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The social preferences of the native inhabitants, and the decision how many asylum seekers to admit
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin; Szczygielski, Krzysztof - 2019
We consider a tax-funded policy of admitting and integrating asylum seekers in a country in which the incomes of the native inhabitants are differentiated; for the sake of simplicity, we assume that there are just two groups of native inhabitants: high-income natives and low-income natives. As a...
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Immigration and redistribution
Concannon, Jeff; Elsner, Benjamin - 2020
One of the fundamental questions in the social sciences is whether modern welfare states can be sustained as countries welcome more immigrants. On theoretical grounds, the relationship between immigration and support for redistribution is ambiguous. Immigration may increase ethnic diversity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012285406
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Immigration and redistribution
Elsner, Benjamin; Concannon, Jeff - 2020
One of the fundamental questions in the social sciences is whether modern welfare states can be sustained as countries welcome more immigrants. On theoretical grounds, the relationship between immigration and support for redistribution is ambiguous. Immigration may increase ethnic diversity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290615
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Income redistribution and self-selection of immigrants
Corneo, Giacomo; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2019
level covariates, migration costs, and when testing for stochastic dominance of the skill distributions of migrants and …We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative … redistribution receive a negative selection of Italian migrants. This holds true after accounting for many individual and country …
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A sustainable immigration policy for the EU
Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Kahanec, Martin - 2017
violent events. We propose screening schemes for refugee camps surrounding countries they have fled to determine migrants …’ refugee status, channelling them either as economic migrants, selected on their employability, or through a humanitarian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011637960
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Immigration, integration, and the informal economy in OECD countries
Ben Atta, Oussama; Chort, Isabelle; Senne, Jean-Noël - 2022
Elgin and Oztunali (2012) combined with migration data from the OECD Interna- tional Migration Database and data on asylum …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013450696
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Challenged by migration : Europe's options
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2017
This paper examines the migration and labor mobility in the European Union and elaborates on their importance for the … that migration is beneficial is broken. This comes with a crisis of European institutions in general. Migration and labor … survive or collapse even if it solves its migration challenge. But it will most likely collapse, if it fails to solve the …
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Language and culture as drivers of migration : linguistic and cultural barriers affect international migration flows
Adserà, Alícia - 2015
migrants arrive. Thus, it is increasingly important to consider what role differences in culture and language play in migration …As migration flows to developed countries have increased in recent decades, so have the number of countries from which … decisions. Recent work shows that culture and language may explain migration patterns to developed countries even better than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432207
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Economic preferences and the self-selection of immigrants
Zhan, Crystal; Deole, Sumit S. - 2022
determinants for migration intention. In the paper, we combine data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, European Social Survey … their preferences. We find a higher migration propensity among individuals who are more altruistic, patient, and trusting …
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Regional integration and migration in Africa : lessons from Southern and West Africa
Gumede, Vusi; Oloruntoba, Samuel O.; Kamga, Serges … - Council for the Development of Social Science Research … - 2020
Nigerian Migrants in Ghana -- 5.5 A Brief Profile of Ghanaian Immigrants in Nigeria -- 5.6 Immigrants' Experiences of Migration … West and Southern Africa -- 6.4 Post-colonial Migration -- 6.5 The Profile of Migrants in Both Regions. …"This comparative book debates migration and regional integration in the two regional economic blocs, namely the …
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