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The Impact of Ireland's Recession on the Labour Market Outcomes of its Immigrants

Barrett, Alan - 2010

. Between 2008 and 2009, Ireland experienced one of the most acute downturns in economic activity in the industrialised world …

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Foreign Labour Migration and the Economic Crisis in the EU : Ongoing and Remaining Issues of the Migrant Workforce in Germany

Kim, Anna Myunghee - 2010

This paper provides an evaluation of the status of migrant workers in Germany amidst the global financial crisis. Findings of the study are drawn from the latest available data on the labour market performance of native-German and non-German migrant workers as well as other socioeconomic...

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Migration, Economic Crisis and Adjustment in the UK

Clark, Kenneth - 2014

We examine changes in migration to the UK in the period leading up to the Great Recession and in its immediate aftermath. In so doing, we pay particular attention to the changing countries of origin of recent migration flows to the UK, especially in relation to migration from other parts of the...

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How Immigrants Helped EU Labor Markets to Adjust During the Great Recession

Kahanec, Martin - 2017

The economic literature starting with Borjas (2001) suggests that immigrants are more flexible than natives in responding to changing sectoral, occupational, and spatial shortages in the labor market. In this paper, we study the relative responsiveness to labor shortages by immigrants from...

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Work Permit Regulations and Migrants' Labor Market Outcomes

Qendrai, Pamela - 2022

This paper studies how the introduction of a novel residence permit for working purposes the so-called Blue Card introduced in August 2012 has affected entry-level wages of non-EU migrants in Germany. The Blue Card was targeted at non-EU university graduates with degrees received or recognized...

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Labour Migrant Adjustments in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis

Bratsberg, Bernt - 2014

Based on individual longitudinal data, we examine the evolution of employment and earnings of post‐EU accession Eastern European labour immigrants to Norway for a period of up to eight years after entry. We find that the migrants were particularly vulnerable to the negative labour demand shock...

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Genetic distance and international migrant selection

Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Ruhose, Jens - 2015 - This version: July 2015

This paper looks at the effect of the relatedness of two countries, measured by their genetic distance, on educational migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 main destination countries in 2000 and show that...

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The dynamic implications of liberalizing global migration

Delogu, Marco; Docquier, Frédéric; Machado, Joël - 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 … are gradual and cumulative. In case of a complete liberalization, the world average level of GDP per worker increases by …

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Global talent flows

Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Özden, Çağlar; … - 2016

The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we first review the landscape...

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Portability of pension, health, and other social benefits : facts, concepts, and issues

Holzmann, Robert; Koettl, Johannes - 2012

Portability of social benefits across professions and countries is an increasing concern for individuals and policy makers. Lacking or incomplete transfers of acquired social rights are feared to negatively impact individual labor market decisions as well as capacity to address social risks with...

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