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A sustainable immigration policy for the EU

Ritzen, Jo; Kahanec, Martin - 2017

A sustainable EU Immigration Policy aims to contribute to a vibrant European society through more effectively and selectively managed immigration from outside the EU, more attention to integration of immigrants, more rooting out of discrimination, more asylum centres close to areas of conflict,...

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Can conditional transfers eradicate child marriage?

Amin, Sajeda; Asadullah, Niaz; Hossain, Sara; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2016

Conditional cash transfers are increasingly being used by policymakers as a strategy to postpone the marriage of adolescent girls in developing countries. While this approach has met with success in the case of education and health programmes, it is unlikely, on its own, to address deeper issues...

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The Mobility Challenge for Growth and Integration in Europe

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

Open and flexible labor markets foster growth, development and integration in Europe. The single European labor market is still a vision, however, whereas the core challenge is a lack of sufficient mobility. The presentation discusses the value of labor mobility for economic prosperity and its...

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"Tongue tide": The economics of language offers important lessons for how Europe can best integrate migrants

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2016

This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who, on arrival, do not know their host country's language. It reviews problems of economic integration into the labor market, the consequences of the formation of immigrant...

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An auctions approach to immigration policy

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - 2020

Immigration reform is once again on Washington's policy agenda. Serious attention is being given to policies that would place more emphasis on merit than on family ties, which are favored by much of the current US immigration system. One way to determine merit is a point-based system. This paper...

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Gender diversity in firms

Azmat, Ghazala; Boring, Anne - 2020

leadership positions in the workplace. We review and empirically evaluate the "business case" for gender equality, showing some … been slow. We study the importance of supply-side constraints, as well as the main diversity policies (gender quotas …

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Wealth accumulation and retirement preparedness in cross-national perspective: A gendered analysis of outcomes among single adults

Gornick, Janet C.; Sierminska, Eva - 2021

positive effect of work experience on wealth, with that effect, in general, increasing over time. The effect of work experience … for single women is greater than for single men, suggesting that, among men, other, stronger forces are at work in … accumulation. Many scholars, gender equality advocates, and policymakers have argued for raising women's employment rates - for a …

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Labor market integration of new immigrants in Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Nollenberger, Natalia - 2014

which they are able to find employment, and their progress out of unskilled work into middle-skilled jobs. Using Spanish … trouble finding work immediately, but those who arrived after 2008 struggled to find work as Spanish unemployment rates … immigrants who arrived in Spain between 2000 and 2007 were able to find work and eventually move out of the low-skilled positions …

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A Policy Agenda for Diversity and Minority Integration

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010

ethnic majorities can work. But they need to involve all stakeholders, including all levels of government, public and private …

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Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Countries: Country Study on Germany

Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

Despite the ongoing dialogue on facilitating mobility between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, very little is known about the magnitude and characteristics of migrants from these countries. This study aims to fill this gap by studying the size and assimilation...

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