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opposite, open immigration and closed trade policies. Why the inverse policy correlation, and why has it persisted for almost … two centuries? This paper seeks answers to this dual policy paradox by exploring the fundamentals which have influenced … the evolution of policy: the decline in the costs of migration and its impact on immigrant selectivity, a secular switch …
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opposite, open immigration and closed trade policies. Why the inverse policy correlation, and why has it persisted for almost … two centuries? This paper seeks answers to this dual policy paradox by exploring the fundamentals which have influenced … the evolution of policy: the decline in the costs of migration and its impact on immigrant selectivity, a secular switch …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703758
Most labor scarce overseas countries moved decisively to restrict their immigration during the first third of the 20th century. This autarchic retreat from unrestricted and even publicly-subsidized immigration in the first global century before World War I to the quotas and bans introduced...
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This paper asks whether history can shed light on the modern debate about immigration's labour market impact in high … links between these economic relationships and immigration policy. It concludes with an explanation for the apparent … difference in immigration's impact in the two global centuries, and thus on policy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656429
The U.S. economic development in the nineteenth century was characterized by the westward movement of population and the accumulation of productive land in the West. This paper presents a model of migration and land improvement to identify the quantitatively important forces driving this...
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refugees and host communities. This policy paper presents seven principles for improving financing for refugee situations …
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levers at their disposal. We recognise the importance of the policy instruments which receive the most attention – migration … policy (especially rules about entry and exit) and development policy (in particular migration’s place in national … development strategies and donor cooperation policies). However, we suggest that to maximise benefits and minimise costs, policy …
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rampant xenophobia for migrant and host populations while examining policy options to tackle it. …
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. To conclude, the paper recognizes the policy challenges surrounding the migration-education linkage and considers some of …
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resettlement policy to stimulate human capital accumulation and hence economic growth in both economies. …
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