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A dual policy paradox: why have trade and immigration policies always differed in labor-scarce economies?
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2006
opposite, open immigration and closed trade policies. Why the inverse policy correlation, and why has it persisted for almost … two centuries? This paper seeks answers to this dual policy paradox by exploring the fundamentals which have influenced … the evolution of policy: the decline in the costs of migration and its impact on immigrant selectivity, a secular switch …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267932
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A dual policy paradox : why have trade and immigration policies always differed in labor-scarce economies?
Hatton, Timothy J. (contributor);  … - 2006
opposite, open immigration and closed trade policies. Why the inverse policy correlation, and why has it persisted for almost … two centuries? This paper seeks answers to this dual policy paradox by exploring the fundamentals which have influenced … the evolution of policy: the decline in the costs of migration and its impact on immigrant selectivity, a secular switch …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328062
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Voters Hold the Key : Lock-In, Mobility, and the Portability of Property Tax Exemptions
Cheung, Ron - 2012
Since California voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978, fifteen states have enacted caps on the annual growth in assessed property values. These laws often impose a great burden on municipal finances and create horizontal inequity among homeowners. Why do voters choose to limit local government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116825
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Libya : Stateless Tuareg Demand Rights and Inclusion Ahead of Elections
McGee, Thomas - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013293561
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A Dual Policy Paradox : Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in Labor-Scarce Economies?
Hatton, Timothy J. - 2013
opposite, open immigration and closed trade policies. Why the inverse policy correlation, and why has it persisted for almost … two centuries? This paper seeks answers to this dual policy paradox by exploring the fundamentals which have influenced … the evolution of policy: the decline in the costs of migration and its impact on immigrant selectivity, a secular switch …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754289
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Understanding the success of the Know-Nothing party
Alsan, Marcella; Eriksson, Katherine; Niemesh, Gregory - 2020
We study the contribution of economic conditions to the success of the first avowedly nativistpolitical party in the United States. The Know-Nothing Party gained control of a number of stategovernments in the 1854-1856 elections running on a staunchly anti-Catholic and anti-Irishplatform. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418330
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Refugees welcome, but not in my backyard? : the impact of immigration on right-wing voting : evidence from Germany
Jasny, Johannes; Becker, Tilman - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1
This article studies whether immigration in voter's neighborhoods is a driving factor of the rise of Germany's major right-wing party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AFD) and the decline of Angela Merkel's center ruling party the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). We use the 2015 refugee crisis as...
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Inversions in US Presidential Elections : 1836-2016
Geruso, Michael - 2020
Inversions—in which the popular vote winner loses the election—have occurred in four US presidential races. We show that rather than being statistical flukes, inversions have been ex ante likely since the early 1800s. In elections yielding a popular vote margin within one point (one-eighth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012847836
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"No bourgeoisie, no democracy"? : the political attitudes of the Kenyan middle class
Cheeseman, Nic - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 27 (2015) 5, pp. 647-664
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380768
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South Africa's emerging black middle class : a harbinger of political change?
Mattes, Robert - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 27 (2015) 5, pp. 665-692
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380773