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Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we study the labor market effect of immigration to South Africa. The paper …, we estimate that increased immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives' employment rates - and that this … robust to using an instrumental variable estimation strategy. At the national level, we find that increased immigration has a …
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Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007, we study the labor market effect of immigration in South Africa. In this … experience groups used by Borjas (2003). We estimate that increased immigration has a negative effect on natives’ employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014169853
Using census data for 1996, 2001, and 2007; we study the labor market effect of immigration to South Africa. The paper …, we estimate that increased immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives' employment rates – and that this … robust to using an instrumental variable estimation strategy. At the national level, we find that increased immigration has a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081309
Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we study the labor market effect of immigration to South Africa. The paper …, we estimate that increased immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives' employment rates – and that this … robust to using an instrumental variable estimation strategy. At the national level, we find that increased immigration has a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082167
Immigration is one of the most hotly debated policy issues in the United States today. Despite marked divergence of … opinions within political parties, several important immigration reforms were introduced in the post 1965 era. The purpose of … this paper is to systematically analyze the drivers of congressional voting behavior on immigration policy during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009234008
redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of immigration. Under the first scenario, immigration has a larger impact on …-market determinants of immigration attitudes. In countries where natives are on average more skilled than immigrants, individual income is … negatively correlated with pro-immigration preferences, while individual skill is positively correlated with them. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003323163
While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration policy, there is no … combining information on the number of temporary work visas with data on lobbying activity associated with immigration. We find … robust evidence that both pro- and anti-immigration interest groups play a statistically significant and economically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208201
The Immigration Act of 1965 marked a dramatic shift in policy and one with major long term consequences for the volume … and composition of immigration to the United States. Here we explore the political economy of a reform that has been … overshadowed by the Civil Rights and Great Society programs. We find that public opinion was against expanding immigration, but it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012793301
redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of immigration. Under the first scenario, immigration has a larger impact on …-market determinants of immigration attitudes. In countries where natives are on average more skilled than immigrants, individual income is … negatively correlated with pro-immigration preferences, while individual skill is positively correlated with them. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780096
What is the role played by immigrant groups in shaping migration policy in the destination country? We address this question exploiting cross-state variation in U.S. citizens' access to the franchise, due to the presence of residency requirements. First we document that naturalized immigrants...
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