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In this paper, we model an overlapping generation economy affected by an unexpected immigration shock and determine how … households would insure themselves against "immigration risks" efficiently. We use the model to study the impact of immigration … pensions that mimics efficient complete market allocation. We also show the impact of immigration shocks in a small open …
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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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This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse causation between these two dimensions of the integration process, and the role of host society culture. Whereas each dimension is usually examined separately, this study proposes a...
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The pace and incidence of improvements to oceanic travel conditions for American immigrants, during the quarter century preceeding the First World War, were significantly constrained by shipping lines’ capacity considerations. The improvements had no detectable impact on the overall volume of...
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“We risk having a generation that hasn’t held a job. Personal dignity comes from working [...] Young people are in a crisis". Pope Francis - July the 22nd, 2013. Youth unemployment is a critical issue across the European Union with 5.5 million people unemployed among the 18-24 years age...
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public social expenditure impacts unemployment is investment rate and the hypothesis that immigration can decrease a nation …
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Abstract German (English abstract is added below) Arbeitslosigkeit gilt als eines der schwerwiegendsten gesellschaftlichen Probleme unserer Zeit. Doch welche Gründe liegen, trotz der über die Jahre eingeleiteten Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit, für die anhaltende...
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The rise of the extreme poles in the European political Spectrum, corresponds currently with a clear call for help by the site of simple People, combined with the desire for a serious confrontation with the tragic impasse reproduced by the extreme Problems of the everyday live . In this case,...
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We investigate the effects of US immigration on native workers in a search and matching environment that allows for … unskilled immigration benefits the low-skilled native workers and hurts the high-skilled. On the other hand, new skilled … immigration benefits both skilled and unskilled natives. Moreover, when we simulate the effects of the actual US immigration …
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decisions. To assess the impact of immigration, I compare simulated earnings in the presence of immigration with a series of … counterfactual experiments. My findings suggest that immigration has a small negative direct effect on earnings, but a positive and … 60% of the variations in earnings caused by immigration. …
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