Policy pointers

Immigration & Refugees

Immigration, Citizenship, and the Size of Government

IZA

A 36-page discussion paper analyzing the political sustainability of the welfare state in an environment where immigration is the main demographic force and where governments are able to influence the size and skill composition of immigration flows

Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-11-15

Reconciling the Estimates of Potential Migration into the Enlarged European Union

IZA

This 35-page discussion paper reviews the literature on potential migration into the enlarged EU and reconciles the results with recent evidence

European Union, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2006-12-28

Ethnic Self-Identification of First-Generation Immigrants

IZA

A 20-page discussion paper analyzing the determinants of ethnic self-identification by immigrants

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2007-01-03

Employment Integration of Refugees: The Influence of Local Factors on Refugee Job Opportunities in Sweden

IZA

A 45-page discussion paper studying the importance of local conditions for the employment of refugees in Sweden

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2007-01-22

Cultural Integration in Germany

IZA

This 57-page discussion paper investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to natives differentiating by gender and immigrant generation

Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-15

Returning to the Question of a Wage Premium for Returning Migrants

IZA

A 22-page discussion papere stimating the extent to which people who have emigrated from Ireland and returned earn more relative to comparable people who have never lived abroad

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-02-24

Transferability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation: An Analysis for Germany

IZA

This 33-page discussion paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-03-04

Does Immigration Induce 'Native Flight' from Public Schools? Evidence from a Large Scale Voucher Program

IZA

A 31-page discussion paper examining the correlation between ethnic heterogeneity due to immigration and the propensity of opting out from public schools for private alternatives

Education, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-04-13

Are Muslim Immigrants Different in Terms of Cultural Integration?

IZA

This 23-page discussion paper compares the determinants of religious identity for Muslims and non-Muslims in the UK

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2007-09-07

Migrant Ethnic Identity: Concept and Policy Implications

IZA

A 25-page discussion paper investigating the challenges and potentials of migration from an EU perspective

Immigration & Refugees, European UnionPosted: 2007-10-10

Measuring Skilled Emigration Rates: The Case of Small States

IZA

A 32-page discussion paper focusing on the international mobility of skilled people from small states

Immigration & Refugees, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-03-17

Does Employment Protection Help Immigrants?

IZA

This 45-page paper studies the effect of employment protection legislation on immigrants and native workers in Spain and Italy

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2008-03-28

Immigration: High Skilled vs. Low Skilled Labor?

IZA

This 23-page policy analysis paper, prepared for the Productivity Commission of Australia, explores the implications for the host country population of alternative immigration policies. The two immigration options considered are a policy based on admitting primarily high-skilled workers and another that has the effect of admitting primarily low-skilled workers. The implications for the native-born population for their aggregate level of income, the distribution of their income by skill level, and the size of the income redistribution system are considered

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-07-27

Meta-Analysis of Empirical Evidence on the Labour Market Impact of Immigration

IZA

This 41-page discussion paper examinies the effect of immigration on a broad range of labour market outcomes

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-04-24

Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Migration: An Empirical Analysis in Developing Countries

IZA

The aim of this 32-page discussion paper is to assess the relationship between natural disasters caused by climate change and migration by studying the migration rates and the education level in developing countries

Immigration & Refugees, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-09-09

Multilateral Resistance to Migration

IZA

This 53-page discussion paper looks at the influence exerted by other destinations on bilateral migration flows

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2011-09-29

Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process

IZA

A 21-page discussion paper exploring the integration of Christian and Muslim immigrants to Germany

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2006-10-08

How Immigrants Fare Across the Earnings Distribution: International Analyses

IZA

This 40-page discussion paper studies the determinants of the distribution of earnings among the native-born and immigrants in the US and Australia

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-11-06

The Social Assimilation of Immigrants

IZA

This 34-page discussion paper examines the social integration of immigrants into host countries within Europe

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2006-11-21

Immigrants in a Booming Economy: Analyzing Their Earnings and Welfare Dependence

IZA

A 24-page discussion paper examining the earnings and welfare dependence of immigrants to Ireland, compared with the native population

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2006-11-28

Immigrant Participation in Welfare Benefits in the Netherlands

IZA

This 21-page discussion paper examines the degree of participation in social assistance, disability and unemployment benefits across ethnic groups using register data of the entire population in the Netherlands

Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-12-09

Disparities in Social Assistance Receipt between Immigrants and Natives in Sweden

IZA

This discussion paper investigates social assistance receipt among immigrants compared with receipt among natives in Sweden

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-12-09

Parental Ethnic Identity and Educational Attainment of Second-Generation Immigrants

IZA

This 31-page discussion paper is a first attempt to explore whether immigrant parents' ethnic identity affects the next generation's human capital accumulation in the host country

Immigration & Refugees, EducationPosted: 2011-12-16

Intermarriage, Language and Economic Assimilation Process: A Case Study of France

IZA

This 31-page discussion paper studies the role of intermarriage in the process of immigrant economic assimilation in France

