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The enlargement of the European Union in May 2004 triggered a relatively large and rapid migration inflow into Wales … effect of migration inflows on the labour market. We found little evidence that the inflow of accession migrants contributed … to a fall in wages or a rise in claimant unemployment in Wales between 2004 and 2006. In particular, we found no evidence …
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Government wage, benefit, and employment decisions are not taken on a profit-maximizing basis and have a substantial impact on aggregate labor market performance and unemployment. In a two-sector labor market model with free mobility of labor, an increase in government wages or benefits reduces...
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Emigrants are less likely to participate in elections in their home country. They are also self-selected in terms of education, gender, age, and political preferences, changing the structure of the origin population. High emigration rates can therefore have a systematic influence on election...
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The impact of immigration on native workers' wages has been a topic of long-standing debate. This meta-analysis reviews 42 studies published between 1987 to 2019, offering a comprehensive assessment of reduced-form estimates of the wage effect of immigration. The results confirm that immigration...
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A sizeable literature analyses how immigration affects attitudes towards migrants and discusses differences between … on the importance of perceptions of migrants' ability to do one's job in relation to these fears. Moreover, we compare … concerns about refugees with those about EU migrants. We propose several hypotheses regarding egotropic and sociotropic motives …
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