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Social harmony at the boundaries of the welfare state : immigrants and social transfers

Epstein, Gil S.; Hillman, Arye L. - 2000

The social contract of the welfare state can be strained by the arrival of immigrants who receive welfare payments financed by citizens' taxes. We show, however, that the presence of unemployed immigrants receiving welfare payments is consistent with social harmony. The social harmony, which is...

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Social Harmony at the Boundaries of the Welfare State : Immigrants and Social Transfers

Epstein, Gil S.; Hillman, Arye L. - 2021

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Who is in favor of immigration

Epstein, Gil S.; Katav-Herz, Shirit - 2019

Population ageing affects most countries, especially developed ones. The elderly have increased in number as a result of increased longevity and a parallel decline in fertility. This phenomenon is placing an increasing burden on the young to finance intergenerational transfers to the old, which...

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Who is in favor of immigration

Epstein, Gil S.; Katav-Herz, Shirit - 2019

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Who is in favor of immigration

Epstein, Gil S.; Katav-Herz, Shirit - 2019

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The formation of immigrant networks in the short and the long run

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-16

In this paper, we present a formal framework of possible network formations among immigrants. After arriving in the new country, one of the new immigrant’s important decisions is with whom to maintain a link in the foreign country. We find that the behavior of the first two immigrants affects...

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Frontier issues of the political economy of migration

Epstein, Gil S. - 2012

Migration has a strong economic impact on the sending and host countries. Since individuals and groups do not benefit … equally from migration, interest groups emerge to protect and take care of their narrow self-interests and compete for rents … generated by migration. Narrow self-interests may be present not only for interest groups but also for ruling politicians and …

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Job status, international migration and educational choice

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2020

We consider how the possibility of international migration affects an individual’s educational choices in their home … order to increase their chances of obtaining a job in the host country after migration. Thus, all home country students may …

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Age at immigration and high school dropouts

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Epstein, Gil S. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-20

We focus on high school dropout rates among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the dropout rate and age at arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of 1996 - 2011 we show that the share of high...

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Age at immigration and high school dropouts

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Epstein, Gil S. - 2014

We focus on high school dropout rate among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the dropout rate and age of arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school...

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