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We analyze the effect of China's integration into the world economy on workers in the country and show that one …-hukou", skilled, and in their prime working age. Finally, in those prefectures, working hours of "native" unskilled workers … significantly increase – while the employment rates of neither native workers nor internal migrants change. …
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We analyze a newly available dataset of migration policy decisions reported by governments to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs between 1976 and 2007. We find evidence indicating that most governments have policies aimed at either maintaining the status quo or at...
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We analyze the effect of China's integration into the world economy on workers in the country and show that one …-hukou", skilled, and in their prime working age. Finally, in those prefectures, working hours of "native" unskilled workers … significantly increase - while the employment rates of neither native workers nor internal migrants change. …
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We analyze the effect of China's integration into the world economy on workers in the country and show that one …-hukou", skilled, and in their prime working age. Finally, in those prefectures, working hours of "native" unskilled workers … significantly increase – while the employment rates of neither native workers nor internal migrants change …
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We study the migration policy set by a welfare maximizing government in a model where immigrant workers differ in their …, and foreign workers that fall below it can only enter the country illegally. We start by analyzing under which conditions …
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Immigration is one of the most hotly debated policy issues in the United States today. Despite marked divergence of opinions within political parties, several important immigration reforms were introduced in the post 1965 era. The purpose of this paper is to systematically analyze the drivers of...
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Immigration is one of the most hotly debated policy issues in the United States today. Despite marked divergence of opinions within political parties, several important immigration reforms were introduced in the post 1965 era. The purpose of this paper is to systematically analyze the drivers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873334
In 2008, approximately 12 million immigrants lived illegally in the United States, and large numbers of undocumented foreigners resided also in other advanced destination countries. Hence, attempts at controlling immigration flows seem to often fail. If governments are not enforcing their...
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This paper empirically investigates the determinants of individual attitudes towards immigration in South Africa using the 1996, 2001 and 2007 rounds of the World Value Survey. The main question we want to answer is whether South African public opinion on migration is affected by the potential...
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