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their decision, individuals compare the net benefits of migration to the costs. By better understanding what forces affect … specific migrant flows (e.g. demographic characteristics, migrant networks, and economic conditions), policymakers can set …
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, individuals compare the net benefits of migration to the costs. By better understanding what forces affect specific migrant flows … (e.g. demographic characteristics, migrant networks, and economic conditions), policymakers can set policy to target (or …
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in a region where economic and social networks based on familiar cultural or language factors (“ethnic capital”) exist … provides an effective strategy for economic integration. As international migration into culturally diverse countries increases …, ethnic networks will be important considerations in managing immigration selection, language proficiency requirements, and …
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The relationship between climatic shocks, natural disasters, and migration has received increasing attention in recent … migration. An alternative view suggests that climate change may only have marginal effects on migration. Knowing whether climate … change and natural disasters lead to more migration is crucial to better understand the different channels of transmission …
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exchange: bilateral migration, trade, and knowledge diffusion flows are smaller, and individuals discriminate against …
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Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers, but 30 years of empirical research provide little supporting evidence to this claim. Most studies for industrialized countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and...
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Discrimination is a complex, multi-factor phenomenon. Evidence shows widespread discrimination on various grounds, including ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or beliefs, disability, being over 55 years old, or being a woman. Combating discrimination requires combining...
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Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers, but 30 years of empirical research provide little supporting evidence to this claim. Most studies for industrialized countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764642
Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, succeeds in selecting economically desirable immigrants and provides orderly management of population growth. But the point system cannot fix short-term skilled labor shortages...
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Return migration can have multiple benefits. It allows migrants who have accumulated savings abroad to ease credit …
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