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Crime and immigration : do poor labor market opportunities lead to migrant crime?
Bell, Brian - 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 there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but …
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Legalizing undocumented immigrants : while legalization benefits most undocumented immigrants, deciding how to regularize them is challenging
Bansak, Cynthia - 2016
Addressing unauthorized immigration is controversial. Countries have adopted a variety of legalization programs …
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Do immigrants squeeze natives out of bad schedules? : evidence from Italy
Osea, Giuntella - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
This paper documents the effect of immigrant concentration on natives’ work schedules. I show that immigrants are more likely to work at non‐standard hours (i.e. evenings, nights and Sundays) and that a higher proportion of immigrants in the local labor market is associated with a lower...
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COVID-19 pandemic and the situation of immigrants in enterprises
Maj, Jolanta; Kubiciel-Lodzińska, Sabina - In: Central European economic journal 9 (2022) 56, pp. 178-190
During the first (spring 2020) and second wave (autumn 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic, Poland was among the countries with the strictest regulation, lockdown, and national quarantine. The pandemic has significantly influenced the situation of enterprises, especially for immigrants. The main aim...
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Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985-2016
Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 4, pp. 1803-1847
This paper analyzes earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Sweden over 1985-2016. The deep recession in the early 1990s marks a historic turning point with a massive increase in earnings inequality and earnings volatility, and the impact of the recession and the recovery from it lasted for...
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Consequences of immigrating during a recession : evidence from the US Refugee Resettlement program
Mask, Joshua - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/21, pp. 1-31
Are there long-term labor consequences in migrating to the US during a recession? For most immigrants, credibly estimating this effect is difficult because of selective migration. Some immigrants may not move if economic conditions are not favorable. However, identification is possible for...
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Bridges or buffers? : motives behind immigrants’ religiosity
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive – whether...
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An empirical study on the migration among young skilled and creative people
Suciu, Marta-Christina; Florea, Cristina Andreea - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 19 (2017) 46, pp. 727-741
In the context of a knowledge and innovative-based society and economy, smart and creative cities are attracting an increasing number of young people, most of them being gifted, very talented students and high-skilled workforce, with multiple competences . These young people are pro-active and...
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International students, immigration and earnings growth : the effect of a pre-immigration host-country university education
Hou, Feng; Lu, Yuqian - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 7 (2017) 5, pp. 1-24
-educated immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group, and the key factor differentiating their post-immigration earnings from the earnings … experience before immigration added only a small or no earnings gain after immigration for Canadian-educated immigrants. …
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Labor market integration of new immigrants in Spain
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Nollenberger, Natalia - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 4, pp. 1-15
Immigrants' employment status has worsened during the Great Recession in Spain. How much of this worsening is due to the recession, and how much to a composition effect? Using Spanish Labor Force Survey data from 2000 through 2011, we compare the employment trajectories of different cohorts of...
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