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Immigration und Arbeitsmarkt: Eine oekonomische Perspektive
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
the labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …
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Canadian Immigration Experience: Any Lessons for Europe?
DeVoretz, Don J.; Laryea, Samuel A. - 1999
This paper reviews and analyzes the effects of Canada?s post World War II immigration policies with the perspective of what European policy makers can learn from this experience. Impact of Immigration on natives? employment and earnings, as well as, immigrants? labor market experiences are...
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The Governance of Indonesian Overseas Employment in the Context of Decentralization
Bachtiar, Palmira Permata - 2011
This study looks at emigration governance in the context of decentralized Indonesia. It examines various local initiatives that have evolved following the onset of decentralization in Indonesia a decade ago. These initiatives materialized in the form of local regulations (perda). First, we...
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Policy on Irregular Migrants in Malaysia: An Analysis of its Implementation and Effectiveness
Kassim, Azizah; Zin, Ragayah Haji Mat - 2011
In the early 1970s, Malaysia began to be inundated by foreign workers, all of whom were irregular migrants. A decade later their uncontrolled entry left several negative consequences especially to the internal and border security of the country. To overcome the problems, Malaysia introduced the...
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Top Ten Myths and Fallacies Regarding Immigration
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009
This paper analyzes what the author views as the current top ten myths and fallacies regarding immigration and immigration policy in the United States.
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Do interest groups affect immigration?
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria; Mishra, Prachi - 2007
While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration, there is no systematic empirical evidence on this issue. To motivate our analysis, we develop a simple theoretical model where migration policy is the result of the interaction between organized groups...
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Dissecting network externalities in international migration
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Özden, Çağlar - 2011
Existing migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of immigration flows. They affect the net benefits of migration for future migrants by lowering assimilation costs ('self-selection' channel) and increase the probability of potential migrants to obtain a visa...
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Selection criteria and the skill composition of immigrants: a comparative analysis of Australian and US employment immigration
Jasso, Guillermina; Rosenzweig, Mark Richard - 2008
This paper uses survey data on employment immigrants in Australia and the United States to identify the main determinants of the size and skill composition of employment immigrants to developed countries. Our approach emphasizes the key roles of world prices of skills and country proximity. Our...
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What drives US immigration policy? Evidence from congressional roll call votes
Facchini, Giovanni; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich - 2011
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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Einwanderungspolitik der USA stark reformbedürftig
Constant, Amelie; Uhlendorff, Arne - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 51/52, pp. 785-789
Die internationale Migrationspolitik ist in Bewegung geraten. Die Europäische Kommission will mit der Einführung einer … langfristig noch verstärkenden Fachkräftemangels in den globalen Wettbewerb mit den klassischen Einwanderungsländern USA, Kanada …, Australien und Neuseeland eintreten. Die USA diskutieren wiederum seit einigen Jahren, wie sie ihren gestiegenen Bedarf an …
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