household composition, age structure, industry structure, educational attainment and immigration on inequality. The influence of …

The NZ economy has performed well over the past few years, having achieved relatively strong GDP and employment growth …

relationship has evolved since the downturn. We find that the employment penalty suffered by immigrant workers, relative to native … market outcomes between immigrants and natives were accentuated by the recession, when the employment penalty was the highest …. Secondly we conclude that the more recent evolution of the employment penalty appears to be related to a composition effect, as …

responsive to changes in cyclical conditions. Immigration provides the skills that the Irish economy needs. The crisis triggered … a sharp reversal in migration flows, with immigration suddenly halting and emigration increasing. A large proportion of … emigration is highly qualified, as is a high proportion of immigration. This pattern of “brain exchange” can contribute to …

New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and … meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance … economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that immigration has had small positive effects on per capita incomes and has …

Nordic countries such as Sweden, Norway and Finland have been consistently the most favourable to immigration while … high average levels of support for immigration, however, many countries of western and northern Europe are quite strongly … polarized internally along educational and age lines. This can perhaps explain why political divisions over immigration can be …

literacy and the likelihood of participating in adult education is also explored. Lower employment prospects for immigrants are …