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Zutritt zur Festung Europa? Neue Anforderungen an eine moderne Asyl- und Flüchtlingspolitik

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Die anhaltenden Asyl- und Flüchtlingsströme und der Antritt der neuen Europäischen Kommission am 1. November 2014 bieten Anlass für eine Debatte über ein Umdenken in der deutschen und europäischen Zuwanderungspolitik. Eine Abkehr vom „Festungsdenken“ ist dringend geboten. Die bisherige...

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Refugee and Asylum Migration to the OECD: A Short Overview

Hatton, Timothy J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

examine the political and economic factors in source countries that generate refugees and asylum seekers. Particular attention … policies in deterring asylum seekers. The paper concludes with an outline of the assimilation of refugees in host country …

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Regional Variations in Attitudes Towards Refugees: Evidence from Great Britain

Crawley, Heaven; Drinkwater, Stephen; Kauser, Rukhsana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper examines changes in public attitudes towards refugees across Britain over almost three decades using data … refugees. This suggests that rising levels of immigration and asylum, a political discourse which positioned asylum as a …

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Immigrants' Effect on Native Workers: New Analysis on Longitudinal Data

Foged, Mette; Peri, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Using longitudinal data on the universe of workers in Denmark during the period 1991-2008 we track the labor market outcomes of low skilled natives in response to an exogenous inflow of low skilled immigrants. We innovate on previous identification strategies by considering immigrants...

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Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Policy in Europe

Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

The number of refugees worldwide is now 12 million, up from 3 million in the early 1970s. And the number seeking asylum …-receiving countries and for the refugees themselves. …

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European Asylum Policy

Hatton, Timothy J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Policy towards asylum seekers has been a controversial topic for more than a decade. Rising numbers of asylum applications have been met with ever-tougher policies to deter them. Following a period of policy harmonisation, the EU has reached a crucial stage in the development of a new Common...

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Civil Wars beyond their Borders: The Human Capital and Health Consequences of Hosting Refugees

Baez, Javier E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

homes. Over the course of a few months, Kagera – a region in northwestern Tanzania – received more than 500,000 refugees … intensity. I exploit this variation to investigate the short and long run causal effects of hosting refugees on the outcomes of …-cohort variation and find that childhood exposure to this massive arrival of refugees reduced height in early adulthood by 1.8 cm (1 …

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Wages and Immigrant Occupational Composition in Sweden

Hansen, Jörgen; Wahlberg, Roger; Faisal, Sharif - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between immigrant occupational composition and wages in Sweden. Effects of changes in proportion of immigrant workers in different occupations on the wage levels of both natives and immigrants are estimated. Our results suggest that increases in immigrant...

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How Important Is Homeland Education for Refugees' Economic Position in The Netherlands?

Hartog, Joop; Zorlu, Aslan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We use data on refugees admitted to the Netherlands that include registration of education in their homeland by … them to assess effects on refugees’ economic position during the first five years after arrival. The most remarkable …

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The Labour Market Integration of Refugee and Family Reunion Immigrants: A Comparison of Outcomes in Canada and Sweden

Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper assesses the employment and earnings trajectories of refugee and family reunion category immigrants in Canada and Sweden using two national level sources of data. The Canadian Immigration Database (IMDB) is a file that links the intake record of post 1979 immigrants with annual...

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