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Recent studies of individual attitudes toward immigration emphasize concerns about labor market competition as a potent … immigration available from the 2003 European Social Survey. In contrast to predictions based upon conventional arguments about … labor market competition, which anticipate that individuals will oppose immigration of workers with similar skills to their …
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the magnitude of this effect, this study uses Social Security earnings records matched to recent cross--sections of the … earnings gap between immigrants and natives in order to estimate what the gap would have been if the return to skills had … a 10 to 15 percentage point decrease in the relative earnings of recent immigrants. Thus examining solely the earnings …
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of one, whole Europe, ruled by law, an area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Romania fights against immigration flows …
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In this paper, we raise the question of gender differences in the geographic mobility of young researchers. We try to answer to three main questions regarding the international mobility of young researchers during the post-doc period: Are there differences among genders? Does “family” have...
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This study examines the determinants of worker’s remittances. Variance decompositions, impulse response functions and Granger causality tests derived from a vector error correction model are used to test if remittances are affected by the macroeconomic conditions of the host (remittance...
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The persistence of disparities is one of the most striking features of regional development. We argue that movements of labour force, instead of being an always equilibrating mechanism, can also make persistent or even reinforce such inequalities. The most advanced regions are in fact generally...
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This paper addresses a specific suggestion for immigration reform—that we must seek skilled immigrants—by examining … support for a move to unlimited H-1B visa issuance. Great care is taken to include up to date media coverage as immigration … immigration and then reviews the current landscape of U.S. immigration and the H-1B visa market, showing the strong moral and …
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This paper addresses objections to immigration on the basis of their skill level—examining the historical results of … United States immigration policy in an effort to support a move to unlimited H-1B visa issuance. Great care is taken to … include up to date media coverage as immigration policy is greatly affected by public opinion. Not only does an historical …
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Although immigration of workers generates a positive externality on members of domestic pension systems, many countries … effects from immigration as well. …
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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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