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Interrelationships between human capital, migration and labour markets in the Western Balkans : an econometric investigation
Mara, Isilda; Landesmann, Michael - 2021
The high outward mobility that has characterised the countries in the Western Balkan (WB) region over the past three decades is often seen as tightly linked to severe labour market imbalances and persistently low utilisation of human capital over time. To shed light on these issues, we estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485454
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Employment gaps between refugees, migrants and natives : evidence from Austrian Register based labour market data
Jestl, Stefan; Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sebastian; … - 2019
This paper analyses labour market integration in Austria of non-European refugees originating from middle and low … unconditional gap between refugees and natives declines to 30 percentage points, similar to the one of non-humanitarian migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153921
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544891
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Being on the frontline? : immigrant workers in Europe and the COVID-19 pandemic
Fasani, Francesco; Mazza, Jacopo - 2020
We provide a first timely assessment of the pandemic crisis impact on the labour market prospects of immigrant workers in Europe by proposing a novel measure of their exposure to employment risk. We characterize migrants' occupations along four dimensions related to the role of workers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388682
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Labour market integration programmes for refugees in Austria : do they really work and for whom?
Mara, Isilda - 2023
In this study, we evaluate the effectiveness of the participation of refugees in integration programmes intended to … programme that were introduced in Austria around the time of the 2015 crisis, when refugees poured from the Middle East into the … EU. The study is based on the fourth and fifth waves of a survey (FIMAS) of refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014427545
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Cyclical dimensions of labour mobility after EU enlargement
Ahearnea, Alan; Brücker, Herbert; Darvasa, Zsolt; … - 2009
This paper explores the influence of the economic cycle on labour mobility within the EU, focusing on the likely impact of the present economic crisis. To do so, we use an econometrically calibrated simulation and a case study of Ireland. We find that, in the short run, the crisis is likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874247
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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, the trend of recent legislation points to the increasing closure of frontiers (OECD 1999, 2001,2004), also by using immigration quotas. On the other hand, there is an increase of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008772378
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Skills-oriented migration in the Western Balkans : linking workers' migration aspirations to skill shortages in destination and origin countries
Beckers, Pascal; Ghodsi, Mahdi; Ivanović, Ksenija; … - 2024
This paper examines the impact of labour shortages on migration aspirations and destination preferences among individuals from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Using a two-stage Heckman selection model, we analyse data from the OeNB Euro Survey and the World Bank's STEP Measurement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015076370
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The labour market entry and integration of refugees and other migrants in Austria
Jestl, Stefan; Tverdostup, Maryna - 2023
This paper analyses the labour market entry of refugees and other (non-humanitarian) migrants originating from middle … and explore job stability in Austria. Even though refugees took longer to find a job, individual and household …, similar to other migrants. Refugees and other migrants also found similar job types as their entry jobs, which tended to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014422403
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Immigration, offshoring and American jobs
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - 2010
How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008747717