The Welfare State as Safety Net in Migration Preferences: Empirical Evidence from an Experiment Among Dutch Master Students
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-021-09669-0
Download full text from publisher
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.
References listed on IDEAS
- Assaf Razin & Jackline Wahba, 2015.
"Welfare Magnet Hypothesis, Fiscal Burden, and Immigration Skill Selectivity,"
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 117(2), pages 369-402, April.
- Assaf Razin & Jackline Wahba, 2011. "Welfare Magnet Hypothesis, Fiscal Burden and Immigration Skill Selectivity," NBER Working Papers 17515, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Assaf Razin & Jackline Wahba, 2012. "Welfare Magnet Hypothesis, Fiscal Burden and Immigration Skill Selectivity," Norface Discussion Paper Series 2012036, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London.
- Rajagopal, 2014.
"The Human Factors,"
Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Architecting Enterprise, chapter 9, pages 225-249,
Palgrave Macmillan.
- Rajagopal, 2013. "The Human Factors," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Managing Social Media and Consumerism, chapter 9, pages 173-194, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Hein de Haas & Mathias Czaika & Marie‐Laurence Flahaux & Edo Mahendra & Katharina Natter & Simona Vezzoli & María Villares‐Varela, 2019. "International Migration: Trends, Determinants, and Policy Effects," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 45(4), pages 885-922, December.
- van Dalen, H.P. & Henkens, K., 2008.
"Emigration Intentions : Mere Words or True Plans? Explaining International Migration Intentions and Behavior,"
Discussion Paper
2008-60, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
- van Dalen, H.P. & Henkens, K., 2008. "Emigration Intentions : Mere Words or True Plans? Explaining International Migration Intentions and Behavior," Other publications TiSEM d78ea768-e1d5-4a80-baff-2, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
- Gibson, John & McKenzie, David, 2011.
"The microeconomic determinants of emigration and return migration of the best and brightest: Evidence from the Pacific,"
Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(1), pages 18-29, May.
- Gibson, John & McKenzie, David, 2009. "The microeconomic determinants of emigration and return migration of the best and brightest : evidence from the Pacific," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4965, The World Bank.
- Gibson, John & McKenzie, David, 2009. "The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest: Evidence from the Pacific," IZA Discussion Papers 3926, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- John Gibson & David McKenzie, 2009. "The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest: Evidence from the Pacific," Working Papers 173, Center for Global Development.
- John Gibson & David McKenzie, 2009. "The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest: Evidence from the Pacific," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 0903, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
- Stark, Oded & Taylor, J Edward, 1991.
"Migration Incentives, Migration Types: The Role of Relative Deprivation,"
Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 101(408), pages 1163-1178, September.
- Stark, Oded & Taylor, J. Edward, 1990. "Migration Incentives, Migration Types: The Role Of Relative Deprivation," Working Papers 225854, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
- Axel Heitmueller, 2005.
"Unemployment benefits, risk aversion, and migration incentives,"
Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 18(1), pages 93-112, January.
- Heitmueller, Axel, 2002. "Unemployment Benefits, Risk Aversion, and Migration Incentives," IZA Discussion Papers 610, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Axel Heitmueller, 2002. "Unemployment Benefits, Risk Aversion, and Migration Incentives," CERT Discussion Papers 0207, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University.
- Louviere,Jordan J. & Hensher,David A. & Swait,Joffre D. With contributions by-Name:Adamowicz,Wiktor, 2000. "Stated Choice Methods," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521788304.
- Assaf Razin & Jackline Wahba, 2015.
"Welfare Magnet Hypothesis, Fiscal Burden, and Immigration Skill Selectivity,"
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 117(2), pages 369-402, April.
- Assaf Razin & Jackline Wahba, 2011. "Free vs. Controlled Migration: Bilateral Country Study," NBER Working Papers 16831, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Wido Geis & Silke Uebelmesser & Martin Werding, 2013.
"How do Migrants Choose Their Destination Country? An Analysis of Institutional Determinants,"
Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 21(5), pages 825-840, November.
