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Population ageing increases fiscal pressure by increasing the aged to working-age ratio, which simultaneously reduces the growth in government revenue and increases government social outlays. This study evaluates proposed tax and economic growth policies to meet the population ageing induced...
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This article analyses the immigrant-native wage differentials in Spain, which only recently has become a host country. The paper exploits the Earnings Structure Survey 2006, which is the first nationally representative sample of both foreigner and Spaniard employees. Using the Machado-Mata...
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Any general statement as to whether the secular trend of a society is eugenic or dysgenic depends upon a reliable calibration of the measurement of general intelligence. Richard Lynn set the mean IQ of the United Kingdom at 100 with a standard deviation of 15, and he calculated the mean IQs of...
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The aim of this paper is to explore the impact of immigration on the Spanish Welfare State nowadays. Using two …
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. Unlike conventional approaches, the present study uses macro data to examine the response of wages to immigration flows. We … use instrumental variable (IV) techniques to deal with the potential endogeneity of immigration. Results from alternative …
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The paper uses a regional Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to analyse the effects of immigration on three … investigated. The results indicate significant differences in the extent to which regional economies are affected by immigration …
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indigenous workers. Also, there is evidence that: (i) medium skilled unemployment declines with immigration and (ii) labor force … participation rises due to immigration …
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Celem projektu jest dostarczenie rzetelnej i praktycznej wiedzy z zakresu postaw mieszkańców Białegostoku w zakresie tolerancji. Podjęta diagnoza umożliwia kształtowanie polityki społecznej miasta w zakresie przeciwdziałania nietolerancji, jak również umożliwienie administracji...
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This paper studies the effects of immigration on the wages of Argentinean native workers over the period 1993-2012. I …. Immigration from these six countries accounts for 95% of the total immigration from Latin American countries. The empirical … of heterogeneous impact by country of origin. Overall, findings show a significant negative impact of immigration on …
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Using data from the European Social Survey 2002-2011 covering immigrants in 26 European countries, this paper analyzes the impact of source- and host-country characteristics on female immigrant labor supply. We find that immigrant women’s labor supply in their host country is positively...
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