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Financial Development in 205 Economies, 1960 to 2010
Čihák, Martin - 2013
This paper describes our construction of the Global Financial Development Database and uses the data to compare financial systems around the world. The database provides information on financial systems in 205 economies over the period from 1960 to 2010 and includes measures of (1) size of...
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Are Bilateral Remittances Countercyclical?
Frankel, Jeffrey A. - 2009
By putting together a relatively large data set on bilateral remittances of emigrants, this paper is able to shed light … on the important hypothesis of smoothing. The smoothing hypothesis is that remittances are countercyclical with respect … affirmation of smoothing is important for two reasons. First, it suggests that remittances should be placed on the list of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463230
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Savings in Transnational Households : A Field Experiment among Migrants from El Salvador
Ashraf, Nava - 2014
-country savings does not affect remittances sent home by migrants …We implemented a randomized field experiment that tested ways to stimulate savings by international migrants in their … origin country. We find that migrants value and take advantage of opportunities to exert greater control over financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458640
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The Political Effects of Immigration : Culture or Economics?
Alesina, Alberto; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss the effects of immigration on a wide range of political and social outcomes. The existing evidence suggests that immigrants often, but not always, trigger backlash, increasing support for anti-immigrant...
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Do Immigrants Delay Retirement and Social Security Claiming?
Lopez, Mary J. - 2019
As the share of older immigrants residing in the U.S. begins to rise, it is important to understand how immigrants' retirement behavior and security compare to that of natives. This question has implications for the impact of immigration on government finances and for the retirement security of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479474
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Deterring Illegal Entry : Migrant Sanctions and Recidivism in Border Apprehensions
Bazzi, Samuel - 2018
Over 2008 to 2012, the U.S. Border Patrol enacted new sanctions on migrants apprehended attempting to enter the U …
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Immigration Policy Levers for US Innovation and Startups
Kerr, Sari Pekkala - 2020
migrants move to America for employment-based purposes. We discuss points of strain in the current system and potential policy …
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Opening the Door : Migration and Self-Selection in a Restrictive Legal Immigration Regime
Cascio, Elizabeth U. - 2020
We examine how the large, one-time legalization authorized by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) has affected the scale and character of immigration to the U.S. since the late 1980s. Exploiting cross-country variation in the magnitude of the legalization shock, we find that each IRCA...
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What Determines Immigration's Impact? Comparing Two Global Centuries
Hatton, Timothy J. - 2006
Can history shed light on the modern debate about immigration's labor market impact in high wage economies? This paper examines the relationship between migration and capital flows in the age of mass migration before 1914, the so-called first global century. It then assesses the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466251
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Where Do U.S. Immigrants Come From, and Why?
Clark, Ximena - 2002
The United States has experienced rising immigration levels and changing source since the 1950s. The changes in source have been attributed to the 1965 Amendments to the Immigration Act that abolished country-quotas and replaced them with a system that emphasized family reunification. Some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469716