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Crime and immigration : do poor labor market opportunities lead to migrant crime?
Bell, Brian - 2014
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but …
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Do immigrant workers depress the wages of native workers? : short-term wage effects of immigrants are close to zero : and in the long term immigrants can boost productivity and wag...
Peri, Giovanni - 2014
demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …
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Should divorce be easier or harder? : the evidence, though weak, favors legal, easy, unilateral divorce
González, Libertad - 2014
Many countries have enacted legislation over the past few decades making divorce easier. Some countries have legalized divorce where it had previously been banned, and many have eased the conditions required for a divorce, such as allowing unilateral divorce (both spouses do not have to agree on...
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The effect of seasonal work visas on native employment : evidence from US farm work in the Great Recession
Clemens, Michael A. - In: Review of international economics 30 (2022) 5, pp. 1348-1374
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Labor supply of married foreign-born women in credit-constrained households
Kim, Seik; Varanasi, Nalina - In: Economic modelling 81 (2019), pp. 411-421
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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S
Houseworth, Christina A.; Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Review of Economics of the Household 18 (2020) 1, pp. 1-25
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Legal entitlement and empowerment of marriage immigrants in Korea
Lee, Hanol; Wie, Dainn - In: Feminist economics 26 (2020) 3, pp. 90-118
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Match quality and divorce among naturalized U.S. citizens
Dziadula, Eva - In: Southern economic journal 89 (2022) 1, pp. 37-61
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Immigration and careers of European workers : effects and the role of policies
Cattaneo, Cristina; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Peri, Giovanni - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-26
In this paper we analyze the response of career, employment and wage of native Europeans to immigration. We then ask … flexible labor markets in a country are a key factor to have employment upgrading in response to immigration. … labor market. We find no evidence of an increased likelihood of non-employment or geographical mobility. We find that more …
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Immigrants in the classroom and effects on native children : having immigrant children in the classroom may sometimes, but not always, harm educational outcomes of native children
Jensen, Peter - 2015
Many countries are experiencing increasing inflows of immigrant students. This raises concerns that having a large share of students for whom the host country language is not their first language may have detrimental effects on the educational outcomes of native children. However, the evidence...
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