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Macroeconomic consequences of migration diversion : a CGE simulation for Germany and the UK

Baas, Timo; Brücker, Herbert - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008

across the EU: Germany as the main destination before enlargement attracts only modest immigration flows since 2004, while … the UK and Ireland which have been only marginally affected by immigration prior to enlargement absorb about 60% of the …

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The Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in The Netherlands

Ours, Jan C. van; Veenman, Justus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

Since the mid-1960’s the Netherlands has had an immigration surplus, mainly because of manpower recruitment from Turkey … and Morocco and immigration from the former Dutch colony of Surinam. Immigrants have a weak labor market position, which …

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Immigrants and Unemployment in the European Community: From the Eyes of Natives

Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local labor markets among citizens of the European Community. It provides the results of probit equations estimating the likelihood of employment in Europe as a function of a set of...

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What are Migration Networks?

Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant’s country in the host region. Using Mexican migration data, we analyze the effects of the usual network variable and two additional origin-village-specific variables on migrants’ location choice.

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Occupational Mobility of Ethnic Migrants

Bauer, Thomas; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

analysis suggests significant differences in the probability of downward occupational mobility by gender, immigration status … market position at the time of immigration, but are also able to reach their original occupational status much faster than …

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Measuring Immigration's Effects on Labor Demand: A Reexamination of the Mariel Boatlift

Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Lewer, Joshua J.; Berg, Hendrik F. … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

It is now well known that exogenous immigration shocks tend to have benign effects on native employment outcomes … the effects of an immigration shock on labor demand by testing a general equilibrium model in which imperfectly …-augmenting effect of an immigration shock is a significant secondary adjustment process that must be considered when assessing the …

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First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada

Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Sweetman, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

the United States and Canada are compared. These countries’ immigration flows have large differences in source countries …

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A Macroeconomic Experiment in Mass Immigration

Hercowitz, Zvi; Yashiv, Eran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper studies the effects of mass immigration from the former USSR to Israel in the 1990s on the employment of the … native employment and the relative price of domestic goods - is estimated, finding negative effects of immigration on native … employment a year after arrival. The delay in the effect is attributed to a positive impact of immigration on the excess demand …

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East-West Trade and Migration: The Austro-German Case

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

suggest that immigration exhibits negative effects on native employment and wages, and has no effects on total employment …. Imports affect employment negatively and exports have a positive effect on wages. The German results indicate that immigration …

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Optimal Immigration Policy: Permanent, Guest-Worker, or Mode IV?

Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Host countries have implemented permanent and guest-worker (GW) immigration programs in recent decades, while the … source country cooperation on illegal immigration, migrants’ incentives and their preference for overstaying. The model …

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