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The Effects of 9/11 on Attitudes Toward Immigration and the Moderating Role of Education

Schüller, Simone - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

immediate shift of around 40 percent of one within standard deviation to more negative attitudes toward immigration and …

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Immigration, Naturalization, and the Future of Public Education

Tanaka, Ryuichi; Farré, Lídia; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political … key moments of Spain's economy and education system in year 2008, the end of a large episode of immigration. By means of … simulations we evaluate the effects of immigration on the size and quality of Spain's public education. Our main findings are as …

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Immigration and the Political Economy of Public Education: Recent Perspectives

Ortega, Francesc; Tanaka, Ryuichi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper reviews the recent literature on the effects of immigration on the public education of the host country … empirical studies, suggests the following conclusions. First, immigration has triggered native flight toward private schools in …-scale immigration is that it appears to undermine the political support for public education, resulting in a deterioration in the …

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Schooling and Voter Turnout: Is there an American Exception?

Chevalier, Arnaud; Doyle, Orla - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

education on crime. …

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Does Foreign Language Proficiency Foster Migration of Young Individuals within the European Union?

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainhoa; Kuehn, Zoë - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Speaking the language of the host country eases migrants' integration and tends to boost their economic success in the country of destination. However, the decision to acquire language skills may in itself be determined by the intention to migrate. In addition, conditional on being a migrant,...

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International Migration of Couples

Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the home-country earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the home-country earnings of the secondary...

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The International Transferability of Immigrants’ Human Capital Skills

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

, greater pre-immigration labor market experience is associated with poorer job matches, presumably due to the less than perfect … international transferability of their pre-immigration skills. …

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Student Flows and Migration: An Empirical Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Using panel data for 78 countries of origin we examine the impact of student flows to the United States on subsequent migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not...

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Migrant Networks, Migrant Selection, and High School Graduation in Mexico

Miranda, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper examines whether family and community migration experience affect the probability of high school graduation in Mexico once unobserved heterogeneity is accounted for. Bivariate random effects dynamic probit models for cluster data are estimated to control for the endogeneity of...

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Social Security Incentives, Human Capital Investment and Mobility of Labor

Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Migration between countries with earnings-related and flat-rate pay-as-you-go social security systems may change human capital investments in both countries. The possibility of emigration boosts investments in human capital in the country with flat-rate benefits. Correspondingly, those expecting...

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