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This paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities in heterogeneous labor markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an...
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coordinating or staggering the migration, because the harm of over-immigration is diffuse, spread across the whole population. Left …
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This paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities in heterogeneous labor markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an...
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. This paper compares both immigration policies through the transition for the United States and Mexico. I find that: (i) the … in their effective hours of labor when they move to the United States; (iii) migration reduces inequality, more … immigrants to the United States natives is lower under the quota system than under the point system but along the transition it …
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-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …
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Die internationale Migrationspolitik ist in Bewegung geraten. Die Europäische Kommission will mit der Einführung einer "Bluecard" die Zuwanderung von qualifizierten Arbeitskräften nach Europa erleichtern. Damit will sie angesichts des sich langfristig noch verstärkenden Fachkräftemangels in...
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New Zealand immigration policy settings are based on the assumption that the macroeconomic impacts of immigration may be significantly positive, with at worst small negative effects. However, both large positive and large negative effects are possible. Reviewing the literature, the balance of...
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This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the demand for high-skilled workers using a new firm data set, the IZA International Employer Survey 2000. Our results suggest that while workers from EU-countries are mainly complements to domestic high-skilled workers, workers from non-EU countries...
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-country migration policies across Europe and (ii) that the European Union needs to become an active player on the international labour …
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migration experience since the Second World War. The areas covered include changes in the volume and composition of … international migration and the factors influencing migration; the background to, and the development of, restrictions on … possible effects of migration on the economy at large are briefly discussed. …
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