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of international (e.g., climate change) refugees, and an extension of the US diversity lottery to a larger set of host …
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This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of immigrants. Immigrants are highly geographically concentrated. Compared to the native born they are...
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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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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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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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Using longitudinal data on the universe of workers in Denmark during the period 1991-2008 we track the labor market …
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This article studies the importance of local conditions for the employment integration of refugees in Sweden, this in … market and economic sector factors on the refugees’ odds of being employed. The local variations of refugees’ integration … and employment rates, a proxy for the local supply of jobs, significantly affected the individual refugees’ chances to …
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, although only among a number of other determinants. For Germany, legal status at entry is important; former refugees and those … migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those … who came through the employment channel are more likely to be in full-time paid work. In Denmark, however, the status at …
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Canada admits refugees on the basis of compassion and not economic criteria. It is however, important to document the … are that employed Canadian refugees earn an amount equal to that earned by their family class reference group circa 1980 …-2001. However, the incidence of social assistance attachment for refugees is substantial and for those refugees who receive any …
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benchmark, the ex-ante and ex-post vulnerable Roma people, and the ex-ante equal but ex-post vulnerable refugees and internally …
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