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Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
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Australia, the study shows that pre-migration education, work experience, previous migration episodes, as well as English … proficiency, English training, study/job training undertaken in Australia and social capital form important determinants of the … labour market integration of refugees in the host country. The paper highlights the differentiated impacts of these resources …
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This paper studies a natural experiment to identify the causal effect of exposure to refugees in the neighborhood on … percent of communities hosted refugees at the time of the election, exposure to refugees varied at the local level. To account … for the potential endogeneity in the distribution of refugees, I use pre-existing group accommodations as instrumental …
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For the first time since the Second World War, the total number of refugees amounts to more than 50 million people …. Only a minority of these refugees seek asylum, and even fewer resettle in developed countries. At the same time …, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack of economic integration. Refugees start at a lower employment and …
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This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who …
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An important concern about the surge in the number of refugees arriving in Europe is increased support for far … effect of exposure to refugees in the neighborhood on the support for the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). In the … 42 percent of Upper Austrian communities hosted refugees at the time of the election, direct exposure to refugees varied …
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