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2006-12-01

International Mobility of the Highly Skilled, Endogenous R&D, and Public Infrastructure Investment

IZA

This 46-page discussion paper analyzes the interaction of emigration of highly skilled labour, income gaps and optimum public infrastructure investment

Immigration & Refugees, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-03-11

The Effects of Naturalization on Immigrants

IZA

This 28-page discussion paper analyzes the link between naturalization and the labour force status of immigrants in France

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2008-03-11

Inter-ethnic Marriage and Partner Satisfaction

IZA

This 18-page discussion paper investigates immigrant assortative mating and relationship satisfaction

Families, Children & Youth, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-11-24

Ethnic Minorities in the European Union: An Overview

IZA

This 41-page discussion paper sheds light on the labour market situation of ethnic minorities in the European Union

Immigration & Refugees, European UnionPosted: 2011-01-10

Is the Minimum Wage a Pull Factor for Immigrants?

IZA

This 25-page discussion paper studies the impact of the minimum wage on immigration

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-01-17

Immigration and Welfare State Cash Benefits: The Danish Case

IZA

This 36-page discussion paper summarizes existing evidence on welfare dependence among immigrants in Denmark and supplies new evidence with focus on the most recent years

Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-01-09

Immigration and the Occupational Choice of Natives

IZA

This 43-page discussion paper evaluates the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives in France over the period 1962-1999

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-02-14

Economic and Ethnic Polarisation among Children in Sweden in Three Metropolitan Areas

IZA

This 42-page discussion paper investigates issues of economic and ethnic segregation in Swedish cities from the perspective of children

Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-12-04

A Gendered Assessment of the Brain Drain

IZA

This 35-page discussion paper researches gender-disaggregated indicators of the brain drain

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2007-12-30

Are Immigrants More Mobile than Natives? Evidence from Germany

IZA

A 46-page discussion paper comparing the labour mobility of immigrants to Germany with that of natives

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-12-30

Who Leaves and Who Returns?

IZA

A 39-page discussion paper investigating the factors driving immigration self-selection

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2008-01-21

Canadian Immigration Policy and Immigrant Economic Outcomes: Why the Differences in Outcomes between Sweden and Canada?

IZA

A 27-page discussion paper in which Canada’s immigration policy and outcomes are contrasted to the Swedish immigration experience

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2011-04-03

Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

IZA

This 33-page discussion paper measures the impact of the size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the innovativeness of host regions

Immigration & Refugees, European UnionPosted: 2011-05-18

Labor Market Effects of Immigration: Evidence from Neighborhood Data

IZA

This 22-page discussion paper combines individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with economic and demographic postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities of high- and low-skilled natives

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-05-26

Eight Questions about Brain Drain

IZA

This 30-page discussion paper builds upon a new wave of empirical research to answer eight key questions underlying much of the brain drain debate

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-06-07

The Impact of Labour Market Dynamics on the Return-Migration of Immigrants

IZA

A 29-page discussion paper estimating the causal effects of labour dynamics on the return decisions of new labour immigrants

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-06-07

How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children

IZA

This 35-page discussion paper analyzes how the share of immigrant children in the classroom affects the educational attainment of native Dutch children

Education, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2012-01-09

The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members: Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program

IZA

A 45-page discussion paper addressing the impacts of international migration on development in the sending countries, and especially the effects on remaining household members

Immigration & Refugees, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-09-10

Ethnicity, Assimilation and Harassment in the Labour Market

IZA

A 29-page discussion paper examining the causes of discrimination against ethnic minorities in labour markets

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2008-07-25

Brain Drain in Globalization: A General Equilibrium Analysis from the Sending Countries' Perspective

IZA

This 47-page discussion paper assesses the global effects of brain drain on developing economies and quantifies the relative sizes of various static and dynamic impacts

Globalisation & International Trade, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-06-23

The Microeconomic Determinants of Emigration and Return Migration of the Best and Brightest: Evidence from the Pacific

IZA

A 53-page discussion paper based on research in 3 Pacific countries is used to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the microeconomic level, the determinants of these migration choices

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-01-26

Migration, The Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality

IZA

This 29-page discussion paper considers some of the impacts of the migration of labour

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2008-07-04

Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women

IZA

This 50-page discussion paper investigates the effects of Spain's large recent immigration wave on the labor supply of highly skilled native women

Families, Children & Youth, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-07-10

What Affects International Migration of European Science and Engineering Graduates?

IZA

This 37-page discussion paper analyses the determinants of labour migration after graduation for science and engineering graduates

Science & Technology, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-07-10

Low-Skilled Immigration and the Expansion of Private Schools

IZA

This 59-page discussion paper provides a political-economic model to study the impact of low-skilled immigration on the host country's education system, which is characterized by sources of school funding, the average expenditure per pupil, and the type of parents who are more likely to send their children to publicly or privately funded schools

Education, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-02-01

Immigrant Wages in the Spanish Labour Market: Does the Origin of Human Capital Matter?

