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following changes to UK immigration policy, especially the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme and the introduction of the … sluggish performance of the UK economy and the attitudes towards (increased) immigration displayed by political parties …
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effects of immigration in those nations. Four broad topics are addressed: labor market issues, fiscal questions, the political … economy of immigration, and productivity/international trade. Extreme concerns about deleterious labour market and fiscal …
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This paper provides the first evidence on the regional impact of immigration on native employment in a cross …-run estimates show adverse employment effects in response to immigration, while these effects disappear in the longer run. Second …, low-educated native workers experience employment losses due to immigration, whereas high-educated ones are more likely to …
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This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the European Union. Earlier papers measure the presence of immigrants in the local labor market by computing the share of the foreigners in specific regions. This paper, instead, utilizes...
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The end of free movement and the introduction of the post-Brexit migration system represent the most important changes to the UK migration system in half a century. Coinciding with the aftereffects of the pandemic, the result has been very large changes both to the numbers of those coming for...
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underline the importance of more open immigration policies targeting high-skilled immigrants. The current policy not only cannot …
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We study the labor market impact of opening borders to low wage countries. The analysis exploits time and regional variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from the new member states. The results suggest an adverse impact on earnings of present...
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For decades, migration economics has stressed the effects of migration restrictions on income distribution in the host country. Recently the literature has taken a new direction by estimating the costs of migration restrictions to global economic efficiency. In contrast, a new strand of research...
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Despite being one of the most prolific spenders on active labour market policies, and investing heavily in civic integration programmes, family policies and career and diversity plans, the native-migrant employment gap in Belgium is still one of the largest among EU and OECD countries. Past...
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The U.S. limits work visas for low-skill jobs outside of agriculture, with a binding quota that firms access via a randomized lottery. We evaluate the marginal impact of the quota on firms entering the 2021 H-2B visa lottery using a novel survey and pre-analysis plan. Firms exogenously...
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