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Political economy of immigration and fiscal sustainability
Hur, Jinwook - In: KDI-journal of economic policy 44 (2022) 1, pp. 1-47
This paper introduces a politico-economic model with a welfare state and immigration. In this model, policies on taxes and immigration are determined through a plurality voting system. While many studies of fiscal implications of immigration argue that relaxing immigration policies can...
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Spain : from massive immigration to vast emigration?
Izquierdo, Mario; Jimeno, Juan F.; Lacuesta, Aitor - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 10, pp. 1-20
crisis, substantially changed migration flows, so that, from the beginning of the 2010s, Spain experienced positive net … outflows. In this paper, we take on three tasks. First, we show that sensitivity of migration flows to unemployment is similar … importance of past network effects of foreigners and the recent network effects of Spaniards in shaping these migration flows …
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The features of labor emigration from the Slovak Republic
Grenčíková, Adriana; Skačkauskienė, Ilona; … - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 19 (2018), pp. 271-277
Migration is historically a social phenomenon that not only has a significant effect on politics, economics, and social … aspects but also presents challenges to the security of states and alters population composition in countries. Labor migration … is one of the most dynamic in Europe. The current study aims at examining the relations and the reasons for emigration to …
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Does emigration increase the wages of non-emigrants in sending countries? : emigration can increase the wages of non-emigrants, but may eventually lead to lower productivity and wa...
Elsner, Benjamin - 2015
How migration affects labor markets in receiving countries is well understood, but less is known about how migration … emigration increases wages in the sending country but only for non-emigrants with substitutable skills similar to those of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433786
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Post-enlargement emigration and new EU members' labor markets : outmigration has contributed to increasing wages and decreasing unemployment in the new EU member states but may als...
Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2014
unique opportunity to evaluate the labor market effects of emigration. Outmigration has contributed to higher wages for … stayers, as well as to lower unemployment in the source country. However, emigration has also exacerbated skills shortages in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417106
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Happiness and the emigration decision : happy people are an asset to society, and happiness may be a determinant of emigration
Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2014
Happy people are healthier and more creative, productive, and sociable. Because of these positive effects of happiness, it is in the interest of countries to attract and retain happy people. With respect to the decision to migrate, the central question becomes whether people who are happier and...
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Multiculturalism versus assimilation : attitudes towards immigrants in Western countries
Vani, Borooah K.; John, Mangan - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 2 (2009) 2, pp. 33-50
A long standing area of debate in Western countries is that of the appropriate philosophy for facilitating large scale immigration; should immigrants preserve their traditions and culture while living in the host country (integration/multiculturalism) or should they assimilate themselves into...
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Freedom of movement for workers : relaxing immigration restrictions could greatly improve the well-being of people in developing countries, with little effect on wages
Kennan, John - 2014
Most developed countries have foreign aid programs that aim to alleviate poverty and foster economic growth in less developed countries, but with very limited success. A large body of evidence indicates that the root of the economic development problem is cross-country differences in the...
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How skilled immigration may improve economic equality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-13
. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving …
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EU enlargement and the race to the bottom of welfare states
Skupnik, Christoph - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-21
the bottom in benefit levels. Using EU-LFS data, I analyze the determinants of migration flows and do not find evidence … that welfare state variables affect migration flows when controlling for temporary political restrictions of the freedom of … restrictions offset the migration incentive effects of work-related pull factors. …
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