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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013
across-the-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence on an impact on employment or wages. At least …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321124
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The why, when and how of immigration amnesties
Epstein, Gil S.; Weiss, Avi - 2009
This paper presents some of the many issues involved in the granting of an amnesty to illegal immigrants. Complementing studies by Chau (2001, 2003), Karlson and Katz (2003) and Gang and Yun (2006), we consider government behavior with respect to allocations on limiting infiltration (border...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335977
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Who is in favor of immigration
Epstein, Gil S.; Katav-Herz, Shirit - 2019
the long-run viability of society as a whole. One possible solution is to permit more immigration, which will both … increase the labor force and broaden the tax base. Increasing immigration has a variety of effects on the local population … attractiveness of immigration as a solution to population ageing. This paper examines immigration as a solution to the problem of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057430
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A Theory of Immigration Amnesties
Epstein, Gil S.; Weiss, Avi - 2001
This paper presents a first attempt at understanding some of the many issues involved in the granting of an amnesty to illegal immigrants. We consider government behavior with respect to allocations on limiting infiltration (border control) and apprehending infiltrators (internal control) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204703
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Herd effects or migration networks? The location choice of Mexican immigrants in the US
Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
This paper addresses the question: Why and where do immigrants cluster? We examine the relative importance and interaction of two alternative explanations of immigrant clustering: (1) network externalities and (2) herd behavior. We advance the theory by presenting a framework encompassing both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318336
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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2012
We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009-2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321114
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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013
across-the-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence on an impact on employment or wages. At least …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321372
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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013
We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009 - 2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321384
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Privilege-seeking activities in organizational politics and its effect on more productive employees
Epstein, Gil S.; Herniter, Bruce C. - 2011
The ability to accurately evaluate an employee would seem to be a key activity in managing Information Technology (IT). Yet, workers may engage in dishonest and misleading behavior, which distort the evaluation, a variation of organizational politics. Why would they do so? One hypothesis is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335981
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Migrants, ethnicity and the welfare state
Epstein, Gil S. - 2012
newcomers. This social phenomenon and affects wages and unemployment. We show that the growth in the unemployment and social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335980