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Comparing the “D.V” lottery with the point system: costs, benefits and a superior alternative.

Uwaifo, Ruth - EconWPA - 2005

The diversity visa lottery popularly known as the D.V lottery is a U.S relatively new immigration policy that was … in the U.S. However, from the policy inception, immigration specialists seriously doubted the claimed objective. They … would be probably had to verify. In this paper, we review in details the D.V immigration policy program considering …

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The Earnings of US immigrants

Jasso, Guillermina; Rosensweig, Mark; Smith, James P. - EconWPA - 2003

Using a new survey of legal immigrants to the United States, the authors develop and test a model of the determinants of skill selectivity of those migrants

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Effects of Business Cycles on Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants

Aydemir, Abdurrahman - EconWPA - 2003

This study addresses the effects of macroeconomic conditions on the labour market outcomes of immigrants. It simultaneously identifies the separate effects of macro conditions at the time of entry to the labour market and at the time of the survey, while allowing for cohort effects. Also, for...

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40 million Aussies? The Immigration Debate Revisited

Corden, Max - EconWPA - 2004

If Australia's population were to reach 40 million, it could only result from either a drastic reversal of the decline in the fertility rate or a very large increase in the rate of net migration. This lecture explores this interesting question.

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Effects of Business Cycles on Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants

Aydemir, Abdurrahman - EconWPA - 2003

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Shared Legacies, Disparate Outcomes: Why American South Border Cities Turned the Tables on Crime and Their Mexican Sisters Did Not

Albuquerque, Pedro H. - EconWPA - 2005

The article evaluates crime trends in south border American and Mexican sister cities using panel data analysis. The region offers a unique assessment opportunity since cities are characterized by shared cultural and historical legacies, institutional heterogeneity, and disparate crime outcomes....

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Border Controls, Public Policy, Immigration, and Trade with Mexico

Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Sprinkle, Richard L - EconWPA - 2004

2001 terrorist attacks. Topics covered include cross-border commuting patterns, merchandise trade flows, immigration, and …

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