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Do E-Verify mandates improve labor market outcomes of low-skilled native and legal immigrant workers?
Bohn, Sarah; Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - 2015
We examine the impact of state level legislation against the hiring of unauthorized immigrants on employment opportunities among competing low-skilled workers. Our focus is on the role of E-Verify mandates and specifically, we test for effects of the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) on...
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The role of labor market institutions in the impact of immigration on wages and employment
Foged, Mette; Hasager, Linea; Yasenov, Vasil - 2021
We study the role of institutions in affecting the labor market impacts of immigration using a cross-country meta … immigration from 61 academic studies covering 18 developed countries. The mean and median impact on the relative wage of directly … from distributional (relative) wage consequences of immigration but exacerbate the impacts on average wages in the economy …
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Emigration and immigration : Bulgarian dilemmas
Staikova, Evelina - In: SEER : journal for labour and social affairs in Eastern … 16 (2013) 4, pp. 403-415
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Do E-Verify Mandates Improve Labor Market Outcomes of Low-Skilled Native and Legal Immigrant Workers?
Bohn, Sarah; Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - 2015
We examine the impact of state level legislation against the hiring of unauthorized immigrants on employment opportunities among competing low-skilled workers. Our focus is on the role of E-Verify mandates and specifically, we test for effects of the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401700
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Integrating refugees into labor markets
Bevelander, Pieter - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
For the first time since the Second World War, the total number of refugees amounts to more than 50 million people. Only a minority of these refugees seek asylum, and even fewer resettle in developed countries. At the same time, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack of...
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Integrating refugees into labor markets
Bevelander, Pieter - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
Refugee migration has increased considerably since the Second World War, and amounts to more than 50 million refugees. Only a minority of these refugees seek asylum, and even fewer resettle in developed countries. At the same time, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510499
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Three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland: putting into perspective the influence of economic discrimination and of host society culture
Kohler, Pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse causation between these two dimensions of the integration process, and the role of host society culture. Whereas each dimension is usually examined separately, this study proposes a...
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The impact of Syrian refugees on natives' labor market outcomes in Turkey : evidence from a quasi-experimental design
Ceritoglu, Evren; Yunculer, H. Burcu Gurcihan; Torun, … - 2015
Civil war in Syria, which started in March 2011, has led to a massive wave of forced immigration from the Northern … immigration has considerably affected the employment outcomes of natives, while its impact on wage outcomes has been negligible …
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Enhancing Labour Utilisation in a Socially Inclusive Society in Australia
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Australia faces the mutually reinforced challenges of boosting labour supply and promoting social inclusion. Labour underutilisation is especially prevalent among groups such as lone parents, people with disability, and Indigenous Australians. These are also groups at greatest risk of social...
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The dynamics of immigrant welfare and labor market behavior
Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2001
This paper analyzes transitions into and out of 3 different labor market states, social assistance, unemployment and employment. We estimate a dynamic multinomial logit model, controlling for endogenous initial condition and unobserved heterogeneity, using a large representative Swedish panel...
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