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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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We review and interpret research on the economic and political effects of receiving asylum seekers and refugees in … of the paper, we examine the consequences of receiving asylum seekers and refugees and identify two main findings. First …, the reception of refugees is unlikely to generate large direct economic effects. Both labor market and fiscal consequences …
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A minority of applicants for asylum in Europe gain some form of recognition as refugees, and this has been a …
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About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and … Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and the self-selection and sorting of refugees and … irregular migrants for multiple origin and destination countries. Refugees and female irregular migrants are positively self …
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The migration crisis of 2015-2016 threw the European asylum system into disarray. The arrival of more than two million unauthorized migrants stretched the system to its breaking point and created a public opinion backlash. The existing system is one in which migrants risk life and limb to gain...
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This paper examines the migration and labor mobility in the European Union and elaborates on their importance for the existence of the EU. Against all measures of success, the current public debate seems to suggest that the political consensus that migration is beneficial is broken. This comes...
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Violent conflict is a well-recognised driver of forced migration but literature does not usually consider the pull factors that might also cause irregular movements. In turn, the decision to leave and of where to go are rarely considered separately. This is in contrast to literature on regular...
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