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Recent studies provide evidence that immigration has a significant positive effect on the vote for parties with anti-immigration agendas. However, this result does not emerge if we apply the same empirical analysis to the UK, whether in the case of Brexit, or if we consider support for Ukip or...
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Emigrants are less likely to participate in elections in their home country. They are also self-selected in terms of education, gender, age, and political preferences, changing the structure of the origin population. High emigration rates can therefore have a systematic influence on election...
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Emigrants are less likely to participate in elections in their home country. They are also self-selected in terms of education, gender, age, and political preferences, changing the structure of the origin population. High emigration rates can therefore have a systematic influence on election...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012289012
of immigration on labor market transitions out of unemployment. Using the basic monthly Current Population Survey from … out of unemployment. We employ a multinomial model to examine the effects of immigration on the transition out of … unemployment, using state-level immigration statistics. The results suggest that immigration does not affect the probabilities of …
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High levels of employment protection reduce hiring and firing and have a theoretically ambiguous effect on the employment level. Immigrants, being new to the labor market, may be less aware of employment protection regulations and less likely to claim their rights, which may create a gap between...
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of immigration on labor market transitions out of unemployment. Using the basic monthly Current Population Survey from … transition out of unemployment. We employ a multinomial model to examine the effects of immigration on the transition out of … unemployment, using state-level immigration statistics. The results suggest that immigration does not affect the probabilities of …
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of immigration on labor market transitions out of unemployment. Using the basic monthly Current Population Survey from … out of unemployment. We employ a multinomial model to examine the effects of immigration on the transition out of … unemployment, using state-level immigration statistics. The results suggest that immigration does not affect the probabilities of …
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picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The …
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migration and trade. This paper aims to check the effect of such restrictions on the unemployment of unskilled labor in the … raises unemployment for given factor intensity. The results remain same even in a slightly different structure of the economy …. In case of trade restriction, however, the rise or fall in unemployment depends on both the structure of the economy and …
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This paper describes the patterns of worker turnover in selected Latin American countries and their implications for wage inequality. It documents a higher positive annual wage growth rate for job to job changers compared to stayers, due to turnover capturing the immediate gains from search...
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