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Crime and immigration: New evidence from England and Wales

Jaitman, Laura; Machin, Stephen - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

We study a high profile public policy question on immigration, namely the link between crime and immigration … evidence of an average causal impact of immigration on crime, nor do we when we consider A8 and Non-A8 immigration separately … causal impact of immigration on crime from our spatial econometric analysis and also present evidence from unique data on …

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The Asymptotes of Power

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Real-World Economics Review (2012) 60, pp. 18-53

This is the latest in a series of articles we have been writing on the current crisis. The purpose of our previous papers was to characterize the crisis. We claimed that it was a 'systemic crisis', and that capitalists were gripped by 'systemic fear'. In this article, we seek to explain why. The...

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How Capitalists Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crisis

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Real-World Economics Review (2014) 66, pp. 65-73

Do capitalists really want a recovery? Can they afford it? On the face of it, the question sounds silly: of course capitalists want a recovery; how else can they prosper? According to the textbooks, both mainstream and heterodox, capital accumulation and economic growth are two sides of the same...

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Stocking Up on Wealth . . . Concentration

Fix, Blair - In: Real-World Economics Review (2024) 107, pp. 40-56

It turns out that like the rest of us, billionaires experience wealth inequality. (Individuals who top the Forbes billionaire list are far richer than those at the bottom of the list.) Interestingly, this billionaire wealth concentration fluctuates over time … in tight correlation with the...

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Earnings growth of Mexican immigrants: New versus traditional destinations

Kaushal, Neeraj; Shang, Ce - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-25

We study the earnings of Mexican immigrants in their traditional and newer destinations in the US. Analysis based on longitudinal data suggests that during 2001-2009, the real wage of Mexican immigrants increased 1-2% a year at the traditional destinations, but remained mostly statistically...

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Remittances and immigration enforcement

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Puttitanun, Thitima - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014), pp. 1-26

Recent increases in US immigration enforcement at the local and state level may be impacting remittance flows to developing countries by curtailing undocumented immigration, restricting the cyclicality of migration flows and limiting employment opportunities for the undocumented. We examine how...

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Immigrants and gender roles: Assimilation vs. culture

Blau, Francine - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-21

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women's behavior in the United States-looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply...

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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 24, pp. 1-19

distinguish between the case of Latin America and that of the USA. Overall, I show that the slave trades exert a lasting impact …

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