- Wido Geis & Silke Uebelmesser & Martin Werding, 2008. "How do Migrants Choose their Destination Country? An Analysis of Institutional Determinants," CESifo Working Paper Series 2506, CESifo.
- Alon Cohen & Assaf Razin, 2008.
"The Skill Composition of Immigrants and the Generosity of the Welfare State: Free vs. Policy-Controlled Migration,"
NBER Working Papers
14459, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Razin, Assaf & Cohen, Alon, 2008. "The Skill Composition of Immigrants and the Generosity of the Welfare State: Free vs. Policy-Controlled Migration," CEPR Discussion Papers 7034, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Hendrik P. van Dalen & Kène Henkens, 2013. "Explaining emigration intentions and behaviour in the Netherlands, 2005-10," Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 67(2), pages 225-241, July.
- Peter Ester & Ruud Muffels & Joop Schippers & Ton Wilthagen (ed.), 2008. "Innovating European Labour Markets," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13212.
- Stefanie Kley, 2017. "Facilitators and constraints at each stage of the migration decision process," Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 71(0), pages 35-49, October.
- Tillema, Taede & van Wee, Bert & Ettema, Dick, 2010. "The influence of (toll-related) travel costs in residential location decisions of households: A stated choice approach," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 44(10), pages 785-796, December.
- David A. Jaeger & Thomas Dohmen & Armin Falk & David Huffman & Uwe Sunde & Holger Bonin, 2010.
"Direct Evidence on Risk Attitudes and Migration,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 92(3), pages 684-689, August.
- Jaeger, David A. & Bonin, Holger & Dohmen, Thomas & Falk, Armin & Huffman, David B. & Sunde, Uwe, 2007. "Direct Evidence on Risk Attitudes and Migration," IZA Discussion Papers 2655, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- David A. Jaeger & Holger Bonin & Thomas Dohmen & Armin Falk & David Huffman & Uwe Sunde, 2007. "Direct Evidence on Risk Attitudes and Migration," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 0703, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
- Jaeger, David A. & Dohmen, Thomas J. & Falk, Armin & Huffman, David & Sunde, Uwe & Bonin, Holger, 2010. "Direct evidence on risk attitudes and migration," Munich Reprints in Economics 19528, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
- David A. Jaeger & Holger Bonin & Thomas Dohmen & Armin Falk & David Huffman & Uwe Sunde, 2007. "Direct Evidence on Risk Attitudes and Migration," Working Papers 50, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary.
- Jaeger, D.A. & Dohmen, T.J. & Falk, A. & Huffman, D. & Sunde, U., 2008. "Direct evidence on risk attitudes and migration," ROA Research Memorandum 011, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
- Borjas, George J, 1999.
"Immigration and Welfare Magnets,"
Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 17(4), pages 607-637, October.
- George J. Borjas, 1998. "Immigration and Welfare Magnets," NBER Working Papers 6813, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- De Giorgi, Giacomo & Pellizzari, Michele, 2009. "Welfare migration in Europe," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 16(4), pages 353-363, August.
- Jacob M. Montgomery & Brendan Nyhan & Michelle Torres, 2018. "How Conditioning on Posttreatment Variables Can Ruin Your Experiment and What to Do about It," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 62(3), pages 760-775, July.
- Tharenou, Phyllis, 2008. "Disruptive decisions to leave home: Gender and family differences in expatriation choices," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Elsevier, vol. 105(2), pages 183-200, March.
- van Dalen, H.P. & Henkens, C.J.I.M., 2013. "Explaining emigration intentions and behaviour in the Netherlands 2005-2010," Other publications TiSEM 511bab2c-f350-423e-9843-e, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Shenghua Xie & Juan Chen & Veli-Matti Ritakallio & Xiangming Leng, 2021. "Welfare migration or migrant selection? Social insurance participation and rural migrants’ intentions to seek permanent urban settlement in China," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 58(10), pages 1983-2003, August.
- Bettin, Giulia & Sacchi, Agnese, 2020.
