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. Interestingly, right-wing parties started to attract less votes near Medieval ports only when immigration had become a very salient …
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We study the effects of European immigration to the United States during the Age of Mass Migration (1850–1920) on … economic prosperity today. We exploit variation in the extent of immigration across counties arising from the interaction of … locations with more historical immigration today have higher incomes, less poverty, less unemployment, higher rates of …
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In this paper we develop a new empirical approach to uncovering the impact of social attitudes on economic development. We first show that trust of second-generation Americans is significantly influenced by the country of origin of their forebears. In the spirit of the epidemiology literature,...
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developed nation decides its optimal mix of immigration quotas and defensive counterterrorism actions. Even though proactive …. Increases in the unskilled immigration quota augment terrorism against the developed country. By contrast, increases in the … skilled immigration quota can reduce terrorism in the developed country if skilled migrants have a small marginal impact on …
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This article uses Bourdieu's theory of practice (BTOP) to understand immigrants' acculturation. It synthesizes research findings by discussing acculturation as: (1) equalization of immigrants' and natives' development (convergence); (2) language and social practices related to economic,...
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positive outside it. Job-specific estimates of this kind are useful alongside more generalized evaluations of immigration … because immigration policy often regulates access to specific occupations. …
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