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data. The focus is on the mobility of capital and workers between the advanced European Union countries (EU15) and New … Member States (NMS) in the 1994-2005 period. The evidence points to a significant correlation between the volume of EU15's … activities in NMS and the total stock of NMS' own-migrants in the EU15 economies. Furthermore, the larger is the share of skilled …
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Temporary migration is of growing significance in Europe. Upon migration to a country with higher technological development that typically coincides with positive wage differentials, temporary migrants may upgrade their skills by learning on the job and subsequently import the newly acquired...
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several EU countries and over time. In the first part, we document that labour market outcomes for refugees are consistently …
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numerous attempts at developing a common European asylum policy, EU countries continue to differ widely in interpretation and … movements, illegal border crossings, and asylum applications to EU member states. We next turn to the economics of refugee …, we illustrate the economic integration of past refugee migrants to EU countries and conclude with several policy …
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This paper describes the main features of immigration in the UK, and puts it in in perspective with the experience of other advanced economies. It then reviews the most recent available evidence on the labour market and fiscal effects of immigration in the UK. This evidence is assessed in...
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production linkages among European countries contribute to the trade imbalances registered within the European Union (EU) area in … recently released WIOD database on international production linkages. We find that the current account in EU countries worsens …
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This paper estimates the role of country/variety comparative advantage in the decision to offshore assembly of nearly 2000 models of 184 car brands headquartered in 25 countries. While offshoring in the car industry has risen from 2000 to 2013, the top five offshoring brands account for the...
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between EU and non-EU immigrants) a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures of immigrants and their labor market … from non-EU countries – are severely disadvantaged in most countries, even if we compare them to natives with the same …
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It is commonly argued that skilled immigration benefits the destination country through several channels. Yet, only a small group of countries reports to have policies in place aimed at increasing the intake of skilled immigrants. Why? In this paper we analyze the factors that affect a direct...
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In this paper we analyze the effect of immigrants on natives' job specialization in Western Europe. We test whether the inflow of immigrants changes employment rates or the chosen occupation of natives with similar education and age. We find no evidence of the first and strong evidence of the...
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