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Legalizing undocumented immigrants : while legalization benefits most undocumented immigrants, deciding how to regularize them is challenging
Bansak, Cynthia - 2016
Addressing unauthorized immigration is controversial. Countries have adopted a variety of legalization programs …
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Should countries auction immigrant visas? : selling the right to immigrate to the highest bidders would allocate visas efficiently but might raise ethical concerns
Zavodny, Madeline - 2015
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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What determines the net fiscal effects of migration? : proactive policies result in a better labor market integration
Hinte, Holger - 2014
payments? Yes. But simply accumulating the annual fiscal transfers to and fiscal contributions by migrants is not sufficient to …
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Why do STEM immigrants do better in one country than another?
Picot, Garnett; Hou, Feng - 2019
the innovation activity of highly educated immigrants, which highlights the likely role of immigration policy in …
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Should countries auction immigrant visas? : selling the right to immigrate to the highest bidders would allocate visas efficiently but might raise ethical concerns
Zavodny, Madeline - 2023
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014289813
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Naturalization and citizenship : who benefits? : liberalizing access to citizenship has labor market benefits for immigrants and can improve their assimilation
Gathmann, Christina - 2015
Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that many immigrants fail to integrate economically. Research shows that the option to naturalize has considerable economic benefits for eligible immigrants, even in countries with a tradition of restrictive policies. First-generation...
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Do minimum wages induce immigration? : the minimum wage affects international migration flows and the internal relocation of immigrants
Giulietti, Corrado - 2015
An increase in the minimum wage in immigrant destination countries raises the earnings that low-skilled migrants could … immigration, contrasting evidence shows that immigrants are less likely to move into areas with higher or more frequent increases …
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Can immigrants ever earn as much as native workers? : immigrants initially earn less than natives; the wage gap falls over time, but for many immigrant groups it never closes
Anderson, Kathryn H. - 2015
Immigrants contribute to the economic development of the host country, but they earn less at entry and it takes many years for them to achieve parity of income. For some immigrant groups, the wage gap never closes. There is a wide variation across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of...
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Intermarriage and the economic success of immigrants : who is the driving factor - the native spouses or the immigrants themselves?
Nottmeyer, Olga - 2015
Marriages between immigrants and natives (intermarriages) are often associated with economic success and interpreted as an indicator of social integration. Intermarried immigrant men are on average better educated and work in better paid jobs than nonintermarried immigrant men. In this context,...
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Crime and immigration : do poor labor market opportunities lead to migrant crime?
Bell, Brian - 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, but …
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