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The welfare magnet hypothesis and the welfare take-up of migrants

Giulietti, Corrado - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

Contrary to the welfare magnet hypothesis, empirical evidence suggests that immigration decisions are not made on the … between immigrants and non-immigrants rather than to immigration status per se. Moreover, evidence in some countries suggests …

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The welfare magnet hypothesis and the welfare take-up of migrants

Giulietti, Corrado - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) June, pp. 1-10

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Can immigrants ever earn as much as native workers?

Anderson, Kathryn H. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Immigrants contribute to the economic development of the host country, but they earn less at entry and it takes many years for them to achieve parity of income. For some immigrant groups, the wage gap never closes. There is a wide variation across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of...

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Can immigrants ever earn as much as native workers?

Anderson, Kathryn H. - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)

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Where do immigrants retire to?

de Coulon, Augustin - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

As migration rates increase across the world, the choice of whether to retire in the host or home country is becoming a key decision for up to 15% of the world’s population, and this proportion is growing rapidly. Large waves of immigrants who re-settled in the second half of the 20th century...

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Can “happiness data” help evaluate economic policies?

MacCulloch, Robert - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

Imagine a government confronted with a controversial policy question, like whether it should cut the level of unemployment benefits. Will social welfare rise as a result? Will some groups be winners and other groups be losers? Will the welfare gap between the employed and unemployed increase?...

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Public or private job placement services—Are private ones more effective?

Stephan, Gesine - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

Expenditures on job placement and related services make up a substantial share of many countries’ GDP. Contracting out to private providers is often proposed as a more efficient alternative to the state provision of placement services. However, the responsible state agency has to design and...

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Public or private job placement services — Are private ones more effective?

Stephan, Gesine - In: IZA World of Labor (2024)

Contracting out job placement services might save costs and provide a service capacity buffer in times of increasing unemployment. However, state agencies must be able to ensure a suitable balance between services and quality, and to carefully monitor and evaluate private provider outcomes....

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The Danish labor market, 2000-2022

Andersen, Torben M. - In: IZA World of Labor (2023)

Denmark is often highlighted as a "flexicurity" country with lax employment protection legislation, generous unemployment insurance, and active labor market policies. This model has coped with the Great Recession and the Covid-19 pandemic, avoiding large increases in long-term and structural...

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Crime and immigration

Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (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. Crucially …

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