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A comparative, multiscalar, and multidimensional study of residential segregation in seven European capital cities

Petrović, Ana; Ham, Maarten van; Manley, David; … - 2026

There are relatively few comparative cross-European studies on segregation, and those that do exist often use a single measure of segregation at a single spatial scale. This paper investigates ethnic segregation in seven European capitals - Amsterdam, Berlin, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Paris, and...

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Health effects of a welfare benefit cut among low-income retired migrants

Bruijn, Ernst-Jan de; Vethaak, Heike; Knoef, Marike - 2026

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Low-wage jobs, foreign-born workers, and firm performance

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2025

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Low-wage jobs, foreign-born workers, and firm performance

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2024

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Low-wage jobs, foreign-born workers, and firm performance

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2023

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Low-wage jobs, foreign-born workers, and firm performance

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2023

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Low-wage jobs, foreign-born workers, and firm performance

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2023

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Do local attitudes change with the exposure and the status of the migrants?

Biagi, Bianca; Lambiri, Dionysia; Meleddu, Marta - 2025

Attitudes and perceptions regarding refugees and migrants play a vital role in the integration potential of newcomers and reflect policies and policy changes. This paper investigates how the exposure of urban communities to the presence of refugees and migrants in their local neighbourhoods...

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Does Migrants' consumption of cultural goods impact their economic integration? : disclosing the culture-to-market pathway

Carrozzo, Salvatore; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Venturini, … - 2025

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The well-being costs of immigration in Europe

O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2025

The immigrant population increased by 32 million in 37 European countries from 1990-2019. Much of this movement was internal, from east to west Europe. Although both the destination and origin countries could be affected, we find no effects on aggregate subjective well-being in either group,...

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The Well-Being Costs of Immigration in Europe

O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2025

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Mothers' living conditions shape health and early development, while refugee experience has little impact

Heidemann, Valeriia; Zinn, Sabine - 2025

Around 200,000 children were born to refugees in Germany between 2014 and 2022. This Weekly Report investigates how the health and development of children born in Germany to refugees are affected by their parent's experience of being a refugee. An analysis using representative data from the...

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Does migrants' consumption of cultural goods impact on their economic integration? : disclosing the culture-to-market pathway

Carrozzo, Salvatore; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Venturini, … - 2024

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Does migrants' consumption of cultural goods impact on their economic integration? : disclosing the culture-to-market pathway

Carrozzo, Salvatore; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Venturini, … - 2024

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Rethinking the role of volunteering in the labor market inclusion of migrants

Bontenbal, Ilona; Calo, Francesca; Montgomery, Tom; … - 2024

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Ukrainian refugees and the Swedish sports movement : new opportunities and challenges

Mickelsson, Tony Blomqvist - 2024

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Is immigration good for Europe? : long-run evidence using comprehensive well-being

O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2024

The immigrant (foreign-born) population increased by 32 million in total across 37 European countries from 1990 to 2019. Much of this movement was from east to west. Indeed, both the total and foreign-born populations declined in the former Eastern Bloc over this period. Such demographic shifts...

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Inter-institutional cooperation and migrants' financial education : an Italian case study

Nocito, Samuel; Venturini, Alessandra - 2024

This study evaluates the effect of a financial education program on migrants, emphasizing the importance of inter-institutional cooperation. The Italian case study, the "Welcome-ED" project - a partnership between the Municipality of Turin and the Turin Museum of Savings (MoS) - aimed to provide...

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Occupational credentials and migrants' return aspiration : evidence from the foreign elderly care workers in Japan

Nakamura, Nobuyuki; Suzuki, Aya - 2024

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Migrants from Afghanistan on the Swedish labour market

Andersson, Fredrik; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2024

The number of immigrants to Sweden has increased significantly in the last two decades. In 1990, 9 percent of the population was born abroad. Just over 60 percent of them were born in Finland, Norway and Denmark. Thirty years later, the corresponding figure of foreign born is 20 percent. The...

