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Immigration and National Wages : Clarifying the Theory and the Empirics
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni - 2008
This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas … account for the short run and long run adjustment of capital in response to immigration. Using our estimates and Census data … we find that immigration (1990-2006) had small negative effects in the short run on native workers with no high school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214468
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Immigration and national wages : clarifying the theory and the empirics
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni - 2008
This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas … account for the short run and long run adjustment of capital in response to immigration. Using our estimates and Census data … we find that immigration (1990-2006) had small negative effects in the short run on native workers with no high school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796285
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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
where they can be more productive. Yet immigration laws severely constrain such movement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420240
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Do high-skill immigrants raise productivity? : evidence from Israeli manufacturing firms, 1990-1999
Paserman, Marco Daniele - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-31
study the effect high skill immigration on productivity. Using a unique data set on manufacturing firms, I investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009758639
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An empirical study on the migration among young skilled and creative people
Suciu, Marta-Christina; Florea, Cristina Andreea - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 19 (2017) 46, pp. 727-741
In the context of a knowledge and innovative-based society and economy, smart and creative cities are attracting an increasing number of young people, most of them being gifted, very talented students and high-skilled workforce, with multiple competences . These young people are pro-active and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011791698
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Improving well-being in New Zealand through migration
Carey, David - 2019
New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and … meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance … economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that immigration has had small positive effects on per capita incomes and has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111106
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Chapter 25. Immigrants in Israel
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1363-1420). 2015
Israel perceives the immigration of Jews as one of its major goals and thus it applies no selection rules towards them …. Jewish immigration to Israel hailed from Arab countries as well as European countries. While immigration has shaped the rate … consequences of immigration particularly interesting and there is a comprehensive literature on various aspects of Jewish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025425
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Differential Migration Prospects, Skill Formation, and Welfare
Stark, Oded - 2011
This paper develops a one sector, two-input model with endogenous human capital formation. The two inputs are two types of skilled labor: “engineering,” which exerts a positive externality on total factor productivity, and “law,” which does not. The paper shows that a marginal prospect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117351
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Immigration Policies and the Ecuadorian Exodus
Bertoli, Simone - 2010
Ecuador experienced an unprecedented wave of international migration since the late 1990s, triggered by a severe economic and financial crisis. This paper gathers individual-level data from Ecuador and the two main destinations of Ecuadorian migrants: The US and Spain. First, we provide a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148071
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An Explanation for the Lower Payoff to Schooling for Immigrants in the Canadian Labour Market
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009
immigrants' human capital, and under-education to favourable selection in immigration. The results show that immigrants have a … effects of under-education, or selection in immigration, are, however, twice as large as the effects of over-education, or … limited international transferability of human capital. Favourable selection in immigration appears to be less important in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155548