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How did immigrants fare in the Irish labour market over the Great Recession?
Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Connell, Philip J.; … - 2016
This paper identifies the labour market impact of the Great Recession on immigrants compared to natives and how this relationship has evolved since the downturn. We find that the employment penalty suffered by immigrant workers, relative to native workers, increased significantly over the Irish...
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Improving well-being in New Zealand through migration
Carey, David - 2019
New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and … meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance … economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that immigration has had small positive effects on per capita incomes and has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111106
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Integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in remote areas with declining populations
Galera, Giulia; Giannetto, Leila; Membretti, Andrea; … - 2018
This paper examines whether immigration can operate as a counter-process of depopulation and economic recession. Based … channelled recent immigration and asylum seekers to peripheral areas to counterbalance negative demographic trends. Results show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012020094
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Improving the labour market integration of immigrants in Belgium
Pina, Álvaro Manuel; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2015
Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages,...
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Luxembourg : reaping the benefits of a diverse society through better integration of immigrants
Pina, Álvaro Manuel - 2017
Luxembourg’s large foreign-born population is a pillar of the country’s prosperity: they have brought skills and knowledge to many sectors of the economy. They also tend to successfully find jobs, with a higher employment rate than natives. However, not all immigrants have done well. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732736
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A new profile of migrants in the aftermath of the recent economic crisis
Arslan, Cansin; Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Kone, Zovanga; … - 2015
Growing international migration and diverse characteristics of migrant populations make internationally comparable high-quality data on migrants essential. Regular update of these data is crucial to capture the changes in size and composition of migrant populations. This document presents the...
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Making the most of immigration in Canada
Carey, David - 2018
Canada’s immigration policy aims to promote economic development by selecting immigrants with high levels of human …-class immigrants, who are selected for their skills, are by far the largest group. The immigration system has been highly successful … language skills and a decline in returns to pre-immigration labour market experience. Canada has responded by modifying its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995769
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Sustaining the economic expansion in New Zealand
Luu, Corinne - 2015
The NZ economy has performed well over the past few years, having achieved relatively strong GDP and employment growth. However, some constraints to sustaining this momentum beyond the short term are emerging in the fields of skills, housing and urban infrastructure. Skills shortages have risen...
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Long-term social, economic and fiscal effects of immigration into the EU : the role of the integration policy
Kancs, D'Artis; Lecca, Patrizio - 2017
immigration into the EU by performing a scenario analysis of alternative refugee integration scenarios. Our simulation results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054708
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Employment mobility and labour market flexibility in the EU
Monastiriotis, Vassilis; Sakkas, Stylianos - 2021
Does employment flexibility facilitate cross-regional adjustments via labour mobility? Or is it instead a hinderance to cross-regional equilibration in the labour market? We examine this, drawing on a sample of 11 European countries belonging to different 'varieties' of European capitalism. We...
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