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Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding … how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the … migration as an economic phenomenon; but what about them matters? Properly, we should be looking at the determinants of identity …
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By putting together a relatively large data set on bilateral remittances of emigrants, this paper is able to shed light … on the important hypothesis of smoothing. The smoothing hypothesis is that remittances are countercyclical with respect … affirmation of smoothing is important for two reasons. First, it suggests that remittances should be placed on the list of …
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changes in migration trends in Italy, are undoubtedly a significant barrier to research on the subject matter. At the same …
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near future. The study includes a short description of the history of migration to Norway, and a description of the main …
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Employment rates in the United States fell dramatically between February 2020 and April 2020 as the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic reverberated through the labor market. This paper uses data from the CPS Basic Monthly Files to document that the employment decline was particularly severe...
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The repeated failure of Ireland's potato crop in the late 1840s led to a major famine and a surge in migration to the … associated with less upward mobility. Our results contribute to literatures on immigrant assimilation, refugee migration, and the … Age of Mass Migration …
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We use 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census data to study the impact of source country characteristics on the labor supply assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor force participation rates work substantially more...
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-city migration flows of natives and older immigrants are largely" unaffected by new immigrant inflows. Inflows of new immigrants are …
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