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A Theory of Immigration Amnesties
Epstein, Gil S; Weiss, Avi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This paper presents a first attempt at understanding some of the many issues involved in the granting of an amnesty to illegal immigrants. We consider government behavior with respect to allocations on limiting infiltration (border control) and apprehending infiltrators (internal control) and,...
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Immigrant Labour and Workplace Safety
Bauer, Thomas; Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
Using standard as well as recently developed univariate and bivariate count data models, this paper analyses the determinants of workplace accidents using a firm data set for Germany. Given the tight system of public workplace safety regulation, introduced partly as early as in 1869 and the...
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Mass Migration to Israel and Natives' Transitions from Employment
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper studies the impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives’ probability of moving from employment to non-employment in a segmented labour market that is defined by various combinations of schooling, occupation, industry, district of residence and...
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A Macroeconomic Experiment in Mass Immigration
Hercowitz, Zvi; Yashiv, Eran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper studies the effects of mass immigration from the former USSR to Israel in the 1990s on the employment of the … for native employment and the relative price of domestic goods – is estimated, finding negative effects of immigration on … native employment a year after arrival. The delay in the effect is attributed to a positive impact of immigration on the …
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The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Israel
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
substitutes for native workers, we expect that the impact of immigration will be largest immediately upon the immigrants’ arrival … substitutes for natives because of their lack of local human capital, the initial effect of immigration is small, and the effect …, we do not find any effect of immigration on employment, neither in the short nor in the long run. …
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First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany - What Do We Know and What Do People Think
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Mikrozensus, with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants...
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Does Immigration Affect the Phillips Curve? Some Evidence for Spain
Bentolila, Samuel; Dolado, Juan J.; Jimeno, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
constant inflation. This change has been more pronounced than elsewhere. We argue that this stems from the immigration boom in … Spain over this period. We show that the New Keynesian Phillips curve is shifted by immigration if natives’ and immigrants … immigration. …
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The Value of Children and Immigrants in a Pay-As-You-Go Pension System: A Proposal For a Partial Transition to a Funded System
Sinn, Hans-Werner - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
It is shown that the net fiscal externality created by an additional member of a pay-as-you-go-pension system that is endowed with individual accounts equals the gross contributions of this member. In Germany, this equals about 175,000 Deutsche marks. The paper uses this information to design a...
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The Labour Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's
D Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … as `flexible' as the UK labour market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration. …
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Immigrant Selection in The OECD
Belot, Michèle; Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
The selection of immigrants by skill and education is a central issue in the analysis of immigration. Since highly … what determines the skill-selectivity of immigration. In this paper we examine the proportions of highly educated among …
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