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Pekkala, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016

using multiple definitions. While significant research effort has gone into understanding the economic impact of immigration …

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Drawbridges Down: Altruism and Immigration Preferences

Hansen, Ole-Petter Moe; Legge, Stefan - 2016

preferences over immigration. Using data from the European Social Survey from 2014 and 2015, our results document that individual … norms and values strongly shape preferences over immigration, even when controlling for expected costs and benefits from … immigration. In particular, we find that altruistic attitudes significantly raise the support for all types of immigration while …

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Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship

Kerr, William R.; Mandorff, Martin - 2016

We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, the concentration of Korean self-employment in dry cleaners is 34 times greater than other immigrant groups, and...

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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns

Kerr, William R. - 2016

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...

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Migration Policy: Lessons from Cooperatives

Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - 2017

We propose an immigration policy based on the model of cooperatives. Incoming migrants have to acquire a participation … seekers get back the money paid for the certificate. Immigration is therewith regulated more efficiently than today. Not all …

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Immigration and Entrepreneurship

Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2015

is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an …

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Substitution Between Individual and Source Country Characteristics: Social Capital, Culture, and US Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Women

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence - 2015

Using the New Immigrant Survey, we investigate the impact of immigrant women’s own labor supply prior to migrating and female labor supply in their source country on their labor supply and wages in the US. Women migrating from higher female labor supply countries work more in the US. Most of...

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Immigration, Regional Conditions, and Crime: Evidence from an Allocation Policy in Germany

Piopiunik, Mark; Ruhose, Jens - 2015

authorities across regions upon arrival, we find that immigration significantly increases crime. The crime impact of immigration …

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Immigration and Economic Growth in the OECD Countries 1986-2006

Boubtane, Ekrame; Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Rault, Christophe - 2015

. However, the growth impact of immigration is small even in countries that have highly selective migration policies. …

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Bitterness in Life and Attitudes Towards Immigration

Poutvaara, Panu; Steinhardt, Max - 2015

provide new evidence on the determinants of individual attitudes towards immigration, using data from the 2005 and 2010 waves … about immigration. This effect cannot be explained just by concerns that immigrants are competing with oneself in the labor … market. Instead, it appears that people who feel that they have not got what they deserve in life oppose immigration for …

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