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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 … between immigrants and non-immigrants rather than to immigration status per se. Moreover, evidence in some countries suggests …
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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 … between immigrants and non-immigrants rather than to immigration status per se. Moreover, evidence in some countries suggests …
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Inmigración, Estado de bienestar y gobierno multinivel en España
Fuentes, Francisco Javier Moreno - In: EKONOMIAZ 81 (2012) 03, pp. 231-256
The transformation of Spain in a country of immigration has had important social and demographic implications …
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Labor Mobility for the Poor: Is it Really Possible?
Luthria, Manjula - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 45, pp. 1-6
Despite mounting evidence that supports the pro-poor benefits of migration, it has not been easy to unlock doors into developed country labor markets. This is largely because both labor sending and receiving countries are unsure that such programs can be designed or executed in a manner that...
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Toward an Objective-Driven System of Smart Labor Migration Management
Holzmann, Robert; Pouget, Yann - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2010) 42, pp. 1-5
This policy note offers motivation and a game plan for achieving a coherent and mutually beneficial labor migration system.1 It argues that migrant workers may make important contributions to economic growth and development in both sending and receiving countries if they find enabling...
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Where do immigrants retire to?
de Coulon, Augustin - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
As migration rates increase across the world, the choice of whether to retire in the host or home country is becoming a key decision for up to 15% of the world’s population, and this proportion is growing rapidly. Large waves of immigrants who re-settled in the second half of the 20th century...
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Can immigrants ever earn as much as native workers?
Anderson, Kathryn H. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Immigrants contribute to the economic development of the host country, but they earn less at entry and it takes many years for them to achieve parity of income. For some immigrant groups, the wage gap never closes. There is a wide variation across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of...
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Effect of immigrant nurses on labor market outcomes of US nurses
Kaestner, Robert; Kaushal, Neeraj - In: Journal of Urban Economics 71 (2012) 2, pp. 219-229
We study the effect of immigration of foreign-trained, registered nurses (RNs) on the employment and wages of US …-trained RNs. We use the “area” approach and study effects of immigration in labor markets defined by the state. We find … substantial evidence that immigration by foreign-trained nurses increases the supply of nurses and that this increase in supply is …
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Jobcenters' strategies to promoting the inclusion of immigrant and native job seekers: A comparative analysis based on PASS survey data
Lehweß-Litzmann, René; Söhn, Janina - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-24
the amount of time since immigration. Recent immigrants have the lowest chance of reporting most of the studied measures …
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Concreción de las políticas de empleo en España para los nuevos inmigrantes
Sacristán Romero, Francisco - In: Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar (2007) 4, pp. 239-253
The active policies of work for the immigrants group try to contribute to the increase of the incorporation possibilities and labor maintenance of these workers so related to the Spanish culture, combining, at the same time, flexibility and security in the use. In addition, in macroeconomic...
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