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Immigration amnesty and immigrant's earnings

Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2006

We review the role immigration amnesties have played in US immigration policy, placing them in the context of similar …. We model an immigration amnesty in which the destination country has a formal sector employing only legal immigrants, an …

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Employment, mobility, and active labor market programs

Fredriksson, Peter; Johansson, Per - 2003

Using a unique micro panel data set we investigate whether active labor market programs improve employment prospects and increase mobility in the longer run. We consider two prototype programs: job creation programs and training programs. We find that both programs reduce the chances of finding...

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The wage impact of undocumented workers

Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Quispe-Agnoli, Myriam; Rios-Avila, … - 2012

Using administrative, individual-level, longitudinal data from the state of Georgia, this paper finds that a documented worker employed by a firm that hires undocumented workers can expect to earn 0.15 percent less than if employed by a firm that does not hire undocumented workers. However, in...

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Immigration and Majority Voting on Income Redistriubtion - Is there a Case for Opposition from Natives?

Mayr, Karin - 2003

This paper examines the effect of immigration on the level of income redistribution via majority voting on the income …

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The fiscal impact of immigrants in Austria - A generational accounting analysis

Mayr, Karin - 2004

1998 as well as the inter-temporal fiscal impact of immigration to Austria. Immigrants affect inter-temporal fiscal balance …. The overall fiscal effect of immigration is found positive, under the assumption that the age and fiscal characteristics … payments during working age. However, immigration is not likely to achieve inter-temporal fiscal balance, even if immigration …

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Assortative Mating and Divorce: Evidence from Austrian Register Data

Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2009

, without the rise in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the …

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Political bias in court? Lay judges and asylum appeals

Martén, Linna - 2015

Several countries practice a system where laymen, who lack legal education, participate in the judicial decision making. Yet, little is known about their potential influence on the court rulings. In Sweden lay judges (namndeman) are affiliated with the political parties and appointed in...

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Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants - Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000

Recent immigrants tend to locate in ethnic enclaves within metropolitan areas. The economic consequence of living in such enclaves is still an unresolved issue. We use an immigrant policy initiative in Sweden, when government authorities distributed refugee immigrants across locales in a way...

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Settlement Policies and the Economic Success of Immigrants

Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000

of new immigrants away from immigrant dense metropolitan areas. We evaluate a reform of Swedish immigration policy that …

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Optimal budget deficits and immigration

Mayr, Karin - 2006

The paper shows that immigration can create an incentive for deficit-spending among natives. If immigrants use up some …

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