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| nep-mig | New Economics Papers |
| on Economics of Human Migration |
| Issue of 2019‒04‒01
nine papers chosen by
Yuji Tamura
La Trobe University
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- Unity in Diversity? How Intergroup Contact Can Foster NationBuilding
BySamuelBazzi;AryaGaduh;Alexander D. Rothenberg;MaisyWong
- Immigration and Right-Wing Populism: Evidence from a NaturalExperiment
ByMehic,Adrian
- Minority Salience and Political Extremism.
ByTommasoColussi;IngoIsphording;NicoPestel
- Migration and the Value of Social Networks ByBlumenstock,
Joshua;Chi,Guanghua;Tan,Xu
- Calling from the outside: The role of networks inresidential mobility
ByBuechel, Konstantin;Puga,Diego;Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet;von Ehrlich,
Maximilian
- Internal Migration, Education and Upward RankMobility:Evidence from
American History ByZacharyWard
- Highly skilled and well connected: Migrant inventors inCross-Border M&As
ByDiegoUSECHE;ErnestMIGUELEZ;Francesco LISSONI
- The rural exodus and the rise of Europe ByThomasBaudin;RobertStelter
- Lowering Welfare Benefits: Intended and UnintendedConsequences for
Migrants and their Families ByLars Højsgaard Andersen;Christian
Dustmann;RasmusLandersø
- Unity in Diversity?How Intergroup Contact Can Foster Nation Building
| By: | SamuelBazzi;AryaGaduh;Alexander D. Rothenberg;MaisyWong |
| Abstract: | We use a population resettlement program in Indonesia to
identify long-runeffects of intergroup contact on national integration. In the
1980s, thegovernment relocated two million ethnically diverse migrants into
hundreds ofnew communities. We find greater integration in fractionalized
communitieswith many small groups, as measured by national language use at
home,intermarriage, and children's name choices. However, in polarized
communitieswith a few large groups, ethnic attachment increases and integration
declines.Residential segregation dampens these effects. Social capital, public
goods,and ethnic conflict follow similar patterns. Overall, our findings
highlightthe importance of localized contact in shaping identity. |
| JEL: | D02D71 J15 O15 R23 |
| Date: | 2019–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:25683&r=mig ;|
- Immigration andRight-Wing Populism: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
| By: | Mehic,Adrian (Department of Economics, Lund University) |
| Abstract: | Between the 2014 and 2018 Swedish parliamentary
elections, the vote share ofthe anti-immigration Sweden Democrats increased
significantly. To evaluate thepossibility of a causal link between immigration
and the right-wing populistvote, this paper uses data from a nationwide policy
experiment, under whichrefugees are allocated randomly to every municipality in
the country, creatingexogenous variation in the number of refugees between
municipalities. Overall,I find a positive and significant impact of immigration
on theanti-immigration vote. In areas with strong anti-immigration sentiments
duringthe 1990s refugee wave, the effect is magnified significantly. However,
whenconsidering immigration of a particular refugee group dominated by young
men,the relationship is considerably weaker. I show that this is
becauseimmigration of young men has a balancing effect on the right-wing
populistvote among immigration-friendly voter groups. |
| Keywords: | immigration; right-wing populism; natural experiment |
| JEL: | D72 J15P16 |
| Date: | 2019–03–19 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:lunewp:2019_005&r=mig ;|
- Minority Salience andPolitical Extremism.
| By: | TommasoColussi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore;
Dipartimento di Economia eFinanza, Università Cattolica del Sacro
Cuore);IngoIsphording;NicoPestel |
| Abstract: | We investigate how changes in the salience of a minority
group affect themajority group’s voting behavior. Specifically, we focus on
Muslim communitiesand their increased salience in daily life during Ramadan. To
estimate acausal effect, we exploit exogenous variation in the distance of
Germanfederal and state elections to the month of Ramadan over the 1980–2013
period.Our findings reveal an increased polarization of the electorate: vote
sharesfor both right- and left-wing extremist parties increase in
municipalitieswhere mosques are located when the election date is closer to
Ramadan. We useindividual-level survey data to provide evidence on potential
mechanisms.During Ramadan respondents perceive the share of foreign-born people
living intheir country as larger and reveal more negative attitudes towards
Muslims. Wecomplement these findings with evidence on increased numbers of
violentattacks against Muslim communities shortly after Ramadan. |
| Keywords: | Salience, Muslims, Behavioral Political Economy,
Right-WingExtremism. |
| JEL: | D72 D74J15 D91 |
| Date: | 2019–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ctc:serie1:def080&r=mig ;|
- Migration and theValue of Social Networks
| By: | Blumenstock, Joshua;Chi,Guanghua;Tan,Xu |
| Abstract: | What is the value of a social network? Prior work
suggests two distinctmechanisms that have historically been difficult to
differentiate: as aconduit of information, and as a source of social and
economic support. We usea rich 'digital trace' dataset to link the migration
decisions of millions ofindividuals to the topological structure of their
social networks. We findthat migrants systematically prefer 'interconnected'
networks (where friendshave common friends) to 'expansive' networks (where
friends are wellconnected). A micro-founded model of network-based social
capital helpsexplain this preference: migrants derive more utility from
networks that arestructured to facilitate social support than from networks
that efficientlytransmit information. |
| Keywords: | Big Data; Development; migration; networks; social
