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Ethnic Concentration and Human Capital Formation

Graaff, Thomas de; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

Concentration of immigrants and its associated externalities have become an important topic in contemporary international migration research, both from a methodological as well as an empirical perspective. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to provide an overview of that part...

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Assessing the Impact of Trade Policy on Labor Markets and Production

Francois, Joseph - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

This paper discusses the measurement of production and employment effects of trade policy, and more broadly the effects of economic integration and globalization. First, it provides a broad-brush overview of the ex-post literature linking trade to performance, such as measures of worker...

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Premium Differentiation in the Unemployment Insurance System and the Demand for Labor

Alessie, Rob J.M.; Bloemen, Hans - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000

We simulate the effect of the introduction of premium differentiation (experience rating) in the Dutch Unemployment Insurance system on the demand for labor for a variety of sectors in the Dutch economy. For the simulations we use the Bentolila and Bertola (1990) framework as a point of...

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Migration and Foreign Direct Investment: Education Matters

Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

much research on the socio-economic determinants and impacts of immigration. This paper investigates the relationship …

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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008

Forthcoming in the International Journal of Population Research, Vol. 2012. Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences between immigrants by source country. Non-western immigrants never reach parity with native Dutch....

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The Economic Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market of Host Countries - Meta-Analytic Evidence

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

The number of immigrants across the world has doubled since 1980. The estimates of the impact of immigration on wages …

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Migrants and International Economic Linkages: A Meta-Overview

Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

prompted much research on the socio-economic impacts of immigration. The migration issue has become one of the most debated … migration and foreign direct investment. Our primary results confirm that immigration has a positive impact on FDI investment in …

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International Migration: A Global Complex Network

Tranos, Emmanouil; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

Migration has become a prominent research theme in geography and regional science and it has been approached from various methodological angles. Nonetheless, a common missing element in most migration studies is the lack of awareness of the overall network topology, which characterizes migration...

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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with … immigration than the highly educated. Experience with foreigners arising from social contact matters in positively appreciating … significant effect on the evaluation of the number of foreigners present. The biggest effect on immigration preferences is …

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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

this paper we measure the impact of the size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the innovativeness of host regions … of McDonald's restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a …

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