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Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2019
We examine the relationship between immigration and attitudes toward redistribution using a newly assembled data set of …
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Poverty Risk Among Older Immigrants in a Scandinavian Welfare State
Jakobsen, Vibeke - 2016
, occupational status at age 55 and duration of residence. We find major differences between migrant groups and between migrants and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990866
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Immigration, Search, and Redistribution : A Quantitative Assessment of Native Welfare
Battisti, Michele - 2014
We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of … redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045032
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Immigrant Responses to Social Insurance Generosity
Bratsberg, Bernt - 2018
Immigrants from low‐income source countries tend to be underrepresented in employment and overrepresented in social insurance programs. Based on administrative data from Norway, we examine how these gaps reflect systematic differences in the impacts of social insurance benefits on work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920436
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Immigrant Welfare Receipt Across Europe
Barrett, Alan - 2011
The issue of welfare receipt by immigrants is highly controversial across Europe. In this paper, we assess whether immigrants are more likely to receive welfare payments relative to natives across a range of European countries. Using the European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129906
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Labour Market Outcomes and Skill Acquisition in the Host Country : North African Migrants Returning Home from the European Union
Mahuteau, Stephane - 2011
This paper studies the educational investment decisions of returning migrants while abroad in the context of their … skills acquired by migrants while abroad is related to the activity chosen upon return and the duration of migration. The … developed and developing countries, the economic development of the latter will increasingly depend on migrants' ability to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131162
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Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants in Europe
Aleksynska, Mariya - 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/10013137799
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Does Culture Affect Divorce Decisions? Evidence from European Immigrants in the US
Furtado, Delia - 2011
This paper explores the role of culture in determining divorce decisions by examining country of origin differences in divorce rates of immigrants in the United States. Because childhood-arriving immigrants are all exposed to a common set of US laws and institutions, we interpret relationships...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120410
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Immigration : The European Experience
Dustmann, Christian - 2012
This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112784
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Effect of Immigration on Depression Among Older Natives in Western Europe
Escarce, Jose - 2019
To our knowledge, no study has examined the effect of immigration on the health of older natives. We use the Study of … Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration affects depression among natives 65 …-80 years old. Immigration may increase the supply and lower the price of personal and household services, a term that refers to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857705