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Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the home-country earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the home-country earnings of the secondary...

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Migration, Crisis and Adjustment in an Enlarged E(M)U: The Spanish Perspective

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Farré, Lídia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper investigates the labour market and welfare changes experienced by enlarged-EU migrants before and after 2007. For this purpose, we briefly review the Spanish socio-economic institutional background, as well as its migration policy towards enlarged-EU citizens. Then we discuss the...

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Wage and Occupational Assimilation by Skill Level

Alcobendas, Miguel Angel; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

While much of the literature on immigrants' assimilation has focused on countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants and with flexible labor markets, very little is known on how immigrants adjust to other types of host economies. With its severe dual labor market, and an...

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Moroccans', Ecuadorians' and Romanians' Assimilation in Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Vegas, Raquel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

the one observed among Romanian women. While the former mainly arrive to Spain to work with legal status and with time in …

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Determinants of Immigrants' Cash-Welfare Benefits Intake in Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Much of the literature on immigrants' cash-welfare benefits use has focused on countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants and with well established Welfare states. This paper contributes to this literature by analyzing differences in cash-welfare benefits receipt between immigrants...

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Immigrants from Eastern Partnership (EaP) Countries in Spain

Farré, Lídia; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

natives and other migrants, they are less likely to work than natives and other migrants upon arrival to Spain. Using data … evolves with time in Spain, the type of sectors they work in, and their welfare use, including unemployment insurance receipt. …

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Moroccans' Assimilation in Spain: Family-Based versus Labor-Based Migration

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Vegas, Raquel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

prior to and at arrival, family-based immigrants are less likely to work than their labor-based counterparts both at arrival …

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Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Nollenberger, Natalia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

which they are able to find employment, and their progress out of unskilled work into middle-skilled jobs. Using Spanish … trouble finding work immediately, but those who arrived after 2008 struggled to find work as Spanish unemployment rates … immigrants who arrived in Spain between 2000 and 2007 were able to find work and eventually move out of the low-skilled positions …

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Immigration, Search, and Redistribution: A Quantitative Assessment of Native Welfare

Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search frictions, wage bargaining, and a redistributive welfare state. Our quantitative analysis suggests that, in all 20 countries studied, immigration attenuates the effects of...

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Self-Selection and Earnings of Emigrants from a Welfare State

Poutvaara, Panu; Munk, Martin D.; Junge, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Following a seminal contribution by Borjas (1987), a large literature has analyzed how income distribution and redistribution are related to immigration to various rich countries. In this paper, we take a look at the other side of the coin. We analyze emigration from Denmark, which is one of the...

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