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A Global View of Cross-Border Migration
di Giovanni, Julian - 2014
flows - such as Jamaica or El Salvador - are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The …This paper evaluates the global welfare impact of observed levels of migration using a quantitative multi-sector model … differences, international trade, remittances, and a heterogeneous workforce. We compare welfare under the observed levels of …
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Number of siblings and educational choices of immigrant children : evidence from first- and second- generation immigrants
Meurs, Dominique; Puhani, Patrick A.; Haaren-Giebel, … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343643
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The gain from the drain : skill-biased migration and global welfare
Biavaschi, Costanza; Burzynski, Michal; Elsner, Benjamin; … - 2016
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The value of H-1B status in times of scarcity
Sparber, Chad - 2015
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Immigrant category of admission of the parents and outcomes of the children : how far does the apple fall?
Warman, Casey; Worswick, Christopher - 2016
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Building a better H-1B Program
Sparber, Chad - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406307
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Immigration, Jobs and Employment Protection : Evidence from Europe
D’Amuri, Francesco - 2011
In this paper we analyze the effect of immigrants on native jobs in fourteen Western European countries. We test whether the inflow of immigrants in the period 1996-2007 decreased employment rates and/or if it altered the occupational distribution of natives with similar education and age. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123669
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How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?
Hunt, Jennifer - 2010
We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual patenting behavior as well as state-level determinants of patenting. The 2003 National Survey of College Graduates shows that immigrants patent at double the native rate, and that...
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Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants : 1980-2000
Blau, Francine D. - 2008
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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Immigrant Inflows, Native Outflows, and the Local Labor Market Impacts of Higher Immigration
Card, David - 2021
-city migration flows of natives and older immigrants are largely" unaffected by new immigrant inflows. Inflows of new immigrants are …
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