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Gravity models have long been popular for analyzing economic phenomena related to the movement of goods and services, capital, or even people; however, data limitations regarding migration flows have hindered their use in this context. With access to improved bilateral (country to country) data,...
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-ranging benefits, including improved population estimations and providing a clearer picture of why certain migrants choose certain …
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Addressing unauthorized immigration is controversial. Countries have adopted a variety of legalization programs …
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income level, but subsequently “catch up” to the level of family unification migrants. However, both refugees and family … migrants do not “catch up” to the economic integration levels of labor migrants. A faster integration process would …
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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, but …
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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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. 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 if their work involves communicating with foreigners. Economic studies …
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Countries have adopted a variety of legalization programs to address unauthorized immigration. Research in the US finds …
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income level, but subsequently “catch up” to the level of family unification migrants. However, both refugees and family … migrants do not “catch up” to the economic integration levels of labor migrants. A faster integration process would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510499
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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