The existing literature on the health trajectories of UK immigrants has mainly focused on the relationship between ethnicity and health. There is little information on the role of immigration status and no previous information on the role of reason for immigration to the UK. This study fills...

This article studies the response of Mexico's monetary policy to inflows of workers' remittances. Previous studies have shown that remittances can have an impact on several macroeconomic variables of the receiving country (e.g. exchange rate, inflation and output, among others). Mexico has the...

In this article we re-examine the relationship between remittances and economic growth placing special attention to the non-linearity of this relationship. Previous studies have ignored the non-linearity of the relationship between remittances and economic growth or have used a quadratic term to...

We merged the Survey of New Refugees (SNR) with the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS) to compare the labour market outcomes of refugees in the UK with those of other migrants. We compare new refugees with a full sample of LFS migrants and with a sample of recent LFS migrants. Controlling for relevant...

Knowledge about the economic implications of refugee return is essential in order to develop adequate policies in the post-conflict period. In this paper we explore differences in economic outcomes between return migrant households and non-migrant households using panel data from Burundi, a...

During the 1990s the northwestern region of Tanzania experienced a large inflow of refugees. Using panel data (pre and post refugee inflow) we estimate the labor market consequences of hosting those refugees. Results are consistent with immigration affecting the allocation of natives across...

Using 2010-2017 data we compare the labour market outcomes of refugees (those who migrated to seek asylum), natives (UK-born), and other migrants in the UK (work, study and family migrants). The results indicate that refugees are less likely to be employed and earn less than natives and other...

Globally, over 40 million people have been forced to leave or flee their homes due to conflict, violence, and human rights violations either as refugees outside their country of origin or Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). A substantial number live in protracted displacement where return has...

This article studies the response of Mexico’s monetary policy to inflows of workers’ remittances. Previous studies have shown that remittances can have an impact on several macroeconomic variables of the receiving country (e.g. exchange rate, inflation and output, among others). Mexico has...