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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...
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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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How self-sorting affects migrants’ labour market outcomes
Pareliussen, Jon Kristian - 2017
Assuming that immigrants select destinations according to absolute returns to their observable and unobservable human capital, I present a human capital model of migration accounting for taxes, transfers and limited portability of skills. The model predicts both segmented sorting of migrants to...
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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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Luxembourg : reaping the benefits of a diverse society through better integration of immigrants
Pina, Álvaro Manuel - 2017
from high unemployment, large gender gaps in activity and below-average incomes. Refugees are particularly vulnerable …
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Triple disadvantage? : a first overview of the integration on refugee women
Liebig, Thomas; Tronstad, Kristian Rose - 2018
45% of refugees in Europe are women, yet little is known on their integration outcomes and the specific challenges they …
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How do Europeans differ in their attitudes to immigration? : findings from the European Social Survey 2002/03-2016/17
Heath, Anthony F.; Richards, Lindsay - 2019
issue of government policy towards refugees, there was a marked shift in a negative direction after the 2015/16 refugee … crisis. Countries such as Austria, Germany, and Sweden which had experienced large inflows of refugees showed particularly …
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The role of non-state actors in the integration of refugees and asylum seekers
Galera, Giulia; Giannetto, Leila; Noya, Antonella - 2018
. Within the wide spectrum of non-state actors that provide assistance to refugees and asylum seekers, this paper focuses … refugee crisis in Europe, from 2014 to 2016, in delivering reception and integration policies for refugees, protection holders … effective initiatives to integrate refugees in the society, labour market and economy of host communities. …
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Integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in remote areas with declining populations
Galera, Giulia; Giannetto, Leila; Membretti, Andrea; … - 2018
Haßberge (Germany), it analyses the key socio-economic factors explaining the successful integration of migrants, refugees … suggest that stable jobs and accommodations render remote and mountain localities attractive for refugees and status holders …
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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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