Working Paper The Link between Economic Growth and Emigration from Developing Countries: Does Migrants’ Skill Composition Matter? RSC Working Papers 12/2021 Download Mauro Lanati, Rainer Thiele Abstract Tackling the root causes of migration from developing countries through development cooperation has been suggested as an essential...
Working Paper Does welcoming refugees attract more migrants? The myth of the ‘Merkel effect’ Kiel Working Paper 08/2021 Download Jasper D. Tjaden, Tobias Heidland In 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to allow over a million asylum seekers to cross the border into Germany. One key concern at...
Journal Article Aid for health, economic growth, and the emigration of medical workers Journal of International Development 07/2021 Download Mauro Lanati, Rainer Thiele Abstract Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from a brain drain often focus on the emigration of locally scarce health...
Journal Article Cultural change and the migration choice Review of World Economics 06/2021 Download Mauro Lanati, Alessandra Venturini Cultural differences play an important role in shaping migration patterns. The conventional proxies for cross country cultural differences. ...
Working Paper International cooperation on migration: what do domestic publics want? SSRN 05/2021 Download Alina Vrânceanu, Tobias Heidland, Martin Ruhs ... Abstract What preferences do people have for cooperation between high and lower-income countries on irregular migration and refugee...
Working Paper Migration Policy-making in Africa: Determinants and Implications for Cooperation with Europe RSC Working Papers 05/2021 Download Mehari Taddele Maru This paper focuses on African policy positions on migration to Europe and towards cooperation on migration with the EU and its Member States. ...
Journal Article What asylum and refugee policies do Europeans want? Evidence from a cross-national conjoint experiment European Union Politics 04/2021 Download Anne-Marie Jeannet, Tobias Heidland, Martin Ruhs The journal article provides analysis of the structure of public preferences for asylum and refugee policy, a highly politicized policy area...
Working Paper Aid and Internal Migration in Malawi RSC Working Papers 02/2021 Download Mauro Lanati, Marco Sanfilippo, Filippo Santi This paper uses geographically disaggregated data to investigate the role of foreign aid as a pull factor for internal migration in Malawi...
Working Paper Aid for health, economic growth, and the emigration of medical workers RSCAS Working Papers 12/2020 Download Mauro Lanati, Rainer Thiele Abstract Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from a brain drain often focus on the emigration of locally scarce health...
Journal Article Immigrant Naturalisation, Employment and Occupational Status in Western Europe Frontiers in Sociology 12/2020 Download Rezart Hoxhaj, Maarten Vink, Tijana Breuer Does citizenship facilitate access to employment and higher status jobs? In the paper, the authors analyse the labour market outcomes of...
Journal Article International Student Flows from Developing Countries: Do Donors Have an Impact? Economics of Education Review 08/2020 Download Mauro Lanati, Rainer Thiele International student flows from emerging and developing countries have grown tremendously over the last decades. ...
Research Paper The Political Economy of Migration Governance in Senegal WAMiG Country Study 06/2020 Download Leonie Jegen Senegal is a destination, origin and transit country for international migration. Generally, migration and mobility are perceived as positive...