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of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all …, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …
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institutional determinants, especially labor-market institutions, on migrants' choices. Based on a large data set constructed from … migrants, while generous pension systems may deter them. Based on separate estimations for high- and low-skilled migrants …
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immigrants is selective both in terms of migrants' individual characteristics and their economic outcomes. We then examine the …
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Indian immigrants in the United States and other wealthy countries are successful in entrepreneurship. Using Census data from the three largest developed countries receiving Indian immigrants in the world -- the United States, United Kingdom and Canada -- we examine the performance of Indian...
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In this paper we study the contribution of migrants to the rise in UK top incomes. Using administrative data on the … universe of UK taxpayers we show migrants are over-represented at the top of the income distribution, with migrants twice as …, and migrants are concentrated in only a handful of industries, predominantly finance. Almost all (85%) of the growth in …
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Can a small scale inflow of migrants affect electoral outcomes? We study whether the relocation of migrants from the …
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original and detailed data on migration. Our results provide evidence of a strong transfer of fertility norms from migrants to …
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We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...
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to higher concentration of low-skill migrants. Interestingly, diasporas explain majority of the variability of migration …
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This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...
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