"Health spending in Italy: The impact of immigrants,"
European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
- Giulia Bettin & Agnese Sacchi, 2019. "Health spending in Italy: the impact of immigrants," Working Papers 433, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
- Marcus H. Böhme & Sarah Kups, 2017. "The economic effects of labour immigration in developing countries: A literature review," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 335, OECD Publishing.
- Corneo, Giacomo & Neidhöfer, Guido, 2021.
"Income redistribution and self-selection of immigrants,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
- Corneo, Giacomo & Neidhöfer, Guido, 2019. "Income redistribution and self-selection of immigrants," CEPR Discussion Papers 13694, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Corneo, Giacomo G. & Neidhöfer, Guido, 2019. "Income redistribution and self-selection of immigrants," ZEW Discussion Papers 19-019, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
- Łukasz Byra, 2023. "Two possible reasons behind the reluctance of low-skilled workers to migrate to generous welfare states," Working Papers 2023-24, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw.
- Di Iasio, Valentina & Wahba, Jackline, 2024.
"The Determinants of Refugees’ Destinations: Where do refugees locate within the EU?,"
World Development, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
- Di Iasio, Valentina & Wahba, Jackline, 2023. "The Determinants of Refugees' Destinations: Where Do Refugees Locate within the EU?," IZA Discussion Papers 16085, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Marek Gora & Anna Ruzik-Sierdzinska, 2020.
"Migration with pension reform expectations,"
Public Sector Economics, Institute of Public Finance, vol. 44(2), pages 203-219.
- Góra, Marek & Ruzik-Sierdzińska, Anna, 2018. "Migration with Pension Reform Expectations," IZA Discussion Papers 11960, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Zaiceva, A. & Zimmermann, K.F., 2016.
"Migration and the Demographic Shift,"
Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, in: Piggott, John & Woodland, Alan (ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 0, pages 119-177,
Elsevier.
- Zaiceva, Anzelika & Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2014. "Migration and the Demographic Shift," IZA Discussion Papers 8743, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Li Hao & Daniel Houser & Lei Mao & Marie Claire Villeval, 2014.
"A Field Study of Chinese Migrant Workers’ Attitudes toward Risks, Strategic Uncertainty, and Competitiveness,"
Working Papers
1418, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
- Li Hao & Daniel Houser & Lei Mao & Marie Claire Villeval, 2014. "A Field Study of Chinese Migrant Workers' Attitudes Toward Risks, Strategic Uncertainty, and Competitiveness," Working Papers 1047, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science.
- Li Hao & Daniel Houser & Lei Mao & Marie Claire Villeval, 2014. "A Field Study of Chinese Migrant Workers' Attitudes toward Risks, Strategic Uncertainty, and Competitiveness," Working Papers halshs-00997502, HAL.
- Hao, Li & Houser, Daniel & Mao, Lei & Villeval, Marie Claire, 2014. "A Field Study of Chinese Migrant Workers' Attitudes toward Risks, Strategic Uncertainty, and Competitiveness," IZA Discussion Papers 8227, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Peter Huber & Klaus Nowotny, 2020. "Risk aversion and the willingness to migrate in 30 transition countries," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 33(4), pages 1463-1498, October.
- Martin Kahanec & Martin Guzi, 2023. "Welfare Migration," Discussion Papers 65, Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI).
- Alesina, Alberto & Murard, Elie & Rapoport, Hillel, 2019.
"Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe,"
IZA Discussion Papers
12130, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Alberto Alesina & Elie Murard & Hillel Rapoport, 2019. "Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe," NBER Working Papers 25562, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Alesina, Alberto & Murard, Elie & Rapoport, Hillel, 2019. "Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe," CEPR Discussion Papers 14211, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Alberto Alesina & Elie Murard & Hillel Rapoport, 2021. "Immigration and preferences for redistribution in Europe," Post-Print halshs-03672695, HAL.
- Alberto Alesina & Elie Murard & Hillel Rapoport, 2019. "Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe," Working Papers 2019-15, CEPII research center.
- Alberto Alesina & Elie Murard & Hillel Rapoport, 2021. "Immigration and preferences for redistribution in Europe," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-03672695, HAL.
