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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie F. - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729229
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Migration and the demographic shift
Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2014
This chapter connects population aging with international migration. After documenting the trends for both, we review … the supply-push and demand-pull determinants of migration, focusing particularly on the role of age and aging. We … subsequently discuss the literature concerning the implications of migration in the context of aging for labor markets, health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463681
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119651
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735974
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Chapter 3. Migration and the Demographic Shift
Zaiceva, A.; Zimmermann, K.F. - In: Handbook of the economics of population aging : Volume 1, (pp. 119-177). 2016
This chapter investigates the two-way relationship between population aging and international migration. After … role of age and aging. We subsequently analyze the implications of migration in the context of aging for labor markets, as … suggested as a solution for the aging problem, the existing academic literature from different fields is more cautious about its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023473
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Migration and globalization : challenges and perspectives for the research infrastructure
Kahanec, Martin (contributor);  … - 2008
International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793321
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Pulls of international student mobility
Kahanec, Martin; Králiková, Renáta - 2011
Economic theory suggests that high-skilled immigration generally has positive effects on the receiving economy. International student mobility is an important channel through which high-skilled immigrants arrive. The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the key determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523453
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Burden or relief? : fiscal impacts of recent Ukrainian migration to Poland
Kaczmarczyk, Paweł - 2015
Immigration has become recently one of the most important subjects in socio-economic debates. In many countries immigrants are commonly presented as a threat to host economies and societies. On top of this fiscal impacts of immigration are ones of the hottest and most controversial topics in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469672
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Welfare Migration
Giulietti, Corrado - 2012
This chapter reviews and discusses major theories and empirical studies about the welfare magnet hypothesis, i.e. whether immigrants are more likely to move to countries with generous welfare systems. Although economic theory predicts that welfare generosity affects the number, composition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107719
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Migration and Globalization : Challenges and Perspectives for the Research Infrastructure
Kahanec, Martin - 2009
International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157341