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Chapter 8. Immigrants’ Access to Financial Services and Asset Accumulation

Abdul-Razzak, Nour; Osili, Una Okonkwo; Paulson, Anna L. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 387-442). 2015

This chapter investigates the financial behavior of immigrants using data from the United States and Italy. While the income and occupational mobility of immigrants have received attention, much less is known about their financial market participation. To explore this aspect of immigrant...

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Introduction

Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. xiii-xv). 2015

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Cameo 3. The Two-Step Australian Immigration Policy and its Impact on Immigrant Employment Outcomes

Gregory, R.G. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1421-1443). 2015

Three decades ago, most immigrants to Australia with work entitlements came as permanent settlers. Today the annual allocation of temporary visas, with work entitlements, outnumbers permanent settler visas by a ratio of three to one. The new environment, with so many temporary visa holders, has...

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Chapter 25. Immigrants in Israel

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1363-1420). 2015

Israel perceives the immigration of Jews as one of its major goals and thus it applies no selection rules towards them. Jewish immigration to Israel hailed from Arab countries as well as European countries. While immigration has shaped the rate of growth of Israel's Jewish population it has also...

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Introduction

Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. xiii-xv). 2015

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Chapter 13. Undocumented Immigration and Human Trafficking

Orrenius, Pia; Zavodny, Madeline - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 659-716). 2015

Border and interior enforcement, legal penalties, and the market for smugglers distinguish undocumented migration from … legal migration and introduce a number of challenges for migrants, employers, law enforcement, and policymakers. This … chapter reviews the theoretical models and empirical evidence on the determinants of undocumented migration and its nature and …

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Chapter 11. High-Skilled Immigration in a Globalized Labor Market

McDonald, James Ted; Worswick, Christopher - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 537-583). 2015

The economics literature on the international migration of skilled workers is reviewed and recent policy trends are … evaluated. The theoretical implications of skilled migration are discussed within the context of the benefits to the skilled …

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Chapter 23. Regional Studies : Latin America and the Caribbean

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Pozo, Susan - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1261-1302). 2015

This chapter offers an overview of migration and remittance flows with respect to the Latin American and Caribbean …. Emphasis is given to south–south migration, to the factors that have motivated the out-migration of Latin Americans to the …

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Chapter 12. The Refugee/Asylum Seeker

Chin, Aimee; Cortes, Kalena E. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 585-658). 2015

This chapter discusses the research in economics on refugees and asylum seekers. Section 1 describes the trends in asylum seeking by source and host country. Section 2 presents a conceptual framework on why refugees might differ from other types of immigrants, and provides a new analysis...

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Chapter 22. The Labor Market Integration and Impacts of US Immigrants

Cadena, Brian C.; Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1197-1259). 2015

Over the last several decades, two of the most significant developments in the US labor market have been: (1) rising inequality, and (2) growth in both the size and the diversity of immigration flows. Because a large share of new immigrants arrive with very low levels of schooling, English...

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