- Björn NILSSON, 2019. "Education and migration: insights for policymakers," Working Paper 23ca9c54-061a-4d60-967c-f, Agence française de développement.
- Friebel, Guido & Manchin, Miriam & Mendola, Mariapia & Prarolo, Giovanni, 2018.
"International Migration Intentions and Illegal Costs: Evidence from Africa-to-Europe Smuggling Routes,"
IZA Discussion Papers
11978, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Guido Friebel & Miriam Manchin & Mariapia Mendola & Giovanni Prarolo, 2018. "International Migration Intentions and Illegal Costs: Evidence from Africa-to-Europe Smuggling Routes," Working Papers 393, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2018.
- David Saha & Ronnie Schöb, 2019. "Unemployment insurance in unionized labor markets with mobile workers: neither Ghent nor centralized," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 46(2), pages 305-326, May.
- Arnaud Chevalier & Benjamin Elsner & Andreas Lichter & Nico Pestel, 2018.
"Immigrant Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State,"
SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research
994, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Arnaud Chevalier & Benjamin Elsner & Andreas Lichter & Nico Pestel, 2018. "Immigrant Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State," Working Papers 201814, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
- Chevalier, Arnaud & Elsner, Benjamin & Lichter, Andreas & Pestel, Nico, 2018. "Immigrant Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State," IZA Discussion Papers 11725, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Arnaud Chevalier & Benjamin Elsner & Andreas Lichter & Nico Pestel, 2018. "Immigrant Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State," Working Papers 201820, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
- Jürgen Huber & Laura Hueber & Daniel Kleinlercher & Thomas Stöckl, 2022. "Acceptance or rejection of welfare migration—an experimental investigation," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 2(11), pages 1-28, November.
- Anthony Edo & Lionel Ragot & Hillel Rapoport & Sulin Sardoschau & Andreas Steinmayr & Arthur Sweetman, 2020.
"An introduction to the economics of immigration in OECD countries,"
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 53(4), pages 1365-1403, November.
- Anthony Edo & Lionel Ragot & Hillel Rapoport & Sulin Sardoschau & Andreas Steinmayr & Arthur Sweetman, 2020. "An introduction to the economics of immigration in OECD countries," Post-Print hal-03134977, HAL.
- Anthony Edo & Lionel Ragot & Hillel Rapoport & Sulin Sardoschau & Andreas Steinmayr & Arthur Sweetman, 2020. "An introduction to the economics of immigration in OECD countries," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-03134977, HAL.
- Edo, Anthony & Ragot, Lionel & Rapoport, Hillel & Sardoschau, Sulin & Steinmayr, Andreas & Sweetman, Arthur, 2020. "An Introduction to the Economics of Immigration in OECD Countries," IZA Discussion Papers 13755, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Corrado Giulietti & Jackline Wahba, 2013.
"Welfare migration,"
Chapters, in: Amelie F. Constant & Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, chapter 26, pages 489-504,
Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Giulietti, Corrado & Wahba, Jackline, 2012. "Welfare Migration," IZA Discussion Papers 6450, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Corrado Giulietti & Jackline Wahba, 2012. "Welfare Migration," Norface Discussion Paper Series 2012038, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London.
- Otrachshenko, Vladimir & Popova, Olga, 2014.
"Life (dis)satisfaction and the intention to migrate: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe,"
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 40-49.
- Vladimir Otrachshenko & Olga Popova, 2011. "Life (Dis)satisfaction and the Decision to Migrate: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe," Working Papers 306, Leibniz Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (Institute for East and Southeast European Studies).
- Vladimir Otrachshenko & Olga Popova, 2012. "Life (dis)satisfaction and the decision to migrate: evidence from Central and Eastern Europe," Nova SBE Working Paper Series wp570, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics.
- Vladimir Otrachshenko & Olga Popova, 2012. "Life (Dis)satisfaction and the Decision to Migrate: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp460, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
More about this item
Keywords
Migration; Preferences; Welfare state; Experiment;All these keywords.
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:kap:poprpr:v:41:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1007_s11113-021-09669-0. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.