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Migration from Africa, the Middle East and European neighbouring countries to the EU : an augmented gravity modelling approach
Mara, Isilda; Landesmann, Michael - 2021
The South-North migration corridor, i.e. migration flows to the EU from Africa, the Middle East and EU neighbouring … countries in the East, have overtaken the East-West migration corridor, i.e. migration flows from Central and East European … countries to the EU15 and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). This is likely to dominate migration flows into the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544891
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Immigrant crime and legal status : evidence from repeated amnesty programs
Fasani, Francesco - 2018
Do general amnesty programs lead to reductions in the crime rate among immigrants? We answer this question by exploiting cross-sectional and time variation in the number of immigrants legalized generated by the enactment of repeated amnesty programs between 1990 and 2005 in Italy. We address the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904536
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Immigration and careers of European workers : effects and the role of policies
Cattaneo, Cristina; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Peri, Giovanni - 2014
In this paper we analyze the response of career, employment and wage of native Europeans to immigration. We then ask how individual country's policies affect these responses. We use data on 11 EU countries, over the period 1995-2001. We also use the 1991 distribution of immigrants by nationality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010373828
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Managing migration through quotas : an option-theory perspective
Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2008
Recent European Legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … framework . To do this, we have used a real option approach to migration choice that assumes that the decision to migrate can be … of counterbalancing immigration policies is not odd but it could be in line with an optimal policy to control migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008772378
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Understanding the role of immigrants' legal status : evidence from policy experiments
Fasani, Francesco - 2014
Programs aimed at reducing the presence of unauthorised immigrants are often at the core of the migration policy debate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472833
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Best and brightest? : the impact of student visa restrictiveness on who attends college in the US
Chen, Mingyu; Howell, Jessica; Smith, Jonathan - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012214466
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Wages, Amenities and Negative Attitudes
Waisman, Gisela; Larsen, Birthe - 2012
We exploit the regional variation in negative attitudes towards immigrants to Sweden in order to analyse the consequences of the attitudes on immigrants welfare. We find that attitudes towards immigrants are of importance: they both affect their labour market outcomes and their quality of life....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142373
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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill
Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - 2012
We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during the experience of unemployment. Within a search and matching model, we show that all natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142374
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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill. Extended version
Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - 2015
We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during an unemployment experience. Within a search and matching framework, we show that both natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142379
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Should I Stay or Must I Go? Temporary Protection and Refugee Outcomes
Kilström, Matilda; Larsen, Birthe; Olme, Elisabet - 2018
We study a Danish reform in 2002 that lowered the ex ante probability of refugees receiving permanent residency by prolonging the time period before they were eligible to apply for permanent residency. Assignment to the new rules was completely determined by the date of the asylum application...
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