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three main results. First, the scheme has doubled the number of highly paid foreigners in Denmark relative to slightly less … paid ineligible foreigners, which translates into a very large elasticity of migration with respect to the net-of-tax rate … on foreigners, between 1.5 and 2. Hence, preferential tax schemes for highly paid foreign workers could create severe tax …
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We analyze under which conditions intermarriage can be used as an indicator of tolerance, and whether such tolerant attitudes persisted in Germany during the last century. We find strong evidence for the persistence of tolerant attitudes towards intermarriage with Jews. At the same time, our...
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The H-1B program allows skilled foreign-born individuals to work in the United States. The annual quota on new H-1B visa issuances fell from 195,000 to 65,000 for employees of most firms in fiscal year 2004. However, this cap did not apply to new employees of colleges, universities, and...
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Countries that cannot attract foreigners to invest in their local currency bonds run the risk of currency mismatches …
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We use remarkable population-level administrative education and birth records from Florida to study the role of Long-Term Orientation on the educational attainment of immigrant students living in the US. Controlling for the quality of schools and individual characteristics, students from...
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This paper provides the first systematic analysis of the link between economic, political, and social conditions and the global phenomenon of ISIS foreign fighters. We find that poor economic conditions do not drive participation in ISIS. In contrast, the number of ISIS foreign fighters is...
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have a very different offense mix from native-born inmates, with foreigners much more likely to be serving time for drug … (6-12 percent) longer terms (conditional upon sentence length) than natives or other similar' foreigners. These longer …
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determinants of crime against foreigners we assembled a new data set on the number and nature of such crimes at the county level … is taken into account. The relative number of foreigners in a country has no relationship with the incidence of ethnic …
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This paper examines how the growth in the number of foreign students enrolled in graduate programs affects native enrollment in those programs. Although there is little evidence of a crowdout effect for the typical native student, the impact of foreign students on native educational outcomes...
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In the four decades since 1980, US colleges and universities have seen the number of students from abroad quadruple. This rise in enrollment and degree attainment affects the global supply of highly educated workers, the flow of talent to the US labor market, and the financing of US higher...
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