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The welfare magnet hypothesis and the welfare take-up of migrants
Giulietti, Corrado - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Contrary to the welfare magnet hypothesis, empirical evidence suggests that immigration decisions are not made on the basis of the relative generosity of the receiving nation’s social benefits. Even when immigrants are found to use welfare more intensively than natives, the gap is mostly...
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The welfare magnet hypothesis and the welfare take-up of migrants : welfare benefits are not a key determinant of migration
Giulietti, Corrado - 2014
Contrary to the welfare magnet hypothesis, empirical evidence suggests that immigration decisions are not made on the basis of the relative generosity of the receiving nation's social benefits. Even when immigrants are found to use welfare more intensively than natives, the gap is mostly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416301
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The welfare magnet hypothesis and the welfare take-up of migrants
Giulietti, Corrado - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) June, pp. 1-10
Contrary to the welfare magnet hypothesis, empirical evidence suggests that immigration decisions are not made on the basis of the relative generosity of the receiving nation’s social benefits. Even when immigrants are found to use welfare more intensively than natives, the gap is mostly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884435
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Crime and immigration
Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404858
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Crime and immigration
Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984680
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EU Faces a Tough Demographic Reckoning
Grieveson, Richard; Leitner, Sandra M.; Stehrer, Robert - 2019
By 2030, labour demand could be equal to labour supply in most of the EU, creating significant challenges for policy-makers and firms. The 'tipping point' at which labour demand will become equal to labour supply in the EU – that is, when labour will become a constraint on economic growth –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100237
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Migration and Economic Growth: a 21st Century Perspective
Moody, Cat - 2006
While there is extensive literature on the determinants of migration and its microeconomic effects, the New Zealand … theoretical or empirical literature specifically examining the effects of migration on economic growth is not as comprehensive. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115590
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Migration and Macroeconomic Performance in New Zealand: Theory and Evidence
Fry, Julie - 2014
New Zealand immigration policy settings are based on the assumption that the macroeconomic impacts of immigration may be significantly positive, with at worst small negative effects. However, both large positive and large negative effects are possible. Reviewing the literature, the balance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115677
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The Elusive Concept of Immigrant Quality: Evidence from 1970-1990
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. - 2002
The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public policy concern. However, traditional methods of measuring human capital are particularly difficult to apply to recently arrived immigrants. Many factors that have a negative effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262373
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The New Economic Case for Migration Restrictions: An Assessment
Clemens, Michael A.; Pritchett, Lant - 2016
For decades, migration economics has stressed the effects of migration restrictions on income distribution in the host … country. Recently the literature has taken a new direction by estimating the costs of migration restrictions to global … economic efficiency. In contrast, a new strand of research posits that migration restrictions could be not only desirably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479248