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Emigration of immigrants and measures of immigrant assimilation : evidence from Sweden
Edin, Per-Anders; LaLonde, Robert John; Åslund, Olof - 2000
of immigrants. We use longitudinal data on immigration to Sweden 1970-1990 to examine the extent and pattern of immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588147
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Immigration, search, and redistribution : a quantitative assessment of native welfare
Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2014
We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of … redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418118
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Immigration, search, and redistribution : a quantitative assessment of native welfare
Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2014
We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of … redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418917
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Age at migration and social integration
Åslund, Olof; Böhlmark, Anders; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009
The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the residential market, the labor market, and the marriage market. We use population-wide Swedish data and compare outcomes as adults among siblings arriving at different ages in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269096
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Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants - Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000
Recent immigrants tend to locate in ethnic enclaves within metropolitan areas. The economic consequence of living in such enclaves is still an unresolved issue. We use an immigrant policy initiative in Sweden, when government authorities distributed refugee immigrants across locales in a way...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321631
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Emigration of Immigrants and Measures of Immigrant Assimilation: Evidence from Sweden.
Edin, Per-Anders; LaLonde, Robert J.; Åslund, Olof - 2000
of immigrants. We use longitudinal data on immigration to Sweden 1970-1990 to examine the extent and pattern of immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321782
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Immigrant Settlement Policies and Subsequent Migration
Åslund, Olof - 2000
Many countries consider the residential concentration among immigrants a problem. This paper studies the factors influencing individual location decisions and evaluates a Swedish attempt to change the residential distribution of refugee immigrants in the late 1980's. Despite common perceptions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321815
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Settlement Policies and the Economic Success of Immigrants
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000
of new immigrants away from immigrant dense metropolitan areas. We evaluate a reform of Swedish immigration policy that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321822
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Immigration, search and redistribution : a quantitative assessment of native welfare
Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 16 (2018) 4, pp. 1137-1188
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011942024
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Immigrant settlement policies and subsequent migration
Åslund, Olof - 2000
Many countries consider the residential concentration among immigrants a problem. This paper studies the factors influencing individual location decisions and evaluates a Swedish attempt to change the residential distribution of refugee immigrants in the late 1980's. Despite common perceptions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011589106