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The Age of Mass Migration in Argentina : Social Mobility, Effects on Growth, and Selection Patterns

Droller, Federico; Fiszbein, Martín; Pérez, Santiago - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Argentina was the second largest destination country during the Age of Mass Migration, receiving nearly six million … mobility in Argentina and immigration contributed positively to the process of economic development. We then turn our focus to … the selection patterns of Italian migrants to Argentina--the largest migratory group to this destination. Our analysis of …

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Walls and fences : a journey through history and economics

Vernon, Victoria; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020 - Pre-publication draft July 2020

Throughout history, border walls and fences have been built for defense, to claim land, to signal power, and to control migration. The costs of fortifications are large while the benefits are questionable. The recent trend of building walls and fences signals a paradox: In spite of the...

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Walls and fences : a journey through history and economics

Vernon, Victoria; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2019

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Introduction

Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. xiii-xv). 2015

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Introduction

Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. xiii-xv). 2015

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Immigration und Arbeitsmarkt : eine ökonomische Perspektive

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country's labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...

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Immigration Policy and Self-Selecting Migrants

Bianchi, Milo - 2011

We build a simple model of self-selection into migration and immigration policy determination. We first show that the effect of any immigration policy can be decomposed into a size and a composition effect. We then explore how the optimal policy may change once the latter effect is considered

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Empirical findings on the Swiss migration experience

Golder, Stefan M.; Straubhaar, Thomas - 1999

Switzerland has experienced a substantial influx of immigrants over the last 50 years after World War II, which has led Switzerland to have among the highest share of foreigners in population among all OECD countries. This paper analyses the migration experience of Switzerland. The analysis...

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International migratory agreements : the paradox of adverse interest

Alonso, José Antonio; Santos Arteaga, Francisco Javier - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/20, pp. 1-29

This article seeks to explain the contradiction between the promises of welfare gains derived from the economic models recommending the removal of immigration restrictions and the realities experienced by countries attempting to apply restrictions to immigration flows. A formal model is built in...

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The role of migration experience in migrants' destination choice

Chernina, Eugenia - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/1, pp. 1-29

In this article, we employ a panel household survey from Tajikistan to study labor migrants' location choices in Russia. We find that labor migrants from Tajikistan consider a wide variety of economic, demographic, and geographical characteristics of Russian regions when making location choices....

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