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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

In our increasingly interconnected and open world, international migration is becoming an important socio-economic phenomenon for many countries. Since the early 1980s, many studies have been undertaken of the impact of immigration on host labour markets. Borjas (2003) noted that the estimated...

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The Fallacy of “Job Robbing”: A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Effect of Immigration on Employment

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

resulting in economic costs, particularly with respect to wages and employment opportunities of the native born. This warrants a …’ of the decline in native-born employment following a 1 percent increase in the number of immigrants is a mere 0 ….024 percent. However, the impact is somewhat larger on female than on male employment. The negative employment effect is also …

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The Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Return to Education in Vietnam: Wage versus Employment Effect

Oostendorp, Remco H.; Quang, Doan Hong - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

. These studies have typically estimated the return to education in terms of changes in wages rather than employment …, effectively ignoring the fact that trade liberalization affects not only wages but also employment opportunities. In this paper we … trade liberalization on the return to education taking into account both changes in wages and employment. The results show …

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Migration and Immigrants: The Case of the Netherlands

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001

This paper surveys migration to and from the Netherlands since thesixteenth century with an emphasis on the post-war period. Existingstudies on the labour market performance of immigrants and ethnicminorities are considered and some new results from our recentresearch are presented. See also...

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Exponential or Power Distance-decay for Commuting? An Alternative Specification

Vries, Jacob J. de; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

In this paper we determine the effect of transport cost on commuting flows, on the basis of an analysis of home-to-work journeys between municipalities in Denmark. Special attention is given to a proper estimation method and the form of the distance-decay function. It appears that neither an...

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The Urban Growth Potential of Second-Generation Migrant Entrepreneurs - A Sectoral Study on Amsterdam

Baycan-Levent, Tüzin; Nijkamp, Peter; Sahin, Mediha - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

This discussion paper resulted in an article in the International Business Review (2012). Volume 21, issue 6, pages 971-986. This study focuses on the external orientations of the second-generation migrant entrepreneurs by addressing in particular the way – and the extent to which – the...

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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences

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

What drives stated preferences about the number of foreigners? Is it self-interest as stressed by the political economy of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with the preference for the aggregate population size? In...

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Does Land Use Planning shape Regional Economies?

Vermeulen, Wouter; Ommeren, Jos van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment adjusts to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration is … predominantly determined by regional housing supply and not by employment growth. Growth of the regional housing stock responds only …

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Regional Inequality and Human Capital Quality: The Impact of Technology on the Arrival Rate of Employment Offers

Alexiadis, Stilianos; Eleftheriou, Konstantinos; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

offers and employment opportunities. The way in which individuals decide about employment, as an aftermath of changes in …

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Migrant Entrepreneurship and New Urban Economic Opportunities

Nijkamp, Peter; Sahin, Mediha; Baycan-Levent, Tüzin - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

Nowadays, migrants form a significant share of the urban population, and their business is critical for urban economic growth. This paper addresses the key factors determining the position of migrant entrepreneurs in the urban economy in the Netherlands. In order to develop a solid assessment of...

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