capital; SocialNetworks |
| JEL: | D85O12 O15 R23 Z13 |
| Date: | 2019–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:13611&r=mig ;|
- Calling from theoutside: The role of networks in residential mobility
| By: | Buechel, Konstantin;Puga,Diego;Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet;von
Ehrlich, Maximilian |
| Abstract: | Using anonymised cellphone data, we study the role of
social networks inresidential mobility decisions. Individuals with few local
contacts are morelikely to change residence. Movers strongly prefer places with
more of theircontacts close-by. Contacts matter because proximity to them is
itselfvaluable and increases the enjoyment of attractive locations. They
alsoprovide hard-to-find local information and reduce frictions, especially
inhome-search. Local contacts who left recently or are more central
areparticularly influential. As people age, proximity to family gains
importancerelative to friends. |
| Keywords: | cellphone data; residential mobility; Social Networks |
| JEL: | R23 |
| Date: | 2019–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:13615&r=mig ;|
- Internal Migration,Education and Upward Rank Mobility:Evidence from
American History
| By: | ZacharyWard |
| Abstract: | To what extent does internal migration lead to upward
mobility? Usingwithin-brother variation and a new linked dataset from 1910 to
1940, Iestimate that internal migrants were more likely to improve on their
father’spercentile rank than non-migrants. On average, the effect of migration
wasnearly four times the effect of one year of education; for those raised
inpoorer households, migration’s effect was about nine times that of
education.The evidence suggests that internal migration was a key strategy
forintergenerational progress in a context of rapid industrialization, high
ratesof rural-to-urban migration and large interregional income gaps. |
| Keywords: | internal migration, intergenerational mobility,
urbanization |
| JEL: | J61 J62N31 N32 |
| Date: | 2019–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:auu:hpaper:076&r=mig ;|
- Highly skilled andwell connected: Migrant inventors in Cross-Border M&As
| By: | DiegoUSECHE;ErnestMIGUELEZ;Francesco LISSONI |
| Abstract: | Based on a relational view of international business, we
investigate theroleof migrant inventors in Cross-Border Merger & Acquisitions
(CBM&As)undertakenby R&D-active firms. We hypothesize that the migrant
inventors’internationalsocial networks can be leveraged upon by their employers
in order to spotand/or integrate the knowledge bases of acquisition targets in
the inventors’home country. We nuance our hypothesis by means of several
conditionallogistic regressions on a large matched sample of deals and control
cases. Theimpact of migrant inventors increases with the distance between
countries andfor targets located in countries with weak administrative/legal
systems, aswell as when targets are either innovative or belong to high-tech
sectors orto the same sector as the acquirer, and for full versus
partialacquisitions. |
| Keywords: | cross-border mergers and acquisitions, migration,
inventors, PCTpatents |
| JEL: | F22F23 |
| Date: | 2019 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:grt:wpegrt:2019-03&r=mig ;|
- The rural exodusand the rise of Europe
| By: | ThomasBaudin (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research,
Rostock, Germany);RobertStelter (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research,
Rostock,Germany) |
| Abstract: | To assess the importance of the rural exodus in
fostering the transitionfromstagnation to growth, we propose a unified model of
growth and internalmigrations. Using an original set of Swedish data, we
identify the deepparameters of our model. We show that internal migration
conditions had to befavorable enough to authorize an exodus out of the
countryside in order tofuel the industrial development of cities and the
demographic transition ofthe country. We then compare the respective
contribution of shocks on internalmigration costs, infant mortality and
inequalities in agriculturalproductivity to the economic take-off and the
demographic transition thatoccurred in Sweden. Negative shocks on labor
mobility generate larger delaysin the take-off to growth compared to mortality
shocks equivalent to the BlackDeath. Deepening inequalities of productivity in
the agricultural sector, likeit has been done by enclosure movements,
contributes to accelerateurbanization at the cost of depressed economic growth.
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| Keywords: | Europe, Sweden |
| JEL: | J1Z0 |
| Date: | 2019–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dem:wpaper:wp-2019-005&r=mig ;|
- Lowering WelfareBenefits: Intended and Unintended Consequences for
Migrants and theirFamilies
| By: | Lars Højsgaard Andersen;Christian Dustmann (Department of
Economics, University CollegeLondon and CReAM);RasmusLandersø (ROCKWOOL
Foundation Research Unit) |
| Abstract: | Denmark's Start Aid welfare reform reduced benefits to
refugee immigrants byaround 50 percent for those granted residency after the
reform date. Thereform led to a sharp short run increase in labor earnings and
employment, butit also induced a strong female labor force withdrawal, and a
large andpersistent drop in disposable income for most households. Furthermore,
thereform caused a sharp increase in property crime among both females and
males.Moreover, children's likelihood of being enrolled in childcare or
preschool,their performance in language tests, and their years of education
alldecreased, while teenagers' crime rates increased. |
| Keywords: | Social assistance, welfare state, labor market outcomes,
migration |
| JEL: | E64 I30J60 |
| Date: | 2019–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:crm:wpaper:1905&r=mig ;|
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