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An introduction to the economics of immigration in OECD countries
Edo, Anthony; Ragot, Lionel; Rapoport, Hillel; … - 2020
The share of the foreign-born in OECD countries is increasing, and this article summarizes economics research on the effects of immigration in those nations. Four broad topics are addressed: labor market issues, fiscal questions, the political economy of immigration, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012295298
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Heaven's swing door : endogenous skills, migration networks and the effectiveness of quality-selective immigration policies
Bertoli, Simone; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
view tends to neglect two important dynamic effects: the role of migration networks, which could reduce immigrants' quality …, and the responsiveness of education decisions to the prospects of migration. Our model shows that migration networks and … immigration policies, the initial pattern of migrants' self-selection on education, and the way time-equivalent migration costs by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221705
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Are Migrant Minorities Strategically Self-Selected?
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2010
In this paper we focus on the possibility of migrants' self-selection through strategic remittances. We argue that migrants of a specific community might be pooled with migrants from other ethnic minorities on the labor market of the foreign host country and that this could reduce the occurrence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204042
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In-Group Cooperation in a Hostile Environment: An Economic Perspective on Some Aspects of Jewish Life in (Pre-Modern) Diaspora
Rapoport, Hillel; Weiss, Avi - 2002
The demographic history of the Jews in the Middle Ages may be characterized by two main phenomena: i) a sharp drop in the number of Jews until the beginning of the modern period, due mainly to conversions; and, ii) early urbanization. Until now, these features have been analyzed as primarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262769
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In-group cooperation in a hostile environment : an economic perspective on some aspects of Jewish life in (pre-modern) diaspora
Rapoport, Hillel; Weiss, Avi - 2002
The demographic history of the Jews in the Middle Ages may be characterized by two main phenomena: i) a sharp drop in the number of Jews until the beginning of the modern period, due mainly to conversions; and, ii) early urbanization. Until now, these features have been analyzed as primarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411192
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In-Group Cooperation in a Hostile Environment : An Economic Perspective on Some Aspects of Jewish Life in (Pre-Modern) Diaspora
Rapoport, Hillel; Weiss, Avi - 2021
The demographic history of the Jews in the Middle Ages may be characterized by two main phenomena: i) a sharp drop in the number of Jews until the beginning of the modern period, due mainly to conversions; and, ii) early urbanization. Until now, these features have been analyzed as primarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320560
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Heaven's Swing Door : Endogenous Skills, Migration Networks and the Effectiveness of Quality-Selective Immigration Policies
Bertoli, Simone - 2014
view tends to neglect two important dynamic effects: the role of migration networks, which could reduce immigrants' quality …, and the responsiveness of education decisions to the prospects of migration.Our model shows that migration networks and … immigration policies, the initial pattern of migrants' self-selection on education, and the way time-equivalent migration costs by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061923
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Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy : Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Docquier, Frédéric - 2011
-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118275
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Comparing Immigration Policies : An Overview from the IMPALA Database
Beine, Michel A. R.; Boucher, Anna Katherine; Burgoon, Brian - 2021
This paper introduces a method and preliminary findings from a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies. Based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, we challenge the idea that any one country is systematically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216800
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The Optimal Size for a Minority
Rapoport, Hillel; Weiss, Avi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
We investigate a setting in which members of a population, bifurcated into a majority and a minority, transact with randomly matched partners. All members are uniformly altruistic, and each transaction can be carried out cooperatively or through a market mechanism, with cooperative transactions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822241