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Sorties from the Fortress: The Current System of Anti-Immigration Policy in Germany

Rotte, Ralph - 1998

This paper gives a short synoptical overview of the most important elements of current anti-immigration policy in Germany. Based on the hypothesis that its primary aim is exclusion of new migrants, the measures taken within the framework of a groupwise nationally oriented but internationally...

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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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Globalisation and governance: Contradictions of neo-liberal migration management

Overbeek, Henk - 2002

. This paper first asks how globalisation affects human mobility. The conclusion is that globalisation integrates the world … of international labour mobility. Regulation of the global economy is increasingly informalised and privatised, argues … the paper. This trend is also noticeable in the governance of migration flows. The emerging de facto international regime …

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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human capital with two dimensions of immigration policy:...

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International Migration in the Long-Run : Positive Selection, Negative Selection and Policy

Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2004

World War I to the quotas and bans introduced afterwards was the result of a combination of factors: public hostility …

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From individual attitudes towards migrants to migration policy outcomes: theory and evidence

Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - 2008

In democratic societies individual attitudes of voters represent the foundations of policy making. We start by analyzing patterns in public opinion on migration and find that, across countries of different income levels, only a small minority of voters favour more open migration policies. Next...

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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011

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Skill based immigrant selection and labor market outcomes by visa category

Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2012

Attracting skilled immigrants is emerging as an important policy goal for immigrant receiving countries. This article first discusses the economic rationale for immigrant selection. Selection mechanisms of receiving countries are reviewed in the context of deteriorating labor market outcomes for...

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Der Kampf gegen die Schweinegrippe als globales öffentliches Gut: Kommentar

Brück, Tilman - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 36, pp. 628

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