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Families that stay behind when a member migrates do not clearly benefit
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About a billion people worldwide live and work outside
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Tutoring: An effective solution to help disadvantaged children

With about one billion international and internal migrants worldwide, the relationship between migration and the family left behind is an important policy question. Labor migration is conventionally viewed as economically benefiting the family left behind. Remittance transfers can ease budget constraints and thereby increase spending on health care and education, improving households’ long-term welfare in the source country. However, the migrant’s absence might also have negative consequences for non-migrants, be they children, the elderly, or a spouse.

Policymakers need to account for differences in the situations of migrants and their families who stay behind and bolster support systems in education and health care to help families cope with the detrimental effects of migration on the accumulation of human capital. If migration implies lower education or health status or more child labor, the potentially long-term costs of migration need to be mitigated through appropriate home country policies. Population aging is another issue to consider.

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 Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap

Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap

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Do in-work benefits work for low-skilled workers?

Do in-work benefits work for low-skilled workers?
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Do guest worker programs give firms too much power?
(Deutsch) by Peter Norlander

 

  • Income inequality and social origin (Deutsch) by Lorenzo Cappellari

  • The impact of legalizing unauthorized immigrants (Deutsch) by Cynthia Bansak and Sarah Pearlman

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  • Inequality and informality in transition and emerging countries (Deutsch) by Roberto Dell’Anno

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  • The value of language skills (Deutsch) (Español) by Gilles Grenier and Weiguo Zhang

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  • Statistical profiling of unemployed jobseekers (Deutsch) (Español) by Bert van Landeghem, Sam Desiere and Ludo Struyven

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Low pay jobs, do they “scar” future job prospects?: An interview with Claus Schnabel

Low pay jobs, do they “scar” future job prospects?: An interview with Claus Schnabel

Editor-in-Chief Daniel S. Hamermesh asks Claus Schnabel questions about the ways employers can be incentivized to increase the training content of their lower-paying jobs.

Tutoring: An effective solution to help disadvantaged children

Tutoring: An effective solution to help disadvantaged children

At home, students from underprivileged backgrounds are less likely to have proper support, which might increase existing learning gaps across socioeconomic characteristics. 

The challenging plight of widows

The challenging plight of widows

To increase widows' well-being, policies are required that help them become more involved with society.

International trade restrictions and the impact on GDP

International trade restrictions and the impact on GDP: An interview with L. Alan Winters

Editor-in-Chief Daniel S. Hamermesh asks Professor L. Alan Winters about restricting international trade, the consequences for GDP, and the effects of Brexit in the UK.

Job search during a pandemic recession

Job search during a pandemic recession

Understanding job search is crucial to forming a complete picture of this extraordinary economic event and could provide valuable insights for economic policy making in future pandemic-induced recessions.

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Labor economics in the news:

Jordan: Child labor rises due to Covid-19

Jordan: Child labor rises due to Covid-19

In Jordan, a 12-year-old boy has said that he has been on a seven-day street selling shift, in order to provide for his family, who are living in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Amman.

Raising pensions annually in the UK has come under scrutiny

Raising pensions annually in the UK has come under scrutiny

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged not to abolish the “triple lock” on pensions, following press reports that the government was going to scrap the commitment.

School weigh-ins to return in England

School weigh-ins to return in England

Lockdown measures have meant that there has been less regular exercise and an increase in the availability of snacks whilst home schooling.

Half as many UK women as men can afford to retire early

Half as many UK women as men can afford to retire early

Nearly one in three men have the financial means to retire earlier than the current retirement age of 66, but only one in six women.

Australia’s minimum wage is increasing by 2.5%

Australia’s minimum wage is increasing by 2.5%

The changes mean that Australia’s lowest-paid workers will receive $20.33 an hour, or $772.60 a week for full-time workers.

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