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Active inclusion of immigrants in Poland
Duszczyk, Maciej; Góra, Marek - 2012
Poland has traditionally been treated as an emigration country. Since recently Poland has been changing into an … on immigration to Poland and instruments of integration policy in the context of the existing institutional framework. We … propose also recommendations for the pre-integration and integration policy in Poland. The goal of the paper is modest since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535076
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Immigration to the land of redistribution
Boeri, Tito - 2009
Negative perceptions about migrants in Europe, the Continent with the largest social policy programmes, are driven by … welfare access by migrants or further tighten migration policies. Are there politically feasible alternatives to these two … perceptions about migrants in Europe. Based on a simple model of the perceived fiscal effects of migration and on a largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872704
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Assimilation and integration of immigrants in Europe
Aleksynska, Mariya; Algan, Yann - 2010
This paper documents assimilation of immigrants in European destinations along cultural, civic, and economic dimensions, distinguishing by immigrants' generation, duration of stay, and origin. Based on the European Social Survey, it suggests that assimilation may have multiple facets, and take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009007343
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Immigration policy, assimilation of immigrants and natives' sentiments towards immigrants : evidence from 12 OECD-countries
Bauer, Thomas K.; Lofstrom, Magnus; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2000
and the determinants of these sentiments is presented. Natives in countries that receive predominantly refugee migrants …. Natives in countries with mostly economic migrants are relatively more concerned about loosing jobs to immigrants. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336856
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Education as a tool for the economic integration of migrants
De Paola, Maria; Brunello, Giorgio - 2016
We examine the role of education in fostering the economic integration of immigrants. Although immigrants in Europe are – on average – slightly less educated than native individuals, there is a large heterogeneity across countries. We discuss evidence on student performance in international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455647
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Attitudes towards immigrants, other integration barriers, and their veracity
Constant, Amelie (contributor); Kahanec, Martin (contributor) - 2008
The paper studies opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities and their interactions with other barriers to minorities' economic integration. Specifically, we consider the minority experts' own perceptions about these issues, the veracities and repercussions of unfavorable attitudes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750290
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Intergenerational spillovers of integration policies : evidence from Finland's integration plans
Pesola, Hanna; Sarvimäki, Matti - 2022
This paper shows that an integration policy aimed at unemployed adult immigrants generated positive spillovers for their children. Our research design builds on a discontinuity in the phase-in-rule of Finland's 1999 reform that introduced integration plans-a new approach for allocating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209305
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An introduction to the economics of immigration in OECD countries
Edo, Anthony; Ragot, Lionel; Rapoport, Hillel; … - 2020
practices regarding the selection and integration of new migrants affect labour market, fiscal and social/cultural outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012295298
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Economic theories of citizenship?
DeVoretz, Don J.; Irastorza, Nahikari - 2017
This paper explores the relationship of immigrant citizenship ascension and the effect on the naturalized citizen's economic outcomes in Europe and North America. We offer a unique model and empirical outcomes to define optimal waiting periods for immigrant ascension to citizenship by entry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607360
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Democratic involvement and immigrants' compliance with the law
Slotwinski, Michaela; Stutzer, Alois; Gorinas, Cédric - 2017
Many people are concerned about societal cohesion in the face of higher numbers of foreigners migrating to Western democracies. The challenge for the future is to find and adopt institutions that foster integration. We investigate how the right to vote in local elections affects immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612957