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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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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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Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany – Relative Income Position, Income Portfolio, and Redistribution Effects

Büchel, Felix; Frick, Joachim R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

Based on data from the BHPS and the GSOEP, we analyse the economic performance of various ethnic groups in the UK and West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. Taking the indigenous population of each country as the reference category, we find that, as a...

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Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration

McKenzie, David; Yang, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

International migration offers individuals and their families the potential to experience immediate and large gains in their incomes, and offers a large number of other positive benefits to the sending communities and countries. However, there are also concerns about potential costs of...

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The Free Movement of Workers in an Enlarged European Union: Institutional Underpinnings of Economic Adjustment

Kahanec, Martin; Pytlikova, Mariola; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The eastern enlargements of the European Union (EU) and the extension of the free movement of workers to the new member states' citizens unleashed significant east-west migration flows in a labor market with more than half a billion people. Although many old member states applied transitional...

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Understanding the Role of Immigrants' Legal Status: Evidence from Policy Experiments

Fasani, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Programs aimed at reducing the presence of unauthorised immigrants are often at the core of the migration policy debate in host countries. In recent years, a growing body of empirical literature has attempted to understand the effect of lacking legal status on immigrants' outcomes and behaviour....

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