the negative impact of immigrants on the local population. …

the migration decision suggests that health could play a minor effect in immigrants’ decision to retire. Design …/methodology/approach – Using detailed data on immigrants living in France collected in 2003, the authors examine the role of health on early …

Upon arrival in a host country, immigrants often have lower obesity rates (as measured for instance by BMI-body mass … the flow of immigrants into host countries with higher obesity rates, it is important to understand the consequences of … and the use of public services. In particular, policies could find ways to improve immigrants' access to health care for …

Using data from the CPS this paper examines the role of birth-country networks on immigrants' unemployment duration … from 2001 to 2013. We find that networks significantly lower unemployment duration for all immigrants. Varying the effect … of networks over duration categories we find that networks are more effective in lowering duration for immigrants …

The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the United States analyzes their … may lose much of its explanatory power in other societies, where immigrants encounter different labor market conditions … social networks by immigrants to find jobs has a significant impact on wages in both countries, the effect is positive in …

immigrants from a particular country spur exports to and imports from that destination. Chaney (2008) shows that a decrease in … regions with a larger number of immigrants from that country. I conclude that migrants mainly reduce fixed costs of exporting. …