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Time preference and labour migration in an OLG model with land and capital

Vidal, Jean-Pierre; Michel, Philippe; Crettez, Bertrand - In: Journal of Population Economics 9 (1996) 4, pp. 387-403

This paper constructs a two-country migration model in the lines of Galor (1986), in which the world population … implications of international labour migration are studied. JEL classifications: F22, J61 …

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The welfare economics of immigration control

Levine, Paul - In: Journal of Population Economics 12 (1999) 1, pp. 23-43

This paper develops a Harris-Todaro (HT) type model of East-West migration in which labour market imperfections prevent … laissez-faire migration equilibrium based on explicit calculations of potential migrants without immigration controls in the … West, with the socially optimal level of migration. The paper examines the issue of immigration control by developing a …

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Are migrant minorities strategically self-selected?

Rapoport, Hillel; Docquier, Frederic - In: Journal of Population Economics 11 (1998) 4, pp. 579-588

In this paper we focus on the possibility of migrants' self-selection through strategic remittances. We argue that migrants of a specific community might be pooled with migrants from other ethnic minorities on the labor market of the foreign host country and that this could reduce the occurrence...

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Immigrants and the public sector budget - accounting exercises for Sweden

Österberg, Torun; Gustafsson, Björn - In: Journal of Population Economics 14 (2001) 4, pp. 689-708

Net contributions to the public sector budget in Sweden are investigated using large samples of foreign born and native born. The accounts build on various assumptions including that expenditures on public consumption are allocated according to the age of the person. The results indicate that...

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Immigration and the public sector: Income effects for the native population in Sweden

Ekberg, Jan - In: Journal of Population Economics 12 (1999) 3, pp. 411-430

The immigrants' age structure and labour market situation are major determinants for their net contribution to the public sector. During the 50s, 60s and the 70s the immigrants' net contributions gave positive income effects for the native Swedes. Nowadays there are negative income effects due...

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Immigrant earnings: Language skills, linguistic concentrations and the business cycle

Miller, Paul W.; Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Journal of Population Economics 15 (2002) 1, pp. 31-57

This study of the determinants of earnings among adult foreign-born men using the 1990 Census of Population focuses on the effects of the respondent's own English language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and the effects of the stage of the business cycle at...

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Undocumented workers in the labor market: An analysis of the earnings of legal and illegal Mexican immigrants in the United States

Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. - In: Journal of Population Economics 12 (1999) 1, pp. 91-116

This paper studies the differences in earnings between Mexican legal and illegal immigrants in the United States. The analysis includes a cross-sectional examination of the wage differences between legal and undocumented workers as well as a longitudinal analysis examining the impact of...

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Language skills and earnings among legalized aliens

Miller, Paul W.; Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Journal of Population Economics 12 (1999) 1, pp. 63-89

This paper uses the data on males and females from the 1989 Legalized Population Survey (LPS), a sample of aliens granted amnesty under 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, to analyse English language proficiency and earnings. We use a model of English language proficiency that is based on...

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Do immigrants displace young native workers: The Austrian experience

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Zweimüller, Josef - In: Journal of Population Economics 12 (1999) 2, pp. 327-340

This paper studies the effect of increased immigration in Austria on the unemployment risk of young natives. Austria experienced a dramatic rise in the share of alien workers as a result of the breakdown of the former communist regimes (especially from former Yugoslavia). We concentrate on...

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The English language fluency and occupational success of ethnic minority immigrant men living in English metropolitan areas

Shields, Michael A.; Price, Stephen Wheatley - In: Journal of Population Economics 15 (2002) 1, pp. 137-160

This paper examines two crucial aspects of the assimilation experience of ethnic minority immigrants in the United Kingdom. It explores the determinants of their English language (speaking) fluency and the key role such skills play in their occupational success. Our sample is derived from the...

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