IZA

This 27-page discussion paper analyses the role played by the different components of human capital in the wage determination of recent immigrants within the Spanish labour market

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-05-12

The Effect of Community-Level Socio-Economic Conditions on Threatening Racial Encounters

IZA

This 40-page discussion paper analyzes the relationship between local socio-economic conditions and the propensity for outsiders to have threatening racial encounters with insiders.

Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-11-24

Scale, Diversity, and Determinants of Labour Migration in Europe

IZA

This paper contributes to a better understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It surveys previous historical experiences and empirical findings including the recent Eastern enlargements.

European Union, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2008-08-05

Determinants of Integration and its Impact on the Economic Success of Immigrants

IZA

A 46-page discussion paper investigating the determinants and impact of immigration on the economic performance of Turkish househols in Berlin

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2008-10-27

A Note on Measures of Human Capital for Immigrants: Examining the American Community Survey and New Immigrant Survey

IZA

This 24-page discussion paper examines whether where an immigrant acquires human capital matters in earnings regressions

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-12-29

Attitudes Towards Immigrants, Other Integration Barriers and Their Veracity

IZA

This 14-page discussion paper studies opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities, and their interaction with other barriers to minorities' economic integration

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2008-08-29

Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain

IZA

This 34-page discussion paper estimates empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over the period 1998-2008

Housing, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-08-13

The Economic Impact of Immigration in Greece

IZA

This 38-page discussion paper reviews the existing evidence on the economic impact of immigration to Greece

Immigration & Refugees, European UnionPosted: 2008-10-28

Remittances and Chain Migration: Longitudinal Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

IZA

This 24-page paper examines the possibility for remittances to trigger chain migration

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-04-09

Temporary Labour Migration and Welfare at the New European Fringe: A Comparison of Five Eastern European Countries

IZA

This 40-page discussion paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004

Immigration & Refugees, European UnionPosted: 2009-05-03

Negotiating the Maze

Joint Standing Committee on Migration - Parliament of Australia

This 368-page Australian report considers skills recognition, upgrading and licensing of people trained outside Australia

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-09-18

Housing Inequality in the United States

Levy Economics Institute

This 39-page working paper explores the various socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, as well as the distinct immigration experiences and spatial patterns that shape racial and ethnic inequality in US home ownership

Housing, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-05-27

Peace the Only Solution to Displaced People's Needs

Life & Peace Institute

A 4-page overview of displacement in the Horn of Africa

Internal Displacement, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2007-07-03

An Idea Whose Time Has Finally Come: The Case for Employment Verification

Manhattan Institute

A 16-page U.S. policy brief arguing that illegal immigration to the U.S. will only be controlled if a reliable, automated employment verification system is put in place

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2005-12-16

Building on Social Cohesion, Harmony and Security

MCRG

A series of proposals made by the Muslim Communjity Reference Group for improving the integration of Australia's Muslims into the wider society

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2006-12-19

Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System

Ministry of Justice - UK

This 80-page UK report sets out progress made in tackling the over-representation of young black people in the criminal justice system

Crime, Law & Order, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2008-12-16

Remittances: Latin America's Faulty Lifeline

MIT Center for International Studies

This 4-page essay examines some of the deleterious effects of remittances sent by migrants to their native countries

Immigration & Refugees, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-04-07

Language Minorities and Their Educational and Labor Market Indicators: Recent Trends

National Center for Education Statistics

This 85-page U.S. report examines trends in the U.S. language minority population 1979-99, covering education, income and labour force outcomes

Immigration & Refugees, EducationPosted: 2004-07-02

Cultural and Linguistic Inclusion?

National Ethnic Disability Alliance

This 52-page Australian literature review explores the definitions and measures of social exclusion, social inclusion and social cohesion through an analysis of literature and indicators from Australia and the United Kingdom. It also explores how measures of cultural diversity can be built into understanding and measuring social inclusion in Australia

Social Policy, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-03-03

Skilled Migration and the Workforce: An Overview

NCVER

A 12-page Australian overview on migration, focusing on the contribution immigration has made to its workforce

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2008-05-01

Creating Learning Spaces for Refugees: The Role of Multicultural Organisations in Australia

NCVER

Through the experiences of refugees from Bosnia, Iraq and Sudan, this 53-page research study explores the role multicultural community organisations play in creating important informal networks and learning spaces that connect people from refugee backgrounds to the wider Australian community

Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-12-11

What Future for Political Islam?

Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy

A 5-page summary of a lecture addressing how to interpret the rise of political movements inspired by Islam

Governance & Politics, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2004-12-13

Immigration Policy

New Zealand Business Roundtable

A 6-page policy briefing examining New Zealand's policy in respect of economic migrants

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2004-06-01

EU Enlargement and Migration: Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact

NIESR, ESRI

A 21-page discussion paper considering the macroeconomic effects of migration that followed the enlargement of the EU in May 2004

European Union, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2007-03-30

Bearers of Global Jihad? Immigration and National Security after 9/11

Nixon Center

This 151-