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Immigration and prices : quasi-experimental evidence from Syrian refugees in Turkey
Balkan, Binnur; Tumen, Semih - 2016
We exploit the regional variation in the unexpected (or forced) inflow of Syrian refugees as a natural experiment to estimate the impact of immigration on consumer prices in Turkey. Using a difference-in- differences strategy and a comprehensive data set on the regional prices of CPI items, we...
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The impact of immigration on wage dynamics : evidence from the Algerian independence war
Edo, Anthony - 2017
This paper investigates the dynamics of wage adjustment to an exogenous increase in labor supply by exploiting the sudden and unexpected inflow of repatriates to France created by the independence of Algeria in 1962. I track the impact of this particular supply shift on the average wage of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011701511
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The effect of occupational visas on native employment : evidence from labor supply to farm jobs in the Great Recession
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
The effect of foreign labor on native employment within an occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation – which is rarely directly measured – even if native and foreign labor are perfect substitutes in production. This paper uses two natural quasi-experiments to directly...
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Using a point system for selecting immigrants : a point system can select economically desirable immigrants but it cannot prevente poor labor outcomes for immigrants
Tani, Massimiliano - 2014
Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, succeeds in selecting economically desirable immigrants and provides orderly management of population growth. But the point system cannot fix short-term skilled labor shortages...
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119651
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735974
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Microeconometric analyses on economic consequences of selective migration
Ruhose, Jens - 2015
author that deal with explanations for migrant selection and the importance of migrant selection to labor force quality …. Chapter 2 quantifies non-pecuniary migration costs that are incurred due to selective migration along cultural traits. Chapter … Determinanten selektiver Migration beschäftigen sowie die Wichtigkeit selektiver Migration für die Zusammensetzung der arbeitenden …
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Settlement and migration patterns among immigrants in Norway
Stambøl, Lasse Sigbjørn - 2014
-enlargements. The aim of the paper is to investigate the regional settlement and migration patterns of immigrants mostly recognized by … persistent pattern of domestic migration towards central regions for this group. Children of immigrants born in Norway, education … and their families show strong and positive relationship between domestic migration and regional employment change due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400124
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Migration und Integration : Deutschland als Einwanderungsland – „... denn ihr seid selbst Fremde in Ägypten gewesen“
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
selbstbewusster und unaufgeregter Umgang mit den Themen Migration und Integration angeregt, zu dem Deutschland leider bislang nicht …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008841597
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Freedom of movement for workers : relaxing immigration restrictions could greatly improve the well-being of people in developing countries, with little effect on wages
Kennan, John - 2014
Most developed countries have foreign aid programs that aim to alleviate poverty and foster economic growth in less developed countries, but with very limited success. A large body of evidence indicates that the root of the economic development problem is cross-country differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420240