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Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that many immigrants fail to integrate economically. Research shows that the option to naturalize has considerable economic benefits for eligible immigrants, even in countries with a tradition of restrictive policies. First-generation...
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immigration, contrasting evidence shows that immigrants are less likely to move into areas with higher or more frequent increases …
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This paper investigates the impact of immigration on the college enrollment of U.S. natives. Many studies have focused …
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Immigrants contribute to the economic development of the host country, but they earn less at entry and it takes many years for them to achieve parity of income. For some immigrant groups, the wage gap never closes. There is a wide variation across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of...
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Marriages between immigrants and natives (intermarriages) are often associated with economic success and interpreted as an indicator of social integration. Intermarried immigrant men are on average better educated and work in better paid jobs than nonintermarried immigrant men. In this context,...
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This paper proposes a chronology for the German-speaking immigration to São Paulo, Brazil (1840-1920) by identifying … four main types: (i) spontaneous individual immigration; (ii) specialized laborers in public works, mainly road … private rural colonies. In the sequence, the immigration waves of the last two types are studied in detail, showing how they …
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of recent immigration. Our model has two production sectors (manufacturing and services), two skill groups and two ethnic …, especially in the high skill segment. Our results show that recent immigration to Germany, including refugees, has a moderate … immigration, with high skill service employees gaining the most (+4.3%). This is because the productivity of high (low) skill …
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This paper analyzes the labor mobility and human capital accumulation of male immigrants who moved from the former Soviet Union to Israel. We formulate an estimable dynamic choice model for employment and training in blue and white-collar occupations, where the labor market randomly offered...
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Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but …
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