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The long-run relationship between remittances and household consumption: evidence from Lesotho

Makina, Daniel - 2024

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The long-run relationship between remittances and household consumption : evidence from Lesotho

Makina, Daniel - 2024

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Immigration, labor shortages, and labor market dynamics

Mandelman, Federico S.; Yu, Yang; Zanetti, Francesco - 2026

Immigration has become a central driver of U.S. labor force growth. We document new empirical findings that shed light on the relationships between immigration, labor shortages, wage growth, and job openings during the high-immigration period of 2021-2024. The textbook search-and-matching model...

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Immigration, labor shortages, and labor market dynamics

Mandelman, Federico S.; Yu, Yang; Zanetti, Francesco - 2026

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Immigration, labor shortages, and labor market dynamics

Mandelman, Federico S.; Yu, Yang; Zanetti, Francesco - 2026

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Immigration, labor shortages, and labor market dynamics

Mandelman, Federico S.; Yu, Yang; Zanetti, Francesco - 2026

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The impact of Brexit on UK immigration and labour supply : evidence from synthetic differences in differences

Portes, Jonathan; Springford, John - 2026

This paper estimates the causal impact of Brexit on migrant employment in the United Kingdom using a synthetic difference-in-differences (SDID) framework. We construct a counterfactual trajectory for the UK based on a weighted combination of comparable European economies and compare...

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What explains the increase in immigrants' educational attainment in the United States?

Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2026

The educational distribution of U.S. immigrants shifted significantly to the right in recent decades as the share without a high school diploma fell and the share with a bachelor's degrees rose. This improvement coincided with a shift in immigrants' origins toward Asia and rising global...

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What explains the increase in immigrants' educational attainment in the United States?

Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2026

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The H-1B wage gap, visa fees, and employer demand

Borjas, George J. - 2026

The H-1B program lets firms hire high-skill foreign workers for a six-year term. The annual number of visas allocated to for-profit firms is capped at 85,000 and there is excess demand for those visas. The analysis merges administrative data, including the I-129 petitions that report the wage...

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The H-1B wage gap, visa fees, and employer demand

Borjas, George J. - 2026

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Migration and the politics of integration : IMISCOE short reader

Borevi, Karin; Kaya, Ayhan - 2026

This open access short reader provides an introductory yet critically analytical exploration of migration and the politics of integration. Drawing inspiration from Nira Yuval-Davis' concept of the 'politics of belonging,' we define the 'politics of integration' as various political projects...

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Prices and immigration : a firm level analysis

Kim, Ryan; Leung, Justin H.; Weinberger, Ariel - 2026

his paper investigates how immigration affects consumer prices. Using scanner data and instrumenting county-level immigration with historical ancestry patterns, we find that an inflow of 10,000 immigrants lowers four-year price growth by 0.58 percentage points. Leveraging variation in firm...

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Risks and vulnerabilities among women in internal migrant households in India in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic : strengthening the social protection floor through a gender perspective

Watanabe, Arisa; Siṃha, Anurāga; Monda, Sudipta; … - 2026

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Birthright citizenship and youth crime

Andres, Leander; Bauernschuster, Stefan; Dahl, Gordon B.; … - 2026 - This version: January 12, 2026

This paper studies the impact of birthright citizenship on youth crime. We leverage a reform which automatically granted birthright citizenship to eligible immigrant children born in Germany after January 1, 2000 and administrative crime data from three federal states. Immigrant youth who...

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Birthright citizenship and youth crime

Andres, Leander; Bauernschuster, Stefan; Dahl, Gordon B.; … - 2026

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Immigration analysis in three countries model

Yamada, Kota; Yasuoka, Masaya - 2026

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The effects of declining U.S. immigration on local labor markets in Mexico

Parga-Regalado, Gonzalo Ares de; Prato, Marta - 2026

This paper examines how declining migration opportunities to the United States affect local labor markets in Mexico. Using novel micro-level data from consular identification cards and deportations, we link individuals’ Mexican municipalities of origin to their U.S. destination states. We...

