Gil S Epstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 892261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gil S Epstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gil S |
| FAMILY NAME | Epstein |
| SIGNATURE | EPSTEIN G S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4553-0254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 115 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Migration and Forsaken Schooling in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
Large international earnings differentials negatively impact human capital investments in migrant-origin countries. We find that three Central Asian migrant-sending countries—the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan—are facing a forsaken schooling phenomenon. Once completing their compulsory schooling, young people in these countries are forsaking additional schooling because of opportunities to migrate to h…
Inequality, good governance and endemic corruption
Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We examine a stylized poor state with weak institutions in which a ‘culture of evasion’ damages state authority. Many evade tax payments, limiting the state’s economic development capability. In the face of extensive corruption, it is challenging for the state to establish and implement policies reflecting good governance; for example…
Ethnic identity
We present a basic theoretical framework of ethnic identity, i.e., the level of immigrant's commitment to his or her host society as well as the immigrant's commitment to his or her home society. Our model can explain the emerging empirical literature which studies the effect of the immigrants' characteristics, such as age, gender, education, religion, age at arrival, stock of immigrants in the host country, etc., on their ethnic identity (such a…
Age at immigration and high school dropouts
We focus on high school dropout rates among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the dropout rate and age at arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school dropouts among immigrant children who arrived from the Former Soviet Union during 1989-1994 is at least double that of natives in the same age group. Furt…
Migration and Culture
Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding openly into the discussion, usually under some pseudonym. The authors of the papers in this volume bring culture into the open. They are concerned with how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the sending areas, and people already living in the recipient lo…
The why, when, and how of immigration amnesties
Group specific public goods, orchestration of interest groups with free riding
High‐skilled Migration and the Exertion of Effort by the Local Population
The optimal design of immigration policy is a topical issue, both in the policy debate and the economic literature. In this paper, we present empirical evidence from a firm level dataset collected in 2000 on the demand for high‐skilled workers, including foreign workers, in Europe and its determinants. Our major findings are that the fraction of high‐skilled workers recruited from the international labour market is very small, and that foreign an…
Good Governance and Good Aid Allocation
Efforts in two-sided contests
Performance and prize decomposition in contests
Herd and Network Effects in Migration Decision-Making
This paper examines the impact of informational cascades (herd behaviour) and networks in influencing migrants’ location choices. It argues that herd behaviour and networks complement each other in explaining foreign location decisions. The paper develops both theories, emphasising the differences and the similarities between them. Empirical evidence shows that both herd behaviour and network externalities are important components in the decision…
Ambiguous political power and contest efforts
Understanding the development of fundamentalism
Campaign resources and electoral success
The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
The willingness to migrate and locational choice may be influenced by others’ choices or plans, particularly if the “other people,” such as family and friends, are migrants, former migrants, or potential migrants themselves. We examine the roles “other people” play in influencing an individual’s potential migration decision. In analyzing the influence of others on migration decisions, we rely on the concepts of migration networks and herd effects…
Extremism within the family
The political economy of population economics
Lobbying and compromise
The Struggle Over Migration Policy
Enclaves, language, and the location choice of migrants
Stakes and Welfare in Rent-Seeking Contests
Asymmetry and Corrective Public Policy in Contests
Lobbying and Concessions
Creating illegal immigrants
Enclaves, language, and the location choice of migrants
Herd and Network Effects in Migration Decision-Making
This paper examines the impact of informational cascades (herd behaviour) and networks in influencing migrants’ location choices. It argues that herd behaviour and networks complement each other in explaining foreign location decisions. The paper develops both theories, emphasising the differences and the similarities between them. Empirical evidence shows that both herd behaviour and network externalities are important components in the decision…
Ethnic identity
We present a basic theoretical framework of ethnic identity, i.e., the level of immigrant's commitment to his or her host society as well as the immigrant's commitment to his or her home society. Our model can explain the emerging empirical literature which studies the effect of the immigrants' characteristics, such as age, gender, education, religion, age at arrival, stock of immigrants in the host country, etc., on their ethnic identity (such a…
The why, when, and how of immigration amnesties
Creating illegal immigrants
