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Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany
Jaschke, Philipp; Sardoschau, Sulin; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016. We combine novel survey data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of...
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Comparing the Effects of Policies for the Labor Market Integration of Refugees
Foged, Mette; Hasager, Linea; Peri, Giovanni - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper estimates, within a common framework, the effects of four types of integration polices on the employment …
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship : New Estimates and a Research Agenda
Chodavadia, Saheel; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new … are immigrants. We utilize the Annual Business Survey to quantify the greater rates of patenting and innovation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544679
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Closing the Gates : Assessing Impacts of the Immigration Act of 1917
Ganguli, Ina; Withrow, Jennifer R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
On February 5, 1917, the United States passed the Immigration Act of 1917, which included a test for all migrants arriving to the U.S. to prove they were literate. The Literacy Test was one of the first and few times the U.S. used a broad 'skill-based' immigration policy in an attempt to limit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576653
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Age at Immigrant Arrival and Career Mobility : Evidence from Vietnamese Refugee Migration and the Amerasian Homecoming Act
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Smith, Kendall E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study the long-run career mobility of young immigrants, mostly refugees, from Vietnam who moved to the United States … during 1989-1995. This third and final migration wave of young Vietnamese immigrants was sparked by unexpected events that … young vs. older immigrants, and we quantify explanatory factors like education, language fluency, and persistence from …
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Driving Towards Integration : Early Childhood Education Implications of Extending Driving Privileges to Undocumented Immigrants
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Deza, Monica; Kostandini, Genti - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We estimate the effect of granting access to driver licenses to undocumented immigrants on their offspring's access to … undocumented immigrants leads to a 6% increase in ECE attendance among Hispanic children with likely undocumented parents. We … undocumented immigrants. These laws also increase hourly wages among likely undocumented mothers, which may increase their …
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The Crime Effect of Refugees
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Mocan, Naci; Tumen, Semih; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We analyze the impact on crime of 3.7 million refugees who entered and stayed in Turkey as a result of the civil war in Syria. Using a novel administrative data source on the flow of offense records to prosecutors' offices in 81 provinces of the country each year, and utilizing the staggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210098
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The Political Effects of Immigration : Culture or Economics?
Alesina, Alberto; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
on a wide range of political and social outcomes. The existing evidence suggests that immigrants often, but not always …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210107
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How Good are Proxies for Legal Status? : Evidence from the Legalization of Two Million Mexicans
Cascio, Elizabeth U.; Lewis, Ethan; Zhang, Chengguo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Two million Mexicans were granted lawful permanent residency in the U.S. under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). We find that occupation and program use variables in a prominent proxy for legal status poorly detect this event. A decade after legalization, the share of...
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The Intergenerational Effects of Permanent Legal Status
Cascio, Elizabeth U.; Cornell, Paul; Lewis, Ethan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We estimate the effects of permanent legal status on the health of children born to immigrants in the United States …
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