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Control without credibility : immigration to the UK since the Brexit referendum

Portes, Jonathan - 2026

Immigration was central both to the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign and to the political narratives that followed it. Yet the trajectory of migration to the UK since the referendum bears little resemblance to the expectations - or promises - articulated at the time. This paper provides an...

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Language skills and labor market outcomes of immigrants in Europe

Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Girisken, Ahmet - 2026

This paper studies the causal impact of language skills on human capital accumulation, labor market outcomes, and job characteristics of childhood immigrants across European countries. Using PIAAC data, we adopt an instrumental variable strategy based on the critical age hypothesis and...

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Immigrant-native wage gaps and immigration tariffs : examining the case for an H-1B visa tax

Clemens, Michael A. - 2026

The US government in 2025 imposed a $100,000 tax on each high-skill foreign worker entering with an H-1B work visa. The only public economic justification calculates the tax to offset an estimated wage penalty for H-1B workers relative to US natives. But this estimate suffers from substantial...

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Immigrant-native wage gaps and immigration tariffs : examining the case for an H-1B visa tax

Clemens, Michael A. - 2026

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United in victory, divided in defeat? : football performance, team diversity, and immigration attitudes in Europe

Fontanive, Gauthier; Thill, Emma - 2026

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High versus low skilled migration, corruption and trade

Mundra, Kusum; Liu, Tianhao - 2026

This paper shows that immigrants not only have differential effects on trade based on their skill levels but that they play an additional role in facilitating bilateral trade if their origin country has a higher level of corruption and weaker institutions. Using immigrant stock across skill...

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The Indian returnee paradox : why the diaspora is no longer driving startup success

Wadhwa, Vivek; Saxenian, Annalee; Muthukumaraswamy D P K; … - 2026

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Brains to the capital : wage gaps and the regional sorting of skilled migrants in South Korea

Chung, Jongwoo; Kim, Hyejin; Lee, Jongkwan - 2026

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Positioned at extremes : future job placements of immigrant students at U.S. colleges

Dillon, Francis; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - 2026

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Positioned at extremes : future job placements of immigrant students at U.S. colleges

Dillon, Francis; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - 2025

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Positioned at Extremes : Future Job Placements of Immigrant Students at U.S. Colleges

Dillon, Francis M.; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - 2025

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Beyond occupational sorting : how skills shape task allocation and immigrant disadvantage

Tverdostup, Marina; Walter, Dora - 2026

Immigrants across Europe earn less and work in lower-quality jobs than natives, but the mechanisms underlying these disparities remain poorly understood. This paper asks whether immigrant disadvantage reflects barriers to accessing good jobs or skill deficits that persist even within similar...

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Protecting the vulnerable : how migrant regularization reduces crime and empowers women

Ibáñez, Ana María; Rozo, Sandra V.; Bahar, Dany; … - 2026

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Moving to opportunity, together

Jayachandran, Seema; Nassal, Lea; Notowidigdo, Matthew J.; … - 2026

Many couples face a trade-off between advancing one spouse's career or the other's. We study this trade-off using administrative data from Germany and Sweden. Using an event study approach, we find that when couples move across commuting zones, men's earnings increase more than women's. To...

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Self-protection or "othering" discrimination? : how information sources link perceived threats and avoidance behaviors toward immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tsai, Chia-Jung - 2026

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Migration background and attitudes towards military service : evidence from sweden's conscription system

Bäckström, Peter - 2026

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From moderates to extremes : how immigration polarizes American politics

Matzat, Johannes; Dreher, Axel; Langlotz, Sarah; … - 2026

We provide causal evidence that immigration has contributed to the polarization of American politics. Using an ancestry-based shift-share instrument, we study immigration flows into U.S. counties between 1992 and 2016. Counties exposed to larger immigrant inflows become more polarized both in...

