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Immigrant Performance and Selective Immigration Policy: A European Perspective

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The European Union aims at a stronger participation by its population in work to foster growth and welfare. There are …

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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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Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence

Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained …

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Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey

Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the literature, the question of identifying this relationship empirically has only begun to be explored. Using a unique representative survey of 1500 immigrants in the Greater Dublin...

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Egyptian Men Working Abroad: Labor Supply Responses by the Women Left Behind

Binzel, Christine; Assaad, Ragui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

find a decrease in wage work in both rural and urban areas. However, women living in rural areas and affected by migration … are much more likely to be employed in non-wage activities (i.e. unpaid family work) and subsistence work compared to …

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Migration, Migrants and Policy in the United Kingdom

Hatton, Timothy J.; Price, Stephen Wheatley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

This paper draws together, in the form of a survey, a number of different aspects of the United Kingdom’s international migration experience since the Second World War. The areas covered include changes in the volume and composition of international migration and the factors influencing...

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Irish Migration: Characteristics, Causes and Consequences

Barrett, Alan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

The purpose of this paper is to review what has been learnt about Irish migration from the work of social scientists …. Over time, the outflow has also shown shifts in its gender make-up and in the destinations of those leaving. I review the … work that has been done exploring the causes of the outflow. Generally, the low level of economic development in Ireland …

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The Income Portfolio of Immigrants in Germany - Effects of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation Or: Who Gains from Income Re-Distribution?

Büchel, Felix; Frick, Joachim R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

This paper deals with the economic performance of various population groups in Germany giving special attention to ethnic origin of immigrants as compared to the native born German population. In addition, winners and losers of the re-distribution process, induced by the tax and social security...

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Migration in Spain: Historical Background and Current Trends

Bover, Olympia; Velilla, Pilar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

the pieces of empirical work that have tried to identify the factors behind them. Migrations abroad for the 1900-1950 and …

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Aliyah to Israel: Immigration under Conditions of Adversity

Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

A snapshot at figures of immigration (Aliyah) to the Land of Israel (Palestine) and to the State of Israel reveals the following: between 1882-1947, in successive waves of immigration, some 543,000 Jews immigrated to Palestine, joining the 24,000 who lived there. During the first three years of...

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