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On the Economics and Politics of Refugee Migration
Dustmann, Christian - 2016
first reviewing the institutional framework laid out by the Geneva Convention for Refugees, we demonstrate that, despite …
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Tradable Refugee-Admission Quotas and EU Asylum Policy
Moraga, Jesús - 2014
on both refugees and asylum-seekers coupled with a matching mechanism linking countries' and migrants' preferences. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043212
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Do Natives' Beliefs About Refugees' Education Level Affect Attitudes Toward Refugees? Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp - 2018
In recent years, Europe has experienced an unprecedented influx of refugees. While natives' attitudes toward refugees … refugees' characteristics. We conducted survey experiments with more than 5,000 university students in Germany in which we … exogenously shifted participants' beliefs about refugees' education level through information provision. Consistent with economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926562
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Refugee Resettlement, Redistribution and Growth
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2018
This paper studies the effect of refugee resettlement on human capital accumulation. The analysis is performed in a growth model with endogenous fertility. I show how refugee resettlement from a more advanced and wealthier economy to a less advanced and less wealthy economy combined with income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918058
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The Effects of Foreign Aid on Refugee Flows
Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Langlotz, Sarah - 2021
This article analyzes whether foreign aid affects the net flows of refugees from recipient countries. Combining refugee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315429
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Dynamic Effects of Co-Ethnic Networks on Immigrants' Economic Success
Battisti, Michele - 2018
This paper investigates how the size of co-ethnic networks at the time of arrival affect the economic success of immigrants in Germany. Applying panel analysis with a large set of fixed effects and controls, we isolate the association between initial network size and long-run immigrant outcomes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914677
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What Should Fiscal Councils Do?
Calmfors, Lars - 2011
The paper analyses theoretically what role fiscal councils could play and surveys empirically the activities of existing councils. Case studies of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council and the UK Office for Budget Responsibility are done. It is concluded that fiscal councils should be advisory,...
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The Diversity of Debt Crises in Europe
Stein, Jerome L. - 2011
The foreign debts of the European countries are at the core of the current crises. Generally, the crises are attributed to government budget deficits in excess of the values stated in the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP)/Maastricht treaty. Proposals for reform generally involve increasing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130015
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The Positive Border Effect of EU Integration
Brakman, Steven - 2011
Distance related variables typically vary in a cross-section dimension but less so in a time dimension across cities, regions, or countries. The enlargement of the EU or the introduction of the euro, however, can be looked upon as integration shocks that are informative of the consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130414
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The Impact of Fiscal Rules on Public Finances : Theory and Empirical Evidence for the Euro Area
Marneffe, Wim - 2011
This paper presents a review of the most significant fiscal rules policymakers can choose from. The insights from this review are then applied to the current budgetary situation of the European Union. In the European Union, the supranational Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) should provide the...
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