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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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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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This paper investigates how immigration can affect the labor market outcomes of native workers when their wages are … that the monthly wage of native workers covered by fixed-term contracts decreases in response to immigration, while … employment is the margin through which native workers on indefinite-term contracts is affected. …
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immigration on natives' hourly wages and employment was examined, by using microdata for Germany. Native workers' educational … admission of immigrants into Germany has contributed to the country being the second largest immigration destination in the …' hourly wages and employment. The findings showed that the share of immigrants, had a positive effect on natives' wages and …
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wage of French women, but led to a sizable decline in their employment rate. In contrast, immigration had little impact on …, mechanically changing the average native wage in affected markets and biasing the estimated wage impact of immigration. We document … the employment rate of men, but led to a sizable drop in the male wage. We show that the near-zero correlation between …
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employment outcomes of labour migrants (with and without a job prior to migration), family reunion migrants, student migrants and …' employment likelihood is lower when compared to labour migrants and natives. Refugees who do work tend to do so in temporary jobs … and in jobs that are below their skill levels. However, temporary employment is also prevalent among labour migrants …
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