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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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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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several EU countries and over time. In the first part, we document that labour market outcomes for refugees are consistently …
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Remittances have greatly increased during recent years, becoming an important and reliable source of funds for many developing countries. Therefore, there is a strong incentive for receiving countries to attract more remittances, especially through formal channels that turn to be either less...
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The recent increase in R&D offshoring have raised fears that knowledge and competitiveness in advanced countries may be at risk of ‘hollowing out'. At the same time, economic research has stressed that this process is also likely to allow some reverse technology transfer and foster growth at...
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FTA with the EU. These measures reveal quite a different picture than one that would be gleaned from the more usual ex … preferences granted by the EU to countries that compete with these countries in the EU markets. Second, the small value of … margin in the EU market, due to the product composition of their exports to the EU, ASEAN countries usually face tougher …
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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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the recent crisis. This effect has been particularly large within the EU integrated financial market and for the EMU …
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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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