This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who …

increase immigration in the coming years to per capita levels not reached since the 1920s. We argue that economic immigration … examine the potential for increases in Canadian immigration levels to achieve this objective. Our analysis suggests that … Canada is not well-positioned to leverage heightened immigration to boost GDP per capita owing primarily to weak capital …

two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to … Social Survey (ESS), the American General Social Survey (GSS), and the International Social Survey Program (ISSP). Estimation … indeed more religious than the populations in the receiving countries, both in Europe and in the United States; and (b) while …

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social protection systems in Europe and the US to provide (income) insurance … income shock and 47% of an idiosyncratic unemployment shock in Europe, compared to 32% and 34% in the US. There is large … heterogeneity within Europe with stabilization being much lower in Eastern and Southern than in Central and Northern Europe. Our …

To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on …