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Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy : Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
An important class of active labor market policy has received little rigorous impact evaluation: immigration barriers intended to improve the terms of employment for domestic workers by deliberately shrinking the workforce. Recent advances in the theory of endogenous technical change suggest...
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Incentivizing Learning-by-Doing : The Role of Compensation Schemes
Graff Zivin, Joshua - 2019
In this paper, we examine the impact of pay-for-performance incentives on learning-by-doing. We exploit personnel data on fruit pickers paid under two distinct compensation contracts: a standard piece rate plan and a piece rate plan with an extra one-time bonus tied to output. Under the bonus...
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Seasonal Credit Constraints and Agricultural Labor Supply : Evidence from Zambia
Fink, Günther - 2014
Small-scale farming remains the primary source of income for a majority of the population in developing countries. While most farmers primarily work on their own fields, off-farm labor is common among small-scale farmers. A growing literature suggests that off-farm labor is not the result of...
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The Post-Enlargement Migration Experience in the Baltic Labor Markets
Hazans, Mihails - 2011
We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues...
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Temporary Labour Migration and Welfare at the New European Fringe : A Comparison of Five Eastern European Countries
Danzer, Alexander M. - 2009
This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160299
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Migration, Crisis and Adjustment in an Enlarged E(M)U : The Spanish Perspective
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2014
towards enlarged-EU citizens. Then we discuss the importance of inflows and stocks of enlarged-EU migrants in Spain, including …
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Elementary Facts About Immigration in Italy : What Do We Know About Immigration and its Impact?
Mariani, Rama Dasi - 2020
In the recent past, in Italy, immigration has been at the centre of academic and policy debates. Nonetheless, the still … the phenomenon. In order to guide effective policy intervention, we offer an exhaustive view of immigration in Italy. We … studies. Our conclusions tell that evidence available for Italy does not match the policy relevance of an issue that has been …
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Does Low Skilled Immigration Increase Profits? Evidence from Italian Local Labour Markets
Brunello, Giorgio - 2019
low skilled immigration in Italy may have hampered the transition to an economic structure characterized by high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870249
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Migration in Italy is Backing the Old Age Welfare
Del Boca, Daniela - 2014
Our research analyzes the effect of changes in migration policies and the accession to the European Union of former countries of emigration, considering the crucial role played by migrants in an aging society. We focus on the demand of family-care workers by using the last five years of the...
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Is Self-Employment for Migrants? Evidence from Italy
Brunetti, Marianna; Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2023
literature, we find that immigrants in Italy are less likely to be self-employed. The negative gap is confirmed when propensity …
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