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Spain: From massive immigration to vast emigration?

Izquierdo, Mario; Jimeno, Juan F.; Lacuesta, Aitor - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 10, pp. 1-20

total population. The rapid increase in unemployment associated with the Great Recession and the subsequent European debt … outflows. In this paper, we take on three tasks. First, we show that sensitivity of migration flows to unemployment is similar … emigration rates growing, thus counterbalancing the effects of outflows due to the recent fall in the unemployment rate. …

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First fired, first hired? Business cycles and immigrant labor market transitions

Xu, Huanan - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 19, pp. 1-36

monthly transitions among employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. Immigrants are found to be first fired and first … hired over the business cycle, and the aggregate unemployment gap is caused by immigrants' higher rates in the unemployment …

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International migration desires related to subjective well-being

Cai, Ruohong; Esipova, Neli; Oppenheimer, Michael; … - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014), pp. 1-20

Previous research on the determinants of international migration has largely focused on objective factors, such as income. We instead use subjective well-being (SWB) to explain international migration desires, an expressed willingness to migrate. We find that individuals with higher SWB have...

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The effects of international migration on the well-being of native populations in Europe

Betz, William; Simpson, Nicole B. - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-21

Very little is understood about how immigrants affect the happiness, or subjective well-being of natives. We use the European Social Survey to analyze the effects of aggregate immigration flows on the subjective well-being of native-born populations in a panel of 26 countries between 2002 and...

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Considering the benefits of hosting refugees: Evidence of refugee camps influencing local labour market activity and economic welfare in Rwanda

Loschmann, Craig; Bilgili, Özge; Siegel, Melissa - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 9 (2019) 5, pp. 1-23

This paper examines the influence of Congolese refugees on host communities in Rwanda, with a focus on labour market activity and economic welfare. The analysis takes advantage of newly collected survey data from three refugee camps and their surrounding areas to compare individuals and...

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Migration, cultural identity and diasporas: An identity economics approach

Prinz, Aloys; Siegel, Melissa - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 10 (2019) 1, pp. 1-20

Besides effects on economic well-being, migration of people with distant cultural backgrounds may also have large effects on people's cultural identity. In this paper, the identity economics of Akerlof and Kranton (2000) is applied to migration. Accordingly, it is assumed that the utility of...

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Russian migrants to Russia: Assimilation and local labor market effects

Lazareva, Olga - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-25

As a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, five million Russian and Russian-speaking people repatriated to Russia during 1990 - 2002. I use this natural experiment to study labor market assimilation of migrants and their effect on the employment and wages of the local population. I show...

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Skilled migration and the transfer of institutional norms

Beine, Michel; Sekkat, Khalid - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-19

We examine two impacts of international emigration on the evolution of the institutions in the origin countries. The first impact concerns the influence of emigration per se (i.e. people who left the country can voice more or less from abroad). The second impact relates to the transfer of the...

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The effects of active labour market policies for immigrants receiving social assistance in Denmark

Heinesen, Eskil; Husted, Leif; Rosholm, Michael - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-22

other programmes. Effects are larger if programmes begin after six months of unemployment. Implications of our estimates are …

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Comparing retrospective and panel data collection methods to assess labor market dynamics

Assaad, Ragui; Krafft, Caroline; Yassin, Shaimaa; … - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 17, pp. 1-34

whether retrospective data can provide accurate trends of labor market aggregates, such as unemployment rates. We find that it …

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