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Labour market entry of non-labour migrants-Swedish evidence
Åslund, Olof; Forslund, Anders; Liljeberg, Linus - 2017
We describe the short- and long-term patterns of labour market entry and integration among Non-Western, predominantly non-labour, immigrants to Sweden. Our main sample considers the 1990-2014 period. The patterns of time to first contact and labour market entry vary with business cycle...
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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...
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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...
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Knowledge is power: A theory of information, income, and welfare spending
Lind, Jo Thori; Rohner, Dominic - 2011
No voters cast their votes based on perfect information, but better educated and richer voters are on average better informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of poor voters, and cause parties to choose political...
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? The Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
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Institutions and labor market outcomes in the Netherlands
Gautier, Pieter A.; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2009
In this paper we provide a description of the labor market in the Netherlands. Compared to other OECD countries labor force participation is high and the unemployment rate is low (also for young workers). Among the unemployed there are, however, relatively many long-term unemployed workers....
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How do income-support systems in the UK affect labour force participation?
Brewer, Mike - 2009
This paper reviews how income-support systems affect labour force participation in the UK. The UK's approach to social insurance is basic security, with modest, typically flat-rate, benefits; insurance-based benefits are relatively unimportant. Compared with the EU, the UK has high employment...
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What jobs should a public job guarantee provide? Lessons from Hyman P. Minsky
Haim, Daniel - 2021
The job guarantee is a viable policy option for tackling both unemployment and underemployment. Hyman P. Minsky was one of the seminal writers on this subject. The first part of this working paper provides a survey of Minsky's writings to identify what kind of jobs he had in mind when...
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Why are immigrants' incarceration rates so low?: Evidence on selective immigration, deterrence, and deportation
Butcher, Kristin F.; Piehl, Anne Morrison - 2006
disproportionately incarcerated. The perception that immigration adversely affects crime rates led to legislation in the 1990s that …
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Task specialization, immigration, and wages
Peri, Giovanni; Sparber, Chad - 2008
educated foreign and native-born workers specialize in performing different tasks, immigration will cause natives to reallocate … tasks. Immigration induces natives to specialize accordingly. Simulations show that this increased specialization might … explain why economic analyses commonly find only modest wage and employment consequences of immigration for less educated …
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