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Immigrants and entrepreneurship
Lofstrom, Magnus - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) September, pp. 1-10
Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry...
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Immigrants and entrepreneurship
Lofstrom, Magnus - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404907
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Immigrants and entrepreneurship
Lofstrom, Magnus; Wang, Chunbei - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry...
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Crime and immigration
Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime. Crucially …
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Legalizing undocumented immigrants
Bansak, Cynthia - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Addressing unauthorized immigration is controversial. Countries have adopted a variety of legalization programs …
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Integrating refugees into labor markets
Bevelander, Pieter - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
For the first time since the Second World War, the total number of refugees amounts to more than 50 million people. Only a minority of these refugees seek asylum, and even fewer resettle in developed countries. At the same time, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack of...
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Crime and immigration
Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime. Crucially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404858
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Migrants and educational achievement gaps
Entorf, Horst - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
As global migration flows increase, so do the number of migrant students in host country schools. Yet migrants' achievement scores lag well behind those of their native-born schoolmates. Performance gaps are explained largely by differences in migrant parents' socio-economic background, cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404974
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The value of language skills
Grenier, Gilles - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
In today’s globalized world, people are increasingly mobile and often need to communicate across different languages. Learning a new language is an investment in human capital. Migrants must learn the language of their destination country, but even non-migrants must often learn other languages...
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Migrants and educational achievement gaps
Entorf, Horst - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) April, pp. 1-10
As global migration flows increase, so do the number of migrant students in host country schools. Yet migrants' achievement scores lag well behind those of their native-born schoolmates. Performance gaps are explained largely by differences in migrant parents' socio-economic background, cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265669