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From moderates to extremes : how immigration polarizes american politics

Matzat, Johannes; Dreher, Axel; Langlotz, Sarah; … - 2026

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Political ideologies, redistribution and local (mis-)perceptions of migrant stocks and flows

Langlotz, Sarah; Matzat, Johannes; Dreher, Axel; … - 2026

Do factual immigration updates shift societal concerns across political ideologies? Conducting an online experiment in the lead-up to the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, respondents provided local immigrant stock and flow estimates before being randomized to receive realistic information on...

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Political ideologies, redistribution and local (mis-)perceptions of migrant stocks and flows

Langlotz, Sarah; Matzat, Johannes; Dreher, Axel; … - 2026

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Linguistic distance and job quality in a bilingual labour market

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Di Paolo, Antonio; Tawiah, … - 2026

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between language background and labour market outcomes in the bilingual labour market of the Spanish region of Catalonia. The empirical analysis draws on repeated cross-sectional data that allow us to construct a quantitative measure of linguistic...

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Rewarding experiences? : immigrant wage returns to host country employment

Atabay, Zeynep; Åslund, Olof - 2026

We examine the wage returns to host-country work experience among immigrants by reconstructing full employment histories using Swedish pension records and longitudinal matched employer–employee data. Our findings show that: (i) returns to experience are sizable and concave, consistent with...

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Who misperceives the foreign-born share in Europe? : a machine-learning approach

Denny, Kevin - 2026

Citizens of developed democracies systematically overestimate the size of their foreign-born population. A now substantial comparative literature has converged on a familiar set of correlates: education, ideology, media exposure, inter-group contact and country-level actual immigrant share....

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Immigrant business owner activity in the pandemic and recovery

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2026

The paper provides a descriptive analysis of both the early impacts of COVID on business activity among immigrants and the economic recovery over the next few years. The findings indicate that immigrant business owners were disproportionately affected by COVID in the first month of the pandemic...

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Immigrant business owner activity in the pandemic and recovery

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2026

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Persistent low-skill traps : a propensity score matching study on occupational mobility of native and migrants workers in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Bosco, Maria Giovanna; Valeriani, Elisa; Armano, Linda - 2026

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Dynamic of labour market concentration : trajectory of immigrants in Canada

Diallo, Yaya; Djolaud, Guy Arnold - 2026

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The seniority ceiling : why some immigrants struggle to rise in political office

Folke, Olle; Rickne, Johanna - 2026

First-generation immigrants face a seniority ceiling that limits their political incorporation as candidates and officeholders. Career ladders that require qualification time in lower positions create structural barriers for this group. We use linked data from Swedish electoral ballots and...

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Does field of study shape the gender wage gap? : the role of migration background

De Vos, Louise; Rycx, François; Senterre, Thomas; … - 2026

Using matched employer-employee data on more than 62,000 master's graduates, this paper examines how gender differences in wage returns to fields of study vary by migration background and how educational specialisation contributes to the gender wage gap. We estimate wage regressions and apply a...

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Does field of study shape the gender wage gap? : the role of migration background

De Vos, Louise; Rycx, François; Senterre, Thomas; … - 2026

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Western TV and crimes against foreigners in East Germany

Fieles-Ahmad, Omar Martin; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2026

Following reunification, anti-foreigner crimes rose sharply in the former GDR. Using countylevel data for the early 1990s, we study if regional access to Western TV, i.e. non-socialist media, prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall had an impact on regional levels of serious antiforeigner crime...

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Western TV and crimes against foreigners in East Germany

Fieles-Ahmad, Omar Martin; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2026

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De ervaringen van niet-Europese migranten met hun pensioen in Nederland

Lössbroek, Jelle; Veldman, Koen - 2026

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