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Chapter 26. African Migration
Lucas, Robert E.B. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1445-1596). 2015
Factors shaping international migration, over the last half century, from and into the countries and territories of sub-Saharan and North Africa, as well as the economic and some social implications of those movements, are examined. Existing analyses of these issues are critically reviewed,...
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South-South migration in West Africa : addressing the challenge of immigrant integration
Gagnon, Jason; Khoudour Castéras, David - 2012
necessarily applicable. On the one hand, borders are generally more porous and immigration controls more lax, so that assimilation … linguistic, cultural and ethnic diversity tends to be higher in West Africa, so basing immigration integration on multicultural …
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Chapter 66. International Migration and the Developing World
Hanson, Gordon H. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4363-4414). 2010
on immigration. My aim is to identify facts about international migration relevant to those concerned about why labor …
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The Effects of Immigration in a Developing Country : Brazil in the Age of Mass Migration
Escamilla-Guerrero, David; Papadia, Andrea; Zimran, Ariell - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The effects of immigration are reasonably well understood in developed countries, but they are far more poorly … studying the effects of immigration to Brazil during the Age of Mass Migration on its agricultural sector in 1920. This context … benefits from the widely recognized value of historical perspective in studies of the effects of immigration. But unlike …
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Counting Immigrants and Expatriates in OECD Countries : A New Perspective
Dumont, Jean-Christophe - 2005
Results presented in this paper based on the new database on immigrants and expatriates in OECD countries, show that (i) the percentage of the foreign-born in European OECD countries is generally higher than the percentage of foreigners; (ii) international migration is quite selective towards...
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International migration and movement of doctors to and within OECD countries - 2000 to 2018 : Developments in countries of destination and impact on countries of origin
Socha-Dietrich, Karolina - 2021
This paper presents the most recent data on the number of migrant doctors in the health workforce in the OECD countries, as well as the impact these regular migration flows have on the countries of origin, including an analysis of the developments since 2000. The objective of this paper is to...
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A global profile of emigrants to OECD countries : younger and more skilled migrants from more diverse countries
Aiglepierre, Rohen d'; David, Anda; Levionnois, Charlotte; … - 2020
This paper presents new findings on the main characteristics of immigrants living in OECD countries by country of origin, drawing from the updated Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries (DIOC) 2015/16. It describes migrant populations by country of destination and country of origin in 2015/16,...
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Using a point system for selecting immigrants : a point system can select economically desirable immigrants but it cannot prevente poor labor outcomes for immigrants
Tani, Massimiliano - 2014
Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand …
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Is the European Union attractive for potential migrants? : an investigation of migration intentions across the world
Gubert, Flore; Senne, Jean-Noël - 2016
This paper is part of the joint project between the Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission and the OECD’s Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs on “Review of Labour Migration Policy in Europe”. This document has been produced with the...
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Open Borders
Kennan, John - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 16 (2013) 2, pp. 1-1
differences in productivity. If workers are much more productive in one country than in another, restrictions on immigration lead … measured in efficiency units of labor. The estimated gains from removing immigration restrictions are huge. Using a simple …
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