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Immigration and Occupational Comparative Advantage
Hanson, Gordon H.; Liu, Chen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
received their K-12 education domestically). We obtain similar results for immigrant sorting in Canada, which supports our …
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Immigration Policy, National Origin, and Immigrant Skills : A Comparison of Canada and the United States
Borjas, George J. - 1991
Over 12 million persons migrated to Canada or the United States between 1959 and 1981. Beginning in the mid?1960s, the … Canada stressing skills. This paper shows that the point system used by Canada generated, on average, a more skilled …
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The Effect of Immigration Policy on Founding Location Choice : Evidence from Canada's Start-up Visa Program
Lee, Saerom; Glennon, Britta - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
choice of immigrant founders, by leveraging the introduction of Canada's Start-up Visa Program in 2013. We demonstrate that … this immigration policy increased the likelihood that U.S.-based immigrants have a start-up in Canada by 69%. Our results … show that Asian immigrants (who have a higher representation in Canada than in the U.S.) are disproportionately more likely …
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Issues in the economics of immigration
Borjas, George J. (ed.) - 2000
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Illegal Immigration : The Trump Effect
Hoekstra, Mark; Orozco-Aleman, Sandra - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of increasingly provocative anti-immigrant politicians in both Europe and the United States. We examine whether the 2016 election of Donald Trump, who made illegal immigration and border enforcement a centerpiece of his campaign, reduced illegal...
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Ageing and Welfare-State Policy Making : Macroeconomic Perspective
Razin, Asaf; Schwemmer, Alexander H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
It has been well recognized that population ageing could generate structural changes centered around the dwindling labor force, on one hand, and the expanding dependency on the generosity of the welfare state, on the other hand. Ageing-related welfare state policy entails both fiscal issues and...
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The Political Effects of Immigration : Culture or Economics?
Alesina, Alberto; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss the effects of immigration on a wide range of political and social outcomes. The existing evidence suggests that immigrants often, but not always, trigger backlash, increasing support for anti-immigrant...
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Immigration Lottery Design : Engineered and Coincidental Consequences of H-1B Reforms
Pathak, Parag A. - 2020
In 2005, the U.S. Congress legislated that the H-1B visa program create 20,000 annual slots reserved for advanced-degree applicants. Since then, the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) has used visa allocation rules that comply with this legislation. Following a directive in the April...
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How do U.S. Visa Policies Affect Unauthorized Immigration?
Kovak, Brian K. - 2020
We examine how increasing the number of visas available to potential migrants would affect unauthorized immigration from Mexico to the U.S. Current U.S. policy bans people who are deported from receiving legal status for a period of time. This policy aims to serve as an additional deterrent to...
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Do Immigrants Delay Retirement and Social Security Claiming?
Lopez, Mary J. - 2019
As the share of older immigrants residing in the U.S. begins to rise, it is important to understand how immigrants' retirement behavior and security compare to that of natives. This question has implications for the impact of immigration on government finances and for the retirement security of...
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