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immigration due to its apparently unbearable social and political costs. However these costs are never measured and made … comparable across countries. In this paper we first discuss theoretically how tradable immigration quotas (TIQs) can reveal … countries and other immigration targets. Both applications are seen as possible precursors to a full implementation of a TIQs …
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While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration policy, there is no … combining information on the number of temporary work visas with data on lobbying activity associated with immigration. We find … robust evidence that both pro- and anti-immigration interest groups play a statistically significant and economically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533060
immigration due to its apparently unbearable social and political costs. However these costs are never measured and made … comparable across countries. In this paper we first discuss theoretically how tradable immigration quotas (TIQs) can reveal … countries and other immigration targets. Both applications are seen as possible precursors to a full implementation of a TIQs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317969
While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration policy, there is no … combining information on the number of temporary work visas with data on lobbying activity associated with immigration. We find … robust evidence that both pro- and anti-immigration interest groups play a statistically significant and economically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004983637
Historical experience suggests that when a period of rising immigration is followed by a sudden slump, this can trigger … the slump and immigration policy. First, although immigration flows have responded to the slump, and immigrants have borne … recession for Europe as a whole, attitudes to immigration have not changed very much, and they have been influenced more by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532838
We explore the complementarities between high-skill emigration and poverty in developing countries. We build a model endogenizing human-capital accumulation, high-skill migration and productivity. Two countries sharing the same characteristics may end up either in a "low poverty/low brain drain"...
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capital with two dimensions of immigration policy: restrictiveness, and selectivity. The model predicts that the relationship … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The … effect of education is more likely to be positive when the immigration policy is more restrictive and less skill …
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A growing number of OECD countries are leaning toward adopting quality-selective immigration policies. The underlying … selectivity of immigration policies, the initial pattern of migrants' self-selection on education, and the way time …' quality should vary with the degree of selectivity of immigration policies at destination. Empirical evidence presented as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532881
This paper is concerned with the international mobility of New Zealanders who migrate to Australia. One in ten New Zealand citizens lives in Australia and their settlement and subsequent mobility is important from demographic, socio-economic and policy perspectives in both countries. Using a...
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immigration, working-age population and output. We simulate the proposed scheme on different sets of rich countries. …
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