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Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We investigate the existence of wage premium due to cultural diversity across US cities. Using census data from 1970 to 1990, we find that at the urban level richer diversity is systematically associated with higher average nominal wages for white US-born males. We measure cultural diversity in...

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Immigration and Australia's population in the 21st Century. Household Saving, Immigration and the Current Account.

Taslim, M.A. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996

There is some concern that immigration contributes to a larger current account deficit in a net borrowing country like Australia. The reason is believed to be that the immigrants on balance have a lower net saving than those born in the country.

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Immigration and Australia's population in the 21st Century. The Australian Immigration Parogram: Policy Design and the Case of Reform.

Clarke, H. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996

This study analyses reform of migration policy. We organise discussion around two main issues- the need to base policy on consensus and the case for implementing policies using forward planning and stable intakes.

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Immigration and Australia's population in the 21st Century. Examining teh Validity of the Remittance-Decay Hypothesis from Survey Data on Pacific Island Migrants in Australia.

Brown, R.P.C. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996

The main focus of this paper is on the determinants of migrants' remittances, based on a study of the Pacific island migrants in Australia.

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Size Really Doesn't Matter: In Search of a National Scale Effect

Rose, Andrew K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

link the population of a country to a host of economic and social phenomena. Using both graphical and statistical …

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New Evidence on the Fertility Transition in Ireland 1880-1911

O'Gráda, Cormac - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

Recent analyses of Ireland's marital fertility transition based on the Princeton Ig and the Stanford CPA measures are reassessed. Revised county estimates of Ig are subjected to regression analysis, and added insight into CPA is offered by comparing Ireland with Scotland and applying the measure...

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Does Fertility Respond to Financial Incentives?

Laroque, Guy; Salanié, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

There has been little empirical work evaluating the sensitivity of fertility to financial incentives at the household level. We put forward an identification strategy that relies on the fact that variation of wages induces variation in benefits and tax credits among 'comparable' households. We...

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The Ethical Foundations of Population Policies

Dasgupta, Partha - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984

of future population size. The essay begins with a summary of welfare economic theory as it pertains to situations where … population size is not subject to choice, and notes that a symmetry (or anonymity) axiom on social welfare functions has almost … invariably been invoked in the theory. It then summarizes optimum population theory and emphasizes that the existing theory …

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Immigration and Australia's Population in the 21st Century. An Open Door or Fortress Australia: Policy Choices for Australia in the 21st Century.

Hassen, R.; Jamrozik, A. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996

As we approach the 21st Century, Australia needs to thoroughly its future population and immigration policies. The …

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