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. This large scale immigration within a short time period had important social, as well as, economic consequences. The paper … reviews the existing evidence and concludes that on average the economic effects of immigration were beneficial, although … their distributional consequences were adverse. Greek immigration policy was haphazard and more efforts are needed in order …
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We review research on the impact of immigration on income distribution. We discuss routes through which immigration can …. Immigration may affect the composition of skills among the residents of a country. Moreover, immigrants can, by changing relative … recent increases in immigration to OECD countries and on the distribution of native and immigrant educational attainment. We …
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Immigration is one of the most hotly debated policy issues in the United States today. Despite marked divergence of … opinions within political parties, several important immigration reforms were introduced in the post 1965 era. The purpose of … this paper is to systematically analyze the drivers of congressional voting behavior on immigration policy during the …
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Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to be expected. A review of current immigration policies shows that … expected between native actors that favor and disfavor further immigration, improving European immigration policies and …
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Destination countries are progressively shifting towards selective immigration policies. These can effectively increase … selective immigration policies reduce social welfare at origin …
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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...
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capital with two dimensions of immigration policy: restrictiveness, and selectivity. The model predicts that the relationship … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The … effect of education is more likely to be positive when the immigration policy is more restrictive and less skill …
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This study examines the impact of inflows of foreign workers on Korean natives' economic performance – namely, employment – through the Employment Permit System, the basis of Korea's system by which to introduce low-skilled immigrants. Using National Employment Insurance data, analyses...
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Two issues have taken center stage in the recent debates about U.S. immigration policy: one, illegal immigration and … evidence from the history of U.S. immigration policy, the experiences of different types of U.S. immigrants, and cross …
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This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by … providing descriptive evidence on long-term immigration trends and current characteristics of the immigrant populations in … the second part of the chapter, we provide a survey of the large and growing literature on the recent European immigration …
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