first reviewing the institutional framework laid out by the Geneva Convention for Refugees, we demonstrate that, despite … migrations, contrasting economic and refugee migrants, discussing the trade-offs between long-term asylum and temporary …, we illustrate the economic integration of past refugee migrants to EU countries and conclude with several policy …

We examine the impact of language training on the economic integration of immigrants in France. The assignment to this … migrants and refugees relative to family migrants, for men and individuals below the median age, and for individuals with … test score of an initial language exam is below a certain threshold. This eligibility rule creates a discontinuity in the …

the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …. Namely, immigrants arrive with better health compared to natives and their health deteriorates with longer residence in the …

I investigate the effect of attitudes toward migrants on the average skill composition of immigrants in destination … countries. A model is presented showing that negative attitudes toward migrants can reduce the average skill composition. The … hypothesis, I use survey data on attitudes toward migrants as well as data on migrant stocks by education level and origin …

This article investigates the macro-level drivers of adult-age language learning. We construct a new dataset that … covers German language learning in 77 countries (including Germany) for 1992-2006. Fixed-effects regressions show that … language learning in the EU is strongly associated with immigration. Instead, immigration by non-EU citizens in associated with …

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host …-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across … exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children's host-country language proficiency and increases …

immigrants in Germany. Applying panel analysis with a large set of fixed effects and controls, we isolate the association between … independently of their choice allows a causal interpretation of our estimates. We find that immigrants initially located in places …

This paper investigates the economic returns to language skills and bilingualism. The analysis is staged in Kazakhstan …, a multi-ethnic country with complex ethnic settlement patterns that has switched its official state language from … bilingualism on earnings while Russian was the official state language in the 1990s. Surprisingly, the Kazakh language continues to …

migrants for admission. Looking forward, the capacity of people, firms, and countries to successfully navigate this tangled web …