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result in a large fall in immigration from EEA countries to the UK. …
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We examine whether employment discrimination increased after the 2016 presidential election in the United States. We submitted fictitious applications to publicly advertised positions using resumes that are manipulated on perceived race and ethnicity (Somali American, African American, and white...
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This paper compares the net fiscal position (NFP) of immigrants versus natives using data from the European Survey on Living Conditions (EU-SILC) for the period 2007-2015. By employing a quantile regression approach, we find that European and non-European migrants have a different fiscal...
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We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the …
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Previous research has found that immigration benefits the health of working-age natives, an effect mediated through the … labor market. We use the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration also … affects the health of natives 65-80 years old. Immigration may increase the supply and lower the price of personal and …
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This paper is the first attempt to analyse the effect of the Brexit Referendum results on subjective well-being of immigrants living in the UK. Using the national representative UK Household Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society) data and adopting a difference-in-differences estimates, we...
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This paper studies the effects of immigration on the allocation of occupational physical burden and work injury risks …. Using data for England and Wales from the Labour Force Survey (2003-2013), we find that, on average, immigration leads to a … important differences across skill groups. Immigration reduces the average physical burden of UK-born workers with medium levels …
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Immigrants in many Western countries have experienced poor economic outcomes. This has led to a lack of integration of child immigrants (the 1.5 generation) and the second generation in some countries. However, in Canada, child immigrants and the second generation have on average integrated very...
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the host countries. Through a general literature review and examination of specific immigration countries, we provide …
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Across Europe, far-right parties have made significant electoral gains in recent years. Their anti-immigration stance … immigration on voting for the far-right Finns Party on a local level. Exploiting a convenient setup for a shift-share instrument … at the municipality level. The far-right votes lost to immigration are captured by the two pro-immigration parties …
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