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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
In our increasingly interconnected and open world, international migration is becoming an important socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256215
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The Labour Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's
D Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial...
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Immigration and the Earnings of Young Native Workers
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
One of the most controversial aspects of immigration policy is the impact of foreigners on labour market outcomes of natives. Simple labour supply analysis demonstrates that these effects depend upon whether immigrants and natives act as substitutes or complements. In the first part of the study...
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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
What drives stated preferences about the number of foreigners? Is it self-interest as stressed by the political economy of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with the preference for the aggregate population size? In...
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The Fallacy of “Job Robbing”: A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Effect of Immigration on Employment
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to political pressure to limit a further influx of foreign-born persons on the grounds that the absorption capacity of host countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256304
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South-South migration and the labor market: Evidence from South Africa
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria; Mendola, Mariapia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
contributes to a small but growing literature on the impact of South-South migration by looking at one of the most attractive … with outflows of natives to other districts as a consequence of migration, as in Borjas (2006). …
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From individual attitudes towards migrants to migration policy outcomes: Theory and evidence
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
analyzing patterns in public opinion on migration and find that, across countries of different income levels, only a small … minority of voters favour more open migration policies. Next we investigate the determinants of voters' preferences towards … examines how attitudes translate into a migration policy outcome. We consider two alternative political-economy frameworks: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124434
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Immigrant Selection in The OECD
Belot, Michèle; Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
The selection of immigrants by skill and education is a central issue in the analysis of immigration. Since highly educated immigrants tend to be more successful in host country labour markets and less of a fiscal cost it is important to know what determines the skill-selectivity of immigration....
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Determinants of Attitudes Towards Immigration: A Trade-Theoretic Approach
de Melo, Jaime; Ettinger, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper uses a three-factor (capital, low- and high-skill labour), two-household (low- and high-skill individuals), two-sector trade model to analyse the determinants of voter attitudes towards immigration under direct democracy and identify factors that would be coherent with both the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114214
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Do Interest Groups Affect US Immigration Policy?
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria; Mishra, Prachi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
relevant role in shaping migration across sectors. Barriers to migration are lower in sectors in which business interest groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661629