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Migration, Trade and Income
Ortega, Francesc - 2013
This paper explores the relationship between openness to trade, immigration, and income per person across countries. To … distance (while controlling for country size). Since geography may affect income through other channels, we also control for … to immigration on long-run income per capita. In contrast, we are unable to establish an effect of trade openness on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083367
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The role of income and immigration policies in attracting international migrants
Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2012
-migrants. Our estimates show that international migration flows are highly responsive to income per capita at destination. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009569453
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The role of income and immigration policies in attracting international migrants
Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2012
-migrants. Our estimates show that international migration flows are highly responsive to income per capita at destination. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009550658
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The Role of Income and Immigration Policies in Attracting International Migrants
Ortega, Francesc - 2012
-migrants. Our estimates show that international migration flows are highly responsive to income per capita at destination. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104662
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The aggregate effects of trade and migration : evidence from OECD countries
Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2011
on income. This paper provides estimates of the effects of trade and immigration on income in a unified framework. We … income per capita unaffected because of an offsetting negative effect on TFP. In contrast, trade flows appear to increase … income per capita, mainly through TFP growth, and have no impact on the employment rate. The positive employment effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235086
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The Effect of the H-1B Quota on the Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor
Mayda, Anna Maria - 2018
The H-1B program allows skilled foreign-born individuals to work in the United States. The annual quota on new H-1B issuances fell from 195,000 to 65,000 for employees of most firms in fiscal year 2004. This cap did not apply to new employees of colleges, universities, and non-profit research...
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Does Immigration Improve Quality of Care in Nursing Homes?
Furtado, Delia - 2020
The growing healthcare needs of baby boomers require significant increases in the number or productivity of healthcare workers. This paper explores how immigrants may fill these gaps in nursing homes. First, we show that immigrant inflows are associated with reduced wages of lower skilled nurses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826731
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Shoring Up Economic Refugees : Venezuelan Migrants in the Ecuadorian Labor Market
Olivieri, Sergio - 2020
Ecuador has become the third largest receiver of the 4.3 million Venezuelans that left their country in the last five years, hosting around 10% of them. Little is known about the characteristics of these migrants and their labor market outcomes. This paper fills this gap, analyzing a new large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012827986
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The Labor Market Effects of Venezuelan Migration in Ecuador
Olivieri, Sergio - 2020
As of 2019, more than 1.2 million Venezuelans have passed through Ecuador and over 400,000 settled in, which amounts to almost 3% of Ecuador's population. This paper analyzes the location choices of Venezuelan migrants within Ecuador and the labor market consequences of these choices, using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012827987
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The labor market effects of Venezuelan migration in Ecuador
Olivieri, Sergio; Ortega, Francesc; Rivadeneira, Ana; … - 2020
As of 2019, more than 1.2 million Venezuelans have passed through Ecuador and over 400,000 settled in, which amounts to almost 3% of Ecuador's population. This paper analyzes the location choices of Venezuelan migrants within Ecuador and the labor market consequences of these choices, using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253699