Age at immigration and high school dropouts
We focus on high school dropout rates among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the dropout rate and age at arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school dropouts among immigrant children who arrived from the Former Soviet Union during 1989-1994 is at least double that of natives in the same age group. Furt…
Group specific public goods, orchestration of interest groups with free riding
Campaign resources and electoral success
Extremism within the family
The Struggle Over Migration Policy
Understanding the development of fundamentalism
Lobbying and compromise
Stakes and Welfare in Rent-Seeking Contests
Asymmetry and Corrective Public Policy in Contests
Good Governance and Good Aid Allocation
Ambiguous political power and contest efforts
Changing a Decision Taken under Uncertainty
In this paper we analyse the allocation of criminal activity over the metropolitan area over time. At each period of time, the criminal must choose in which area to commit his/her next offence. The criminal's expectations regarding his/her utility as a function of the probability to be apprehended are updated in the process of work. We find general conditions, under which the criminal determines his optimal location strategy. A direct policy impl…
Changing a Decision Taken under Uncertainty
In this paper we analyse the allocation of criminal activity over the metropolitan area over time. At each period of time, the criminal must choose in which area to commit his/her next offence. The criminal's expectations regarding his/her utility as a function of the probability to be apprehended are updated in the process of work. We find general conditions, under which the criminal determines his optimal location strategy. A direct policy impl…
Creating illegal immigrants
Lobbying and Concessions
Stakes and Welfare in Rent-Seeking Contests
Asymmetry and Corrective Public Policy in Contests
The Struggle Over Migration Policy
Enclaves, language, and the location choice of migrants
The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
The willingness to migrate and locational choice may be influenced by others’ choices or plans, particularly if the “other people,” such as family and friends, are migrants, former migrants, or potential migrants themselves. We examine the roles “other people” play in influencing an individual’s potential migration decision. In analyzing the influence of others on migration decisions, we rely on the concepts of migration networks and herd effects…
Extremism within the family
The political economy of population economics
Lobbying and compromise
Ambiguous political power and contest efforts
Understanding the development of fundamentalism
Campaign resources and electoral success
Good Governance and Good Aid Allocation
Efforts in two-sided contests
Performance and prize decomposition in contests
Herd and Network Effects in Migration Decision-Making
This paper examines the impact of informational cascades (herd behaviour) and networks in influencing migrants’ location choices. It argues that herd behaviour and networks complement each other in explaining foreign location decisions. The paper develops both theories, emphasising the differences and the similarities between them. Empirical evidence shows that both herd behaviour and network externalities are important components in the decision…
The why, when, and how of immigration amnesties
Group specific public goods, orchestration of interest groups with free riding
High‐skilled Migration and the Exertion of Effort by the Local Population
The optimal design of immigration policy is a topical issue, both in the policy debate and the economic literature. In this paper, we present empirical evidence from a firm level dataset collected in 2000 on the demand for high‐skilled workers, including foreign workers, in Europe and its determinants. Our major findings are that the fraction of high‐skilled workers recruited from the international labour market is very small, and that foreign an…
Migration and Culture
Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding openly into the discussion, usually under some pseudonym. The authors of the papers in this volume bring culture into the open. They are concerned with how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the sending areas, and people already living in the recipient lo…
Age at immigration and high school dropouts
We focus on high school dropout rates among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the dropout rate and age at arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school dropouts among immigrant children who arrived from the Former Soviet Union during 1989-1994 is at least double that of natives in the same age group. Furt…
Ethnic identity
We present a basic theoretical framework of ethnic identity, i.e., the level of immigrant's commitment to his or her host society as well as the immigrant's commitment to his or her home society. Our model can explain the emerging empirical literature which studies the effect of the immigrants' characteristics, such as age, gender, education, religion, age at arrival, stock of immigrants in the host country, etc., on their ethnic identity (such a…
Inequality, good governance and endemic corruption
Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We examine a stylized poor state with weak institutions in which a ‘culture of evasion’ damages state authority. Many evade tax payments, limiting the state’s economic development capability. In the face of extensive corruption, it is challenging for the state to establish and implement policies reflecting good governance; for example…
Economics (25 works) · Political science (20 works) · Law (13 works) · Microeconomics (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (11 works) · Public finance (10 works) · CONTEST (8 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Macroeconomics (8 works)