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From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia (2012)
Journal Article
Ivļevs, A., Ivlevs, A., & King, R. M. (2012). From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia. IZA Journal of Migration, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9039-1-14

© 2012, Ivļevs and King; licensee Springer. We study the determinants of the willingness to acquire citizenship of Latvia by ‘non-citizens’ – the former Soviet migrants and their descendants born on the territory of Latvia. The country of Latvia serv... Read More about From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia.

Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo (2012)
Journal Article
Ivļevs, A., Ivlevs, A., & King, R. M. (2012). Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo. Journal of Development Studies, 48(8), 1108-1120. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2012.658377

Does an extra year of schooling augment one's propensity to migrate? In a naive regression, which does not account for the potential reverse causality and omitted variables, the coefficient of education is likely to be biased. To deal with the proble... Read More about Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo.

Ageing, Local Birth Rates and Attitudes towards Immigration:Evidence from a Transition Economy (2012)
Journal Article
Ivlevs, A. (2012). Ageing, Local Birth Rates and Attitudes towards Immigration:Evidence from a Transition Economy. Regional Studies, 46(7), 947-959. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2010.546779

Ivļevs A. Ageing, local birth rates and attitudes towards immigration:evidence from a transition economy, Regional Studies. This paper studies the links between local birth rates and individual attitudes towards immigration, focusing on Latvia - a co... Read More about Ageing, Local Birth Rates and Attitudes towards Immigration:Evidence from a Transition Economy.

Family migration capital and migration intentions (2012)
Journal Article
Ivlevs, A., & King, R. M. (2012). Family migration capital and migration intentions. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 33(1), 118-129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-011-9269-9

Does a history of migration in the family influence one's decision to move abroad? This paper argues that intergenerational transmission of 'migration capital' accumulated in the family is a significant determinant of current decisions to migrate. Us... Read More about Family migration capital and migration intentions.