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literature dealing with the evaluation of labor market programs and with the economic integration of immigrants. Next to … outcomes of immigrants: a) introduction programs, b) language training, c) labor market programs, and d) anti …
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.e. whether immigrants are more likely to move to countries with generous welfare systems. Although economic theory predicts that … welfare generosity affects the number, composition and location of immigrants, the empirical evidence is rather mixed. We …
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Attracting skilled immigrants is emerging as an important policy goal for immigrant receiving countries. This article … the context of deteriorating labor market outcomes for immigrants across destination countries which fuels the debate on … reviews the evidence on labor market outcomes of immigrants by visa category that portrays the experiences of countries with …
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We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...
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evidence on the subject, which reaches several conclusions. First, immigrants are overrepresented in occupations and industries … with higher injury and fatality rates. Second, immigrants have higher work-related injury and fatality rates in some … advanced economies, but not all. Finally, most, but not all, immigrants appear to earn risk premiums similar to natives for …
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Despite its importance in global illegal migration, there is little, and mostly theoretical research on human smuggling. We suggest an analytical framework to understand the micro structure of the human smuggling market. Migrants interact with smuggling and financing intermediaries; these may or...
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This is a survey of some of the key studies in the literature on international migration in history that may be described as cliometric. This literature uses the concepts and approaches of applied economics to investigate a range of historical issues and there are strong parallels with the...
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Circular migration receives increasing attention due to its empirical relevance and as a policy concept to manage labor flows. This review discusses the advantages and disadvantages of circular movements for all parties. It studies the characteristics of circular movers worldwide and...
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The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the EU extended the freedom of movement to workers from the twelve new member states mainly from Central Eastern Europe. This study summarizes and comparatively evaluates what we know about mobility in an enlarged Europe to date. The pre-enlargement fears of...
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the United Kingdom. it is a points-based immigration system which main objective is to attract high skilled immigrants … point system increases the average years of the immigrants by 3.5 years; (ii) the Mexican immigrants suffer a 10% reduction …) the offspring of the immigrants invest more in human capital than the United States natives; (v) the earnings ratio …
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