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Erlinghagen, Marcel; Stegmann, Tim; Wagner, Gert G. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 39, pp. 663-669

Pro Jahr verlassen 0,8 Prozent der Bevölkerung Deutschland, das sind etwa 650 000 Personen. Das Medienecho auf diese …

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Bevelander, Pieter - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

For the first time since the Second World War, the total number of refugees amounts to more than 50 million people. Only a minority of these refugees seek asylum, and even fewer resettle in developed countries. At the same time, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack of...

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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: A survey of the literature for receiving countries

Nathan, Max - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014), pp. 1-20

In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call "the...

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The cost of immigrants' occupational mismatch and the effectiveness of postarrival policies in Canada

Aydede, Yigit; Dar, Atul - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 9, pp. 1-23

Using the 2006 Census, we create a continuous index that quantifies the relatedness between 1375 fields of study and 520 occupations for native-born workers and use it as the benchmark reflecting the "common" matching quality in Canadian labor markets that internationally educated immigrant...

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Rental housing discrimination and the persistence of ethnic enclaves

Bosch, Mariano; Carnero, M. Angeles; Farré, Lídia - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 6 (2015) 2, pp. 129-152

immigrants than for natives, while this differential decays towards zero as the immigration share increases. This evidence …

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Crime and immigration

Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (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. Crucially …

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Immigrants and entrepreneurship

Lofstrom, Magnus - In: IZA World of Labor (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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The value of language skills

Grenier, Gilles - In: IZA World of Labor (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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Do immigrants squeeze natives out of bad schedules? Evidence from Italy

In: IZA Journal of Migration 1 (2012), pp. 1-23

This paper documents the effect of immigrant concentration on natives' work schedules. I show that immigrants are more likely to work at non-standard hours (i.e. evenings, nights and Sundays) and that a higher proportion of immigrants in the local labor market is associated with a lower...

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Crime and immigration

Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)

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