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immigration-induced skill-mix changes between 1860 and 1930. We find that capital began as a q-complement for skilled and … allowed the U.S. economy to absorb the large wave of less-skilled immigration with a modest decline in less-skilled relative …
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somewhat surprising as the exceptional growth in the Irish economy occurred from 1994 on. We look to immigration as being a … simulation suggests that immigration did indeed reduce earnings inequality. This result is an interesting corollary to work from … the US that shows the immigration of unskilled workers increasing earnings inequality. …
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An extensive body of research related to immigrants in a variety of countries has documented a "healthy immigrant effect" (HIE). When immigrants arrive in the host country they are healthier than comparable native populations, but their health status may deteriorate with additional years in the...
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We investigate whether the dependence of immigrants on welfare benefits leads to opposition to further immigration by … natives lead to less favourable attitudes of natives towards immigration. Interestingly, we do not find similar stylised facts … for immigrants' attitudes towards immigration. …
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, without the rise in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the …
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This paper analyses the effects of immigration on waiting times in the National Health Service (NHS) in England …. Linking administrative records from the Hospital Episode Statistics (2003-2012) with immigration data drawn from the UK Labour … Force Survey, we find that immigration reduced waiting times for outpatient referrals and did not have significant effects …
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Civil war in Syria, which started in March 2011, has led to a massive wave of forced immigration from the Northern … immigration has considerably affected the employment outcomes of natives, while its impact on wage outcomes has been negligible …
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This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the European Union. Earlier papers measure the presence of immigrants in the local labor market by computing the share of the foreigners in specific regions. This paper, instead, utilizes...
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