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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 there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but …
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Do immigrant workers depress the wages of native workers? : short-term wage effects of immigrants are close to zero : and in the long term immigrants can boost productivity and wag...
Peri, Giovanni - 2014
demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …
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The effects of recessions on family formation : fertility and marriage rates are pro-cyclical in many countries, but the longer-term consequences are inconclusive
Kondo, Ayako - 2016
being considered a primary cause. However, economic theory is not conclusive about whether deterioration in youth employment …
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Should divorce be easier or harder? : the evidence, though weak, favors legal, easy, unilateral divorce
González, Libertad - 2014
Many countries have enacted legislation over the past few decades making divorce easier. Some countries have legalized divorce where it had previously been banned, and many have eased the conditions required for a divorce, such as allowing unilateral divorce (both spouses do not have to agree on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422608
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Crime and immigration : do poor labor market opportunities lead to migrant crime?
Bell, Brian - 2019
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, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011960237
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What accounts for the increase in female labor force participation in Spain
Osuna-Padilla, Victoria - 2018
Over the last three decades, Spanish female labor force participation (LFP) has tremendously increased, particularly, that of married women. At the same time, the income tax structure, the fiscal treatment of families, policies to reconcile family and work, and the education distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011812663
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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 Danish labor market, 2000-2016 : employment has increased since the recession due to a cyclical upturn and structural reforms
Andersen, Torben M. - 2019
Denmark is often highlighted as a "flexicurity" country characterized by lax employment protection legislation …, generous unemployment insurance, and active labor market policies. Despite a sharp and prolonged decline in employment in the … labor supply and employment, targeting the young, elderly, and immigrants. Employment recovered to its structural level …
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Naturalization and citizenship : who benefits? : liberalizing access to citizenship has labor market benefits for immigrants and can improve their assimilation
Gathmann, Christina - 2015
Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that many immigrants fail to integrate economically. Research shows that the option to naturalize has considerable economic benefits for eligible immigrants, even in countries with a tradition of restrictive policies. First-generation...
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The importance of measuring dispersion in firm-level outcomes : ignoring the large variation in firm-level outcomes can create misunderstandings about the consequences of many poli...
Syverson, Chad - 2014
Recent research has revealed enormous variation in performance and growth among firms, which both drives and is driven by large reallocations of inputs and outputs across firms (churning) within industries and markets. These differences in firm-level outcomes and the associated turnover of firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417130