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Immigrant Settlement Policies and Subsequent Migration
Åslund, Olof - 2000
Many countries consider the residential concentration among immigrants a problem. This paper studies the factors influencing individual location decisions and evaluates a Swedish attempt to change the residential distribution of refugee immigrants in the late 1980's. Despite common perceptions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321815
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039336
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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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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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Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985-2016
Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas - 2021
This paper analyzes earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Sweden over 1985- 2016. The deep recession in the early 1990s marks a historic turning point with a massive increase in earnings inequality and earnings volatility, and the impact of the recession and the recovery from it lasted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013394329
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Now and forever? Initial and subsequent location choices of immigrants
Åslund, Olof - 2001
This paper exploits a natural experiment to study the influence of regional factors on initial and subsequent location choices among immigrants. The results suggest that immigrants to Sweden are attracted to regions with high representation from the individual's birth country and large overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321012
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Do when and where matter? Initial labor market conditions and immigrant earnings
Åslund, Olof; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2003
This paper investigates the long-term effects on immigrant earnings and employment from labor market conditions encountered upon arrival. We find substantial effects both of the state of the national labor market and of local unemployment rates. Comparing refugees entering Sweden in a severe and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321022
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Economic strain, ethnic concentration and attitudes towards foreigners in the European Union
Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2001
This paper provides a statistical analysis of the determinants of attitudes towards foreigners displayed by Europeans sampled in Eurobarometer surveys in 1988 and 1997. Europeans who compete with immigrants in the labor market have more negative attitudes towards foreigners. In addition, an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318371
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Emigration of Immigrants and Measures of Immigrant Assimilation: Evidence from Sweden.
Edin, Per-Anders; LaLonde, Robert J.; Åslund, Olof - 2000
Most previously used measures of immigrant labor market assimilation will be biased if there is non-random emigration … of immigrants. We use longitudinal data on immigration to Sweden 1970-1990 to examine the extent and pattern of immigrant … emigration and its consequences for measures of assimilation. Large fractions of the immigrants leave the host country shortly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321782