Showing 1 - 10 of 8,921
. However, the growth impact of immigration is small even in countries that have highly selective migration policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010533072
This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986-2006 and relies on a unique data set we compiled that allows us to distinguish net migration of the native-born and foreign-born by skill level. Specifically, after introducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442327
increase immigration in the coming years to per capita levels not reached since the 1920s. We argue that economic immigration … examine the potential for increases in Canadian immigration levels to achieve this objective. Our analysis suggests that … Canada is not well-positioned to leverage heightened immigration to boost GDP per capita owing primarily to weak capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014294119
This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986-2006 and relies on a unique data set we compiled that allows us to distinguish net migration of the native-born and foreign-born by skill level. Specifically, after introducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013042967
. However, the growth impact of immigration is small even in countries that have highly selective migration policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020582
In Germany, immigrant unemployment is not only higher than native unemployment; italso reacts more to changes in the situation on the labor market. Decomposing the gapbetween native and immigrant unemployment into a baseline and a labor-marketsituation component, I find that the unemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312169
qualifications. This gap is strongly driven by age at immigration, with immigration age and education revealing a nonlinear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014502028
In Germany, immigrant unemployment is not only higher than native unemployment; italso reacts more to changes in the situation on the labor market. Decomposing the gapbetween native and immigrant unemployment into a baseline and a labor-marketsituation component, I find that the unemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013218
The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public … in the immigration flows from different countries, sampling error, and the effects of emigration - is fundamentally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414835
natives and that there is no return to pre-immigration work experience, suggesting imperfect transferability of human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526519