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dc.contributor.authorBellemare, Charlesen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:12:42Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:12:42Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/20247-
dc.description.abstractThis paper estimates a structural dynamic life-cycle model of outmigration where, in eachperiod, immigrants choose whether to work in the host country, not to work but remain in thehost country, or outmigrate. The model incorporates several features of existing life-cycletheories of outmigration but distinguishes itself by introducing uncertainty in about futureearnings and preferences which allows immigrants to revise their duration decisionsthroughout their migration experience. We overcome the problem of not directly observingoutmigration movements by using panel attrition as a proxy variable and use a simplemethod to correct for the fact that part of the attrition is not a consequence of outmigration.Estimates are used to predict changes in life-cycle patterns of outmigration behavior.Estimation results indicate that outmigration does not depend exclusively on earningsdifferentials. Estimated assimilation rates are found to be robust to selection effects.Immigrants are found to be forward looking decision makers, and simulations show thatpredicted migration durations are very sensitive to changes in their economic environmentand differ considerably from those of a myopic model.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1012en
dc.subject.jelJ61en
dc.subject.jelC61en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordoutmigrationen
dc.subject.keywordstructural dynamic programming modelsen
dc.subject.stwRückwanderungen
dc.subject.stwEinwanderungen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Integrationen
dc.subject.stwMigrationstheorieen
dc.subject.stwDynamische Optimierungen
dc.subject.stwLebenszyklusen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleA Life-Cycle Model of Outmigration and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants in Germany-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn378769596en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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