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Immigrant labor and work-family decisions of native-born women : as immigration lowers childcare and housework costs, nativie-born women alter their work and fertility decisions

Furtado, Delia - 2015

particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …

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Are immigrants healthier than native residents? : immigrants tend to be healthier than native residents when they arrive - an advantage that dissipates with time

Neuman, Shoshana - 2014

In common anti-immigrant rhetoric, concerns are raised that immigrants bring diseases with them to the host country that threaten the health of the resident population. In reality, extensive empirical research over several decades and across multiple regions and host countries has documented...

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Does return migration influence fertility at home? : migrants encounter different fertility norms while abroad, which they can bring back upon returning home

Bertoli, Simone - 2015

migrants, who predominantly move on a temporary basis, encounter new fertility norms in their host countries and then bring … them back home. These new fertility norms can be higher or lower than those in their country of origin. So the new … fertility norms that result from migration flows can either accelerate or slow down a demographic transition in migrant …

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Migrants and educational achievement gaps : avoiding segregation and compensating for parental disadvantage can reduce migrants' educational achievement gabs

Entorf, Horst - 2015

As global migration flows increase, so do the number of migrant students in host country schools. Yet migrants' achievement scores lag well behind those of their nativeborn schoolmates. Performance gaps are explained largely by differences in migrant parents' socio-economic background, cultural...

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What drives the language proficiency of immigrants? : immigrants differ in their language proficiency along a range of characteristics

Isphording, Ingo Eduard - 2015

Language proficiency is a key driver of immigrant integration. It increases job opportunities and facilitates social and political participation. However, despite its vital importance, many immigrants never reach adequate proficiency in the host country language. Therefore, insights into the...

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Immigrants in the classroom and effects on native children : having immigrant children in the classroom may sometimes, but not always, harm educational outcomes of native children

Jensen, Peter - 2015

Many countries are experiencing increasing inflows of immigrant students. This raises concerns that having a large share of students for whom the host country language is not their first language may have detrimental effects on the educational outcomes of native children. However, the evidence...

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The value of language skills : a common language facilitates communication and economic efficiency, but linguistic diversity has economic and cultural value too

Grenier, Gilles - 2015

In today's globalized world, people are increasingly mobile and often need to communicate across different languages. Learning a new language is an investment in human capital. Migrants must learn the language of their destination country, but even non-migrants must often learn other languages...

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Crime and immigration : do poor labor market opportunities lead to migrant crime?

Bell, Brian - 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...

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Enforcement and illegal migration : enforcement deters immigrations with many unintended consequences

Orrenius, Pia M. - 2014

Border enforcement of immigration laws attempts to raise the costs of illegal immigration, while interior enforcement also lowers the benefits. Border and interior enforcement therefore reduce the net benefits of illegal immigration and should lower the probability that an individual will decide...

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Immigrants and entrepreneurship : business ownership is higher among immigrants, but promoting self-employment is unlikely to improve outcomes for less skilled immigrants

Lofstrom, Magnus - 2014

Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry...

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