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and geographical factors, on migration. However, none of the studies deals with the social security systems including … mutual coordination and their influence on international migration. The influence of social systems on economic migration can … be twofold: infl uencing the labour migration, i.e. migrants who move for work, and also influencing the benefit …
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This chapter summarizes the literature on the evaluation of immigration policies. It brings together two strands of the literature dealing with the evaluation of labor market programs and with the economic integration of immigrants. Next to immigrant selection and settlement policies, there are...
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While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...
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This paper examines the endogenous relationship between the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland or, more precisely, how economic and cultural barriers to integration reinforce each other. Are cultural differences preventing the successful integration of migrants or does...
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This paper examines the endogenous relationship between the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland or, more precisely, how economic and cultural barriers to integration reinforce each other. Are cultural differences preventing the successful integration of migrants or does...
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In the recent past, in Italy, immigration has been at the centre of academic and policy debates. Nonetheless, the still growing literature has focused mainly on the experience of old settlement countries and has mainly looked at single aspects of the phenomenon. In order to guide effective...
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The 2D:4D digit ratio, the ratio of the length of the 2nd digit to the length of the 4th digit, is often considered a proxy for testosterone exposure in utero. A recent study by Nicolaou et al. (2018) reported an association between the lefthand 2D:4D and self-employment (in a sample of about...
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predict migration flows for the period following the CEE’s integration with the EU. The main innovation of our approach is … that it endogenises both explanatory variables and the migration rate. The underlying structural parameters are estimated … econometrically using a migration equation, which is derived entirely from the theoretical NEG model. Our simulations show that even …
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Dieses Working Paper thematisiert die Einstellungen der Aufnahmegesellschaft als wichtige Komponente des Integrationsverlaufs von Zugewanderten. Derzeit dominieren in der Betrachtung von Einstellungen gegenüber Zuwanderung Annahmen, die die Ablehnung von 'Fremden' stützen und empirisch...
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remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic …
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