Essays on the causes and consequences of international migration
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Benjamin Elsner, 'Essays on the causes and consequences of international migration', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2012, pp 140Download Item:
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This thesis is a collection of three essays on the economic consequences of international migration. The first chapter studies the impact of emigration on wages in the sending countries. It exploits a change in the migration laws in Europe following EU enlargement in 2004 which triggered an emigration wave of 1.2 million workers within 3 years. Using data from Lithuania, the UK and Ireland, I find that emigration led to an increase in the wages of stayers. For a 10 percentage-point increase in the emigration rate, wages increased on average by 6.6%. This effect is statistically significant for men, but not for women.
Author: Elsner, Benjamin
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Narciso, GaiaQualification name:
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Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of EconomicsNote:
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