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migration experience since the Second World War. The areas covered include changes in the volume and composition of … international migration and the factors influencing migration; the background to, and the development of, restrictions on … of migration on the economy at large are briefly discussed. …
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various aspects of the relationship between women and migration, including key ways in which non-migrant women are affected by …While scholars have long studied the economics of migration, increasing waves of international and regional migration … around the world have placed greater focus on the varied impacts of migration in recent years. Critical to this line of …
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increasing presence of first mover migrant women (coming from Latin America and Eastern Europe) is associated with higher … marital disruption on data from the nationally – representative 2009 Family and Social Subjects survey. We found that the … separation risks among natives, especially for couples with lower human capital. Our findings add to our understanding of family …
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potential factors such as economic conditions, labor markets structure, institutions and attitudes towards immigrants and women …
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As in the U.S. and Canada, migration is a controversial issue in Europe. This paper explores the possibility that … first reviews the assimilation literature in economics and the policy approaches taken in Europe and among the traditional … migration and contribute to a better economic performance of the respective countries. …
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migration. Paradoxically, absconding domestic workers who have been financially abused are more likely to want to return and …
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Women face unique challenges in starting and running their own businesses and may have differing motives to men for … pursuing self-employment. Previous research suggests that married women with families value the flexibility that self …-employment can offer, allowing them to balance their family responsibilities with their career aspirations. This may be especially …
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Canada's immigration system is currently undergoing significant change driven by several goals that include (1) a desire to improve the economic outcomes of entering immigrants; (2) an attempt to better respond to short-term regional labor market shortages often associated with commodity booms,...
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This paper examines the effects of reducing the supply of low-skilled immigrant workers on the labor market outcomes of domestic workers. We use temporal and geographic variation in the introduction of Secure Communities (SC), a county-based immigration enforcement policy, combined with data...
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previous Latin American immigrants falls when controlling for out-migration. This highlights the importance of controlling for … out-migration not only of natives but also of previous immigrants in regional studies of immigration. -- Immigration …
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