiousPerspective
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Ioan Lucian Racila (Independent scholar) |
| The migration phenomenon has always existed in our world,fluctuating by
the historic context, theeconomic, political, social and demographic
disparities between the Central andEast Europeancountries and the EU Member
States, the interdependencies between the origin andreceivingcountries and the
European integration process evolutions. In the EuropeanUnion, an integratedand
inclusive approach of the migration issue is necessary. But a common
policyregarding worldmigration rests on an ambitious objective. A common
approach of the economicmigration managementand the harmonisation of the
migration policies of the Member States representeda challenge forthe European
Union and will become urgent in the future, especially due to thedemographic
ageing. |
| Keywords: | migration, society, religion, Islam. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:14&r=mig ;|
- Judaism andMigration
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Ioan Stinghe (Doctoral candidate at Babes-Bolyai
UniversityCluj-Napoca) |
| Migration in history has generated ethnical and religioussynthesis,
demographical, cultural,economical, social and political changes. Today, the
migration phenomenon hastaken amplitude inthe context of two unrolling
processes with a visible potential for changing thecontemporaneousworld: the
extension of the European Union and the democratization in the Arabicworld. Is
thereany connection between the development of the Judaism and the actual
migrationphenomenon? Thestudy limits itself at analyzing the migration’s
origins in the contextof the creation of theJewish people and of the impact of
the Judaism upon the world. The conclusionemphasizes the factthat setting the
migration concept in relation with the development of theJudaism, has
anempirical and a theological support, which reveals the result of a
dynamicjuxtaposition, as aproduct of the divine providence. |
| Keywords: | migration, stranger, Judaism, change,development,
providence. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:26&r=mig ;|
- The MigrationPhenomenon and the Neo–Protestant Denominations inRomania
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Lucian Ionel Mercea (Doctoral candidate at the West University
ofTimisoara) |
| In the emergence and spread of the Neo–protestantdenominations in
Romania the migration was anessential element. This phenomenon is related to
the emergence and spread of thefirst Baptist,Pentecostal in Romania. Alongside
the Seventh Day Adventist denomination andEvangelicalChristians, which will
come in through foreign missionaries, theNeo–protestant denominationswill
hardly make room for themselves among the historical denominations fromRomania,
most of thetime with the price of martyrdom. The migration brings, besides the
economic andsocial changes,other changes concerning the already existing
balance of the ancient beliefsfrom a certain place.Sometimes the new beliefs
can make room for themselves among the existing onesin a subtle way,almost
unnoticeable, but other times they can produce breakage and disorder inthe
society,modifying the balance of the existing status quo. That is why this
issuedeserves to be submittedto our study and thoroughness. |
| Keywords: | migration, Neo–protestant, Baptist, SeventhDay
Adventist, Pentecostal, Evangelical Christians, freedom,state. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:5&r=mig ;|
- Migration andinvestment: a business cycle perspective
| Date: | 2017 |
| By: | Fusshoeller, Chantal ; Balleer,Almut |
| This paper addresses the dynamic effects of a migrationinflow on the
host country. In particular,we focus on the role of skill composition and
investment behaviour of migrantsand show how theseaffect labour supply and
investment behaviour of natives and, hence, theadjustment path of theeconomy to
various shocks in a real business cycle model. We quantify theseeffects for the
recentrefugee inflow into the German economy in 2014 and 2015. |
| JEL: | E13 E32 F22 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:vfsc17:168125&r=mig ;|
- Migration and ItsConsequences
| Date: | 2016-08 |
| By: | Ivan Vasile Ivanoff (Valahia University of Targoviste) |
| Migration, as a social phenomenon, has an especially complexcharacter
and can be analyzed fromthe point of view of the state which is the source of
the migration as well asfrom the point ofview of the state which is the
destination of the migration. Its causes areespecially complex butthe economic
ones are determinant and are fundamentally different of the causeswhich
determinethe population to seek refuge in case of armed conflict. The effects
of themigration are equallycomplex and can be analyzed from the point of view
of the source states as wellas from the pointof view of the destination states.
This study conducts an applied analysis ofthe phenomenonregarding a territorial
and administrative division from Romania. |
| Keywords: | migration,immigration, emigration, refugee, exodus,
causes, consequences,Brexit. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:mpaper:12&r=mig ;|
- Design andimplementation of a high quality probability sample of
immigrants and ethnicminorities: lessons learnt
| Date: | 2017-10-16 |
| By: | Lynn, Peter ; Nandi,Alita ; Parutis, Violetta ; Platt,Lucinda |
| This paper describes the design and implementation of theImmigrant and
Ethnic Minority Boostsample incorporated into Wave 6 of Understanding Society.
In combination withthe remainder of theUnderstanding Society sample, this
provides a nationally representativeprobability sample ofimmigrants and ethnic
minorities in the UK. We demonstrate that the achievedsample has goodcoverage
properties and we argue that it provides a highly valuable researchresource. |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ese:ukhlsp:2017-11&r=mig ;|
This nep-mig issue comes without anyexpress or implied warranty. You may
contact the editor by reply to thismail. General information on the NEP project
can be found at http://nep.repec.org. For comments please writeto the director ;
of NEP, Marco Novarese at < director @ nep pointrepec point org >.The
infrastructure of NEP is sponsored by the School of Economics and
Finance,Massey University, NewZealand.Use
http://lists.repec.org/mailman/options/nep-migto sign ;
off._______________________________________________
nep-mig mailing list
nep-mig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.repec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nep-mig
