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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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demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …
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Addressing unauthorized immigration is controversial. Countries have adopted a variety of legalization programs …
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being considered a primary cause. However, economic theory is not conclusive about whether deterioration in youth employment …
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Many countries have enacted legislation over the past few decades making divorce easier. Some countries have legalized divorce where it had previously been banned, and many have eased the conditions required for a divorce, such as allowing unilateral divorce (both spouses do not have to agree on...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011960237
This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...
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Many immigrant destination countries face considerable pressure to change their immigration policies. One of the most … be more efficient than current ways of allocating visas, could boost the economic contribution of immigration to the …
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Do migration policies affect whether immigrants contribute more to public finances than they receive as transfer payments? Yes. But simply accumulating the annual fiscal transfers to and fiscal contributions by migrants is not sufficient to identify the policy impact and the potential need for...
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where they can be more productive. Yet immigration laws severely constrain such movement. …
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