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Chapter 10. Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions

Lewis, Ethan; Peri, Giovanni - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 625-685). 2015

In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more easily identified on local economies. The reason is that...

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Labor supply and automation innovation

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Gäßler, Fabian - 2020

While economic theory suggests substitutability between labor and capital, little evidence exists regarding the causal effect of labor supply on inventing labor-saving technologies. We analyze the impact of exogenous changes in regional labor supply on automation innovation by exploiting an...

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Labor supply and automation innovation

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Gäßler, Fabian - 2020

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Labor supply and automation innovation

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Gäßler, Fabian - 2020

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How to woo the smart ones? : evaluating the determinants that particularly attract highly qualified people to cities

Buch, Tanja; Hamann, Silke; Niebuhr, Annekatrin; … - 2014

remaining workforce. Findings suggest that local labour market conditions influence the mobility decision but amenities matter …

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Jobs or amenities : what determines the migration balances of cities?

Buch, Tanja; Hamann, Silke; Niebuhr, Annekatrin; … - 2012

refers to the question whether labour market conditions or amenities primarily account for the huge differences in cities … the significance of jobs and amenities. With investigating cities' migration balances we choose a rather direct measure of … persistent disparities in labour market performance and amenities across cities and the high internal migration - in particular …

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Southwest as the new internal migration destination in Turkey

Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysıt - 2015

Antalya and Muğla provinces located in southwestern Turkey have emerged as new magnets for internal migration in the country. Socio-economic, demographic and labor market characteristics of immigrants coming to these two provinces from various regions are studied to uncover the reasons fueling...

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Reducing regional disparities for inclusive growth in Spain

McGowan, Muge Adalet; San Millán, Juan Antona - 2019

Spain is a highly decentralised country, making the effective implementation of national reforms dependent on regional policies. Some regional disparities are high and need to be reduced. High regional dispersion in education and job outcomes, compounded by low inter-regional mobility, emerge as...

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Foreign Scientists and Engineers and Economic Growth in Canadian Labor Markets

Peri, Giovanni - 2013

In this paper we analyze the impact of foreign-born workers in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) on employment and wages in Canadian geographical areas during the period 1991-2006. Canadian policies select immigrants with a strong emphasis on high educational...

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The long-term rise of labor market detachment : evidence from local labor markets

Abel, Jaison R.; Deitz, Richard - 2024

We develop a measure of chronic joblessness among prime-age men and women in the United States - termed the detachment rate - that identifies those who have been out of the labor force for more than a year. We show that the detachment rate more than doubled for men since the early 1980s and rose...

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