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Welfare migration
Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline - 2012
immigration. …
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Welfare migration
Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline - 2012
immigration. -- immigration ; welfare spending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534938
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Unemployment benefits and immigration: Evidence from the EU
Giulietti, Corrado; Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; … - 2011
The paper studies the impact of unemployment benefits on immigration. A sample of 19 European countries observed over … immigration flows from EU and non-EU origins. While OLS estimates reveal the existence of a moderate correlation for non … zero causal impact of UBS on immigration. All estimates for immigrants from EU origins indicate that flows within the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286857
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Skill based immigrant selection and labor market outcomes by visa category
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2012
Attracting skilled immigrants is emerging as an important policy goal for immigrant receiving countries. This article first discusses the economic rationale for immigrant selection. Selection mechanisms of receiving countries are reviewed in the context of deteriorating labor market outcomes for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282583
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Chapter 14. Guest or Temporary Foreign Worker Programs
Martin, Philip - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 717-773). 2015
were guest workers, including up to a third in Gulf oil-exporting and other Middle Eastern countries. The US immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025469
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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568775
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Breaking the Fall : Successful Homeless Interventions in the COVID Pandemic
Flaming, Daniel; Pickens, Seth; Burns, Patrick - 2023
Government income and housing interventions during the COVID pandemic had demonstrable benefits in reducing the growth of homelessness. Comparisons of projected versus actual growth in Los Angeles County from 2020 to 2022 validate the benefit of these interventions.This report offers three types...
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The Economic Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market of Host Countries - Meta-Analytic Evidence
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011
The number of immigrants across the world has doubled since 1980. The estimates of the impact of immigration on wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326500
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Immigrant inventors and diversity in the age of mass migration
Campo, Francesco; Mendola, Mariapia; Morrison, Andrea; … - 2020
data and exploit exogenous variation in both immigration flows and diversity induced by former settlements, WWI and the … 1920s Immigration Acts. We find that co-ethnic networks play an important role in attracting immigrant inventors. However … become major receivers of migrant flows and, in a long-term perspective, have started thinking about immigration in terms of …
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Birthplace diversity and economic growth : evidence from the US states in the post-World War II period
Docquier, Frédéric; Turati, Riccardo; Valette, Jérôme; … - 2018
This paper empirically revisits the impact of birthplace diversity on economic growth. We use panel data on US states over the 1960-2010 period. This rich data set allows us to better deal with endogeneity issues and to conduct a large set of robustness checks. Our results suggest that diversity...
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