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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
Contrary to the welfare magnet hypothesis, empirical evidence suggests that immigration decisions are not made on the basis of the relative generosity of the receiving nation’s social benefits. Even when immigrants are found to use welfare more intensively than natives, the gap is mostly...
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The Elusive Concept of Immigrant Quality: Evidence from 1970-1990
Regets, Mark C.; Duleep, Harriet Orcutt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public policy concern. However, traditional methods of measuring human capital are particularly difficult to apply to recently arrived immigrants. Many factors that have a negative effect...
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Immigration, Ethnic Diversity and Political Outcomes: Evidence from Denmark
Harmon, Nikolaj A. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2012
I study the impact of immigration and ethnic diversity on political outcomes in immigrant receiving countries, focusing on the case of election outcomes and immigration in Danish municipalities 1981-2001. A rich set of control variables isolates ethnic diversity effects from that of other...
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International Migration and the Developing World
Hanson, Gordon H. - In: Handbook of Development Economics
In this chapter, I discuss the recent academic research on international migration, focusing on the causes and … on immigration. My aim is to identify facts about international migration relevant to those concerned about why labor …
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A Life-Cycle Model of Outmigration and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants in Germany
Bellemare, C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004
earnings and preferences which allows immigrants to revise their duration decisions throughout their migration experience ….Because immigrants simultaneously face a migration and a work decision in each period, the economic assimilation rates commonly used to … effects.Immigrants are found to be forward looking decision makers, and simulations show that predicted migration durations …
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Economic Assimilation and Outmigration of Immigrants in West-Germany
Bellemare, C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003
By analyzing earnings of observed immigrants workers, the literature on the economic assimilation of immigrants has generally overlooked two potentially important selectivity issues.First, earnings of immigrant workers may di¿er substantially from those of non-workers.Second, earnings of...
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Marché du travail en revue - Juin 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
Selon le modèle économique normal de la criminalité, qui suppose que les gens prennent des décisions de façon rationnelle, en considérant le coût d’opportunité du crime et en tenant compte de la possibilité d’être pris et puni, on se pose la question de savoir si l’immigration...
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The Elusive Concept of Immigrant Quality: Evidence from 1970-1990
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2013
The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public policy concern. However, traditional methods of measuring human capital are particularly difficult to apply to recently arrived immigrants. Many factors that have a negative effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010631323
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Crime and immigration
Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
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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Migration, Mobility and Human Rights at the Eastern Border of the European Union - Space of Freedom and Security
Silasi, Grigore; Simina, Ovidiu Laurian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This edited collection of migration papers would like to emphasise the acute need for migration related study and … research in Romania. At this time, migration and mobility are studied as minor subjects in Economics, Sociology, Political … Sciences and European Studies only (mostly at post-graduate level). We consider that Romanian universities need more ‘migration …
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