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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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Migration into the Welfare State : Tax and Migration Competition
Razin, Assaf - 2013
In this paper I provide some support to the Tiebout hypothesis. It suggests that when a group of host countries faces an upward supply of immigrants, tax competition does not indeed lead to a race to the bottom; competition may lead to higher taxes than coordination. We identify a fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082005
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The Dynamic Implications of Liberalizing Global Migration
Delogu, Marco - 2014
This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and education decisions. We identify bilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059032
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On the Political Economy of High Skilled Migration and International Trade
Bougheas, Spiros; Nelson, Douglas - 2021
We develop a two-country, two-sector model with a continuum of workers to address the link between migration and trade where policy is determined by a simple referendum. In particular, we address two questions. First, are states already in free trade areas more likely to support full integration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315893
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Are Migration Policies that Induce Skilled (Unskilled) Migration Beneficial (Harmful) for the Host Country?
Michael, Michael S. - 2021
This paper investigates the welfare consequences of immigration policies in a model with two types of labour, skilled and unskilled, and international capital mobility. The paper examines the effect of government policies - which change the immigration cost and causes immigration of one type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317391
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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