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"The initial occupational placements of male immigrants in the U.S. labor market vary significantly by country of origin even when education and other factors are taken into account. Does the heterogeneity persist over time? Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Censuses, this study...
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The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 updates the 2008 edition of the Factbook with additional data for 71 … national sources. The Factbook attempts to present numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and … remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration …
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International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries to improve economic opportunity, has … countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from income earned by overseas emigrants. Official data show that …
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The themes of the 2006 Global Economic Prospects (GEP) are international remittances and migration, their economic … international migration from the perspective of developing countries, with special attention to the money that migrants send home …. The report also considers policy initiatives that could improve the developmental impact of migration, with particular …
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percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in many developing countries. Migration and remittances factbook 2011 provides a …There are more than 215 million international migrants in the world. Recorded remittances received by developing … each country and regional grouping. More frequent and timely monitoring of migration and remittance trends can provide …
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migration and remittances data. Remittance flows and the stock of migrants may be underestimated due to the use of informal …This fact book for 2008 attempts to present numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and … remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration …
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"This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries … norms using original and detailed data on migration. The results provide evidence of a significant transfer of fertility …
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"It is generally expected that immigrants do not fare as well as the native-born in the U.S. labor market. The literature also documents that Blacks experience lower labor market outcomes than Whites. This paper innovates by studying the interaction between race and immigration. The study...
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