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This paper explores the effects of high skilled immigration to a host country with unionized low skilled labor and an … unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on …
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Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide. Using all waves from the microcensus, we study their labor market integration over the last 50 years and highlight differences to the US case. Although the employment gaps between immigrant and native men decline...
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No voters cast their votes based on perfect information, but better educated and richer voters are on average better informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of poor voters, and cause parties to choose political...
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A large literature has claimed that higher political participation increases welfare spending. In this paper, I review this literature. I study the theoretical link between participation and redistributive spending. Then, I survey the empirical literature on the link between education, income...
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Despite intense policy debates, the relationship between social welfare and refugee crime remains understudied. Taking steps to address this gap, our study focuses on Switzerland, where mobility restrictions on exogenously assigned refugees coincide with cantons' autonomy in setting social...
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We investigate the impact of immigration on public budgets using administrative data from German districts (Kreise … immigration, the local-level effects in Germany remain relatively unexplored. Our study analyzes how immigration influences public … different local levels, migration groups, and expenditure categories, when studying the gains and burdens of immigration in …
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Immigration policies in western democracies have often been contrary to the policies predicted by the mainstream theory … defection from worker-supported political-establishment parties to new-entrant anti-immigration political candidates and parties …
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immigration literature. Empirical quantifications for the U.S. reveal that the indirect fiscal benefit of one low … has previously been documented. This challenges the perception of low-skilled immigration as a fiscal burden. …
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immigration literature. Empirical quantifications for the U.S. reveal that the indirect fiscal benefit of one low … has previously been documented. This challenges the perception of low-skilled immigration as a fiscal burden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315231
In many Western countries, a sizeable group of people live on welfare benefits for a long time. Many of them suffer from mental health issues. This paper studies the labor market and mental health effects of an activation program targeting these long-term inactive people. We exploit the...
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