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From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia
Ivļevs, Artjoms; King, Roswitha M. - In: IZA Journal of Migration 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
migrants and their descendants born on the territory of Latvia. The country of Latvia serves as an instructive laboratory for … the possibility that migrants came with an intention to acquire host country citizenship. Using data from a 2007 survey of …
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Using a point system for selecting immigrants
Tani, Massimiliano - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, succeeds in selecting economically desirable immigrants and provides orderly management of population growth. But the point system cannot fix short-term skilled labor shortages...
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Migration and Remittances Nexus: Economic Implications and Analysis
Strielkowski, Wadim; Šperková, Lenka; Jacek, Brożyna - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 19 (2017) 46, pp. 772-789
remittance behaviour and test assumptions in the Ukraine-Czech Republic country models. A range of testing is defined by the …
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Born abroad and educated here: Examining the impacts of education and skill mismatch among immigrant graduates in Europe
McGuinness, Seamus; Byrne, Delma - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-30
This paper examines the wage and job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among migrants graduating … from EU-15 based universities in 2005. Female migrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher … likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived migrants incurred wage penalties which were exacerbated by additional penalties …
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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...
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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...
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The labor market impact of Covid-19 on immigrants
Cassidy, Hugh - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
. The labor market recovery for both groups in the US was rapid, and by Fall 2020, the employment gaps between immigrant and …
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Economic assimilation of Mexicans and Central Americans in the United States
Peri, Giovanni; Rutledge, Zachariah - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-26
cohorts of Mexicans and Central Americans by comparing their earnings and employment probability to those of natives with … States without an employment rate disadvantage, and they surpassed natives within 10 years. We also find that Mexicans and …
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Flat-rate tax systems and their effect on labor markets
Peichl, Andreas - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
The potential economic outcomes resulting from a flat rate of income tax have been the subject of an ongoing academic and political debate. Many observers have suggested that the introduction of a flat tax would be beneficial for a country’s economy, having a positive influence on the labor...
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Who cleans my house if the government pays? Refugees, low-educated workers, and long-term unemployed in tax-subsidized domestic service firms
Rickne, Johanna - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-37
reforms has been to create employment for disadvantaged groups on the domestic labor market. I evaluate a Swedish policy where …-skilled sectors. I conclude that the tax subsidy largely failed to improve employment opportunities among the target groups. An …
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