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Ethnicity and the Immigration of Highly Skilled Workers to the United States

Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic … components of ethnicity – country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion – among persons admitted to legal permanent …. India dominates EB-2 and European countries EB-1. (2) The ethnicity portfolio contains more languages than religions. (3 …

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Immigration: High Skilled vs. Low Skilled Labor?

Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This policy analysis paper explores the implications for the host country population of alternative immigration policies. The two immigration options considered are a policy based on admitting primarily high-skilled workers and another that has the effect of admitting primarily low-skilled...

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Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human capital with two dimensions of immigration policy:...

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Top Ten Myths and Fallacies Regarding Immigration

Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper analyzes what the author views as the current top ten myths and fallacies regarding immigration and immigration policy in the United States.

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Selection Criteria and the Skill Composition of Immigrants: A Comparative Analysis of Australian and U.S. Employment Immigration

Jasso, Guillermina; Rosenzweig, Mark R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper uses survey data on employment immigrants in Australia and the United States to identify the main determinants of the size and skill composition of employment immigrants to developed countries. Our approach emphasizes the key roles of world prices of skills and country proximity. Our...

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From Individual Attitudes towards Migrants to Migration Policy Outcomes: Theory and Evidence

Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

In democratic societies individual attitudes of voters represent the foundations of policy making. We start by 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...

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Tradable Immigration Quotas

Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

International migration is maybe the single most effective way to alleviate poverty at a global level. When a given host country allows more immigrants in, this creates costs and benefits for that particular country as well as a positive externality for all those (individuals and governments)...

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What Drives U.S. Immigration Policy? Evidence from Congressional Roll Call Votes

Facchini, Giovanni; Steinhardt, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Immigration is one of the most hotly debated policy issues in the United States today. Despite marked divergence of opinions within political parties, several important immigration reforms were introduced in the post 1965 era. The purpose of this paper is to systematically analyze the drivers of...

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High-Skilled Immigration Policy in Europe

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Whether Europe will be able to stand up to its internal and external challenges crucially depends on its ability to manage its internal mobility and inflows of international migrants. Using a unique expert opinion survey, we document that Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to...

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