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Chapter 10. Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions
Lewis, Ethan; Peri, Giovanni - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 625-685). 2015
labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more …
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The costs of Babylon : linguistic distance in applied economics
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Otten, Sebastian - 2012
Linguistic distance, i.e. the dissimilarity between languages, is an important factor influencing international economic transactions such as migration or international trade flows by imposing hurdles for second language acquisition and increasing transaction costs. To measure these costs, we...
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Improving well-being in New Zealand through migration
Carey, David - 2019
New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that...
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Chapter 11. High-Skilled Immigration in a Globalized Labor Market
McDonald, James Ted; Worswick, Christopher - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 537-583). 2015
temporary migrants already in the country as sources of permanent immigration. An overview of key results in the literature on …
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Chapter 5. International Migration and the Economics of Language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 211-269). 2015
destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor …
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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, succeeds in selecting economically desirable immigrants and provides orderly management of population growth. But the point system cannot fix short-term skilled labor shortages...
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Occupational choice of return migrants : migrant-sending countries can significantly benefit from the type of occupation chosen by return migrants
Piracha, Matloob - 2015
The occupational choice of return migrants is important to their home country. Return migrants are likely to have … return migrants to engage in wage employment, selfemployment, entrepreneurial activity, or to remain out of the labor market … makes it possible to ascertain whether the initial migration decision benefited the home country as well as the migrants and …
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Which factors drive the skill-mix of migrants in the long-run?
Beerli, Andreas; Indergand, Ronald - 2014
A pervasive, yet little acknowledged feature of international migration to developed countries is that newly arriving immigrants are increasingly highly skilled since the 1980s. This paper analyses the determinants of changes in the skill composition of immigrants using a framework suggested by...
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Chapter 25. Immigrants in Israel
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1363-1420). 2015
enter the country also expanded in the last decade. While immigration policy legislation towards Jewish migrants was formed … soon after its independence, Israel still lacks a coherent immigration policy towards labor migrants and asylum seekers. …
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Immigration in Iceland : Addressing challenges and unleashing the benefits
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - 2023
Immigration has increased rapidly since the late 1990s, driven largely by strong economic growth and high standards of living. By mid-2023, foreign citizens made up around 18% of the population. This has brought important economic benefits to Iceland, including by boosting the working age...
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