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Chapter 24. Immigration in Europe : Trends, Policies, and Empirical Evidence
de la Rica, Sara; Glitz, Albrecht; Ortega, Francesc - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1303-1362). 2015
This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies, and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by providing descriptive evidence on long-term immigration trends and current characteristics of the immigrant populations in various important European destination countries and...
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The impact of welfare benefits on natives' and immigrants' attitudes towards immigration : background paper for "migration in an ageing Europe: what are the challenges?"
Huber, Peter; Oberdabernig, Doris A. - 2015
We investigate whether the dependence of immigrants on welfare benefits leads to opposition to further immigration by natives and immigrants in a pooled cross-section of 21 European countries for the 2004-2010 period. Explicitly controlling for the dependence of immigrants and natives on...
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Immigration : The European Experience
Dustmann, Christian - 2012
This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing between EU and non-EU immigrants) a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures of immigrants and their labor market integration in the different European countries, their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112784
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Belonging or estrangement : the European refugee crisis and its effects on immigrant identity
Prömel, Christopher - 2022
This study deals with the impact of the 2015 European Refugee Crisis on the ethnic identity of resident migrants in … that higher shares of refugees in a county increased migrants' attachment to their home countries, while not affecting … consumption of foreign media. Lastly, I find that changes in ethnic identity coincide with the political polarization of migrants …
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Belonging or estrangement : the European refugee crisis and its effects on immigrant identity
Prömel, Christopher - 2021
This study deals with the impact of the 2015 European Refugee Crisis on the ethnic identity of resident migrants in … that higher shares of refugees in a county increased migrants' attachment to their home countries, while not affecting … consumption of foreign media. Lastly, I find that changes in ethnic identity coincide with the political polarization of migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012657847
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Has immigration contributed to the rise of rightwing extremist parties in Europe?
Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne - 2020
Alongside a range of already well documented factors such as deindustrialization, technological progress and international trade, a series of recent empirical econometric studies show that immigration has contributed to the rise of extreme right-wing parties in Europe. Our study highlights,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256002
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Immigration : The European Experience
Dustmann, Christian; Frattini, Tommaso - 2012
This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing between EU and non-EU immigrants) a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures of immigrants and their labor market integration in the different European countries, their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171671
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Immigration and support for anti-immigrant parties in Europe
Jäger, Julian - 2023
My paper analyzes the link between immigration and support for anti-immigrant parties in Europe. I assemble a unique data set on the share of foreigners for 356 regions in 26 European countries and construct a novel scale for the anti-immigrant position of political parties. I find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014305074
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Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants in Europe
Aleksynska, Mariya - 2010
This paper documents assimilation of immigrants in European destinations along cultural, civic, and economic dimensions, distinguishing by immigrants' generation, duration of stay, and origin. Based on the European Social Survey, it suggests that assimilation may have multiple facets, and take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137799
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Anonymous Job Applications in Europe
Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle - 2013
Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended effects result in practice, in several European countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088997