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Less Cash, Less Crime: Evidence from the Electronic Benefit Transfer Program

Wright, Richard; Tekin, Erdal; Topalli, Volkan; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and … circulation of cash on the streets associated with EBT implementation had an effect on crime. To address this question, we exploit … had a negative and significant effect on the overall crime rate as well as burglary, assault, and larceny. According to …

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Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration

Dustmann, Christian; Preston, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

considered to be competitors for these resources. The question of how attitudes of majority populations towards immigration are … immigration from different minority groups, as well as attitudes towards related concerns, like job security and benefit … expenditures. We specify and estimate a multiple factor model. The correlation between answers to questions on immigration and on …

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Let's Be Selective about Migrant Self-Selection

Biavaschi, Costanza; Elsner, Benjamin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Migrants are typically self-selected from the population of their home country. While a large literature has identified the causes of self-selection, we turn in this paper to the consequences. Using a combination of non-parametric econometrics and calibrated simulation, we quantify the impact of...

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A Global View of Cross-Border Migration

di Giovanni, Julian; Levchenko, Andrei A.; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and destinations, using a quantitative multi-sector model of the global economy calibrated to aggregate and firm-level data on 60 developed and developing countries. Our framework accounts...

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Brain Gain: Claims about Its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated

Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Based on static partial equilibrium analysis, the "new brain drain" literature argues that, by raising the return to education, a brain drain generates a brain gain that is, under certain conditions, larger than the brain drain itself, and that such a net brain gain results in an increase in...

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Migration and Diversity: Human versus Social Capital

Manole, Vlad; Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper examines the welfare implications associated with different degrees of diversity or similarity between migrants and natives under both migration and trade. We use a general equilibrium model of migration, human capital and social capital and find that there are three equilibrium...

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Integration, Agglomeration and Welfare

Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper studies the social desirability of agglomeration and the efficiency arguments for policy intervention in a simple, analytically solvable ‘new economic geography’ model with two trade integrating regions. The location pattern emerging as market equilibrium is “bubbleshaped”,...

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Labor Mobility of Immigrants: Training, Experience, Language and Opportunities

Cohen, Sarit; Eckstein, Zvi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper analyzes the labor mobility and human capital accumulation of male immigrants who moved from the former Soviet Union to Israel. We formulate an estimable dynamic choice model for employment and training in blue and white-collar occupations, where the labor market randomly offered...

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Estimating the Return to Training and Occupational Experience: The Case of Female Immigrants

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Eckstein, Zvi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Do government provided training programs benefit the participants and the society? We address this question in the context of female immigrants who first learn the new language and then choose between working or attending government provided training. Although theoretically training may have...

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Immigrant-Native Differences in Welfare Participation: The Role of Entry and Exit Rates

Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper analyzes differences in welfare transitions between natives and immigrants in Sweden using a large representative panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1991 to 2001. The data contains administrative information on welfare use, country of birth, and time of arrival in Sweden among other...

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