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Immigrant Crime and Legal Status : Evidence from Repeated Amnesty Programs
Fasani, Francesco - 2016
Do general amnesty programs lead to reductions in the crime rate among immigrants? We answer this question by …, regions in which a higher share of immigrants obtained legal status experienced a greater decline in non-EU immigrant crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982116
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Understanding the Effects of Legalizing Undocumented Immigrants
Monras, Joan - 2017
This paper investigates the consequences of the legalization of around 600,000 immigrants by the unexpectedly elected Spanish government of Zapatero following the terrorist attacks of March 2004 (Garcia-Montalvo (2011)). Using detailed data from payroll-tax revenues, we estimate that each newly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958055
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Empowering Migrants : Impacts of a Migrant's Amnesty on Crime Reports
Ibanez, Ana; Rozo, Sandra; Bahar, Dany - 2021
How can the regularization of approximately half a million migrant's impact crime reports in hosting areas? To identify … the effects of this large amnesty, we match confidential administrative data on the location of undocumented migrants with … department-monthly data from crime reports and compare crime outcomes in departments that were granted different average time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314930
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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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The Evils of Forced Migration : Do Integration Policies Alleviate Migrants' Economic Situations?
Falck, Oliver - 2011
Armed conflicts, natural disasters and infrastructure projects continue to force millions into migration. This is especially true for developing countries. After World War II, about 8 million ethnic Germans experienced a similar situation when forced to leave their homelands and settle within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122685
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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 between EU and non-EU immigrants) a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures of immigrants and their labor market integration in the different European countries, their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112784
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Immigration to the Land of Redistribution
Boeri, Tito - 2009
Negative perceptions about migrants in Europe, the Continent with the largest social policy programmes, are driven by … welfare access by migrants or further tighten migration policies. Are there politically feasible alternatives to these two … perceptions about migrants in Europe. Based on a simple model of the perceived fiscal effects of migration and on a largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158085
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Ethnic Spatial Dispersion and Immigrant Identity
Constant, Amelie F. - 2014
Ethnic groups tend to agglomerate and assemble, mostly in urban areas. While ethnic clustering is critically debated in societies and the consequences for economic outcomes are under debate in research, the process is not yet well understood. A separate literature has also examined the cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061052
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Political Economy of Immigration in Germany : Attitudes and Citizenship Aspirations
Kahanec, Martin; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2021
This paper examines resident foreigners' interest in German citizenship. The study focuses on the roles played by attitudes towards foreigners, political interest of foreigners, intergenerational conflict between natives and foreigners and among foreigners themselves, and regional differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316732
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Immigration Policy, Assimilation of Immigrants and Natives' Sentiments Towards Immigrants : Evidence from 12 Oecd-Countries
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Bauer, Thomas K.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2021
and the determinants of these sentiments is presented. Natives in countries that receive predominantly refugee migrants … are relatively more concerned with immigrations impact on social issues such as crime than on the employment effects …. Natives in countries with mostly economic migrants are relatively more concerned about loosing jobs to immigrants. However …
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