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citizenship. In this paper I argue that both the degree of immigrant naturalization and subsequent emigration from Canada is …Canada has experienced a unique problem as a subset of its immigrants, approximately 10%, leave after ascension to … conditioned by economic opportunities and Canadian citizenship policies. A triangular model of movement comprising the concept of …
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immigration and citizenship regimes. In the first, immigrants stay permanently in the country and citizenship is obtained by … birthplace (jus soli). In the second regime immigration is also permanent but citizenship is passed only by bloodline (jus …
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Over the last decades, Sweden has liberalized its citizenship policy by reducing the required number of years of … residency to five for foreign citizens and only two for Nordic citizens. Dual citizenship has been allowed since 2001. During … explore the link between citizenship and employment probabilities for immigrants in Sweden, controlling for a range of …
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In 2010, an amendment to the Dominican constitution weakened the concept of jus soli citizenship by denying Dominican … citizenship requirements retroactively to 1929. We gauge the impacts of changes to Dominican citizenship laws on Haitian … citizenship in various regions of the world today, it is important to further explore how these policies ultimately impact …
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a more liberal access to citizenship can improve the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two …, we exploit discontinuities in the reforms' eligibility rules. Between 1991 and 1999, adolescents could obtain citizenship … performance. Based on the eligibility rules, we find few returns of citizenship for men, but substantial returns for women …
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Researchers in many fields, such as demography, economics, and sociology, have established various data collection methodologies and principles to answer a range of academic and policy questions on migration. Although the progress has been impressive, some basic challenges remain. This paper...
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Although immigration has become a major growth factor for Canadian labour force, there is little economic research on the effect of immigration on native-born Canadians' labour market performance. This paper examines the relationship between changes in the share of immigrants by sub-labour...
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This paper examines the speed of the occupational adjustment of immigrants using Labour Force Surveys 2004 and 2005 from Statistics Netherlands. The analysis provides new evidence that immigrants start with jobs at the lower levels of skill distribution. Their occupational achievement improves...
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We use a macro-econometric forecasting model to simulate the impact on the Canadian economy of a hypothetical increase in immigration. Our simulations generally yield positive impacts on such factors as real GDP and GDP per capita, aggregate demand, investment, productivity, and government...
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hardly affect the migration decision. When analysing country choice, countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia appear …
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