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Determinants of Attitudes Towards Immigration: A Trade-Theoretic Approach
de Melo, Jaime; Ettinger, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
), two-sector trade model to analyse the determinants of voter attitudes towards immigration under direct democracy and … stiffening attitudes towards low-skill capital-poor immigration. If the import-competing sector is intensive in the use of low … sector leads nationals to oppose immigration of capital-poor low-skill households. An increase in income inequality is also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114214
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The Political Economy of EU Enlargement: Lessons from Switzerland
de Melo, Jaime; Miguet, Florence; Müller, Tobias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
The issue of the free movement of persons occupies center stage in the negotiations on EU enlargement. Opinion polls … experience with immigration. At the same time, under the system of direct democracy, the Swiss electorate has voted regularly … since 1970 on the policies towards immigrants and on the shape of immigration policy. The Paper reviews the Swiss experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661551
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Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership
Constant, Amelie; Roberts, Rowan; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067560
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A Theory of Immigration Amnesties
Epstein, Gil S; Weiss, Avi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This paper presents a first attempt at understanding some of the many issues involved in the granting of an amnesty to illegal immigrants. We consider government behavior with respect to allocations on limiting infiltration (border control) and apprehending infiltrators (internal control) and,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504554
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Immigration and Swiss House Prices
Degen, Kathrin; Fischer, Andreas M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This study examines the behavior of Swiss house prices to immigration flows for 85 districts from 2001 to 2006. The … results show that the nexus between immigration and house prices holds even in an environment of low house price inflation and … modest immigration flows. An immigration inflow equal to 1% of an area’s population is coincident with an increase in prices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509465
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Immigration and Australia's Population in the 21st Century. Opening Address (The Hon Ruddock P.MP). & Immigration and the Australian Maccro-Economy: Perspective and Prospective.
Juankar, P.N.; Pope, D.; Withers, G. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996
The focus is on macro-economic effects of international migration, the evidence used is Australian and the conclusions are drawn especially from work in which the authors themselves have been involved.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977263
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From individual attitudes towards migrants to migration policy outcomes: Theory and evidence
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
analyzing patterns in public opinion on migration and find that, across countries of different income levels, only a small … immigration from a theoretical and empirical point of view. Our analysis supports the role played by economic channels (labour … and the very low fractions of voters favouring immigration are consistent with the median voter framework. At the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124434
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Immigrant Selection in the OECD
Belot, Michéle V.K.; Hatton, Timothy J. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008
The selection of immigrants by skill and education is a central issue in the analysis of immigration. Since highly … what determines the skill-selectivity of immigration. In this paper we examine the proportions of highly educated among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032817
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Immigrant Selection in The OECD
Belot, Michèle; Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
The selection of immigrants by skill and education is a central issue in the analysis of immigration. Since highly … what determines the skill-selectivity of immigration. In this paper we examine the proportions of highly educated among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497850
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The Effects of Immigration on US Wages and Rents: A General Equilibrium Approach
Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
In this paper we document a strong positive correlation of immigration flows with changes in average wages and average … compatible with a causal interpretation from immigration to wages and rents of natives. Separating the effects of immigrants on … useful tool to evaluate the impacts of alternative immigration scenarios on U.S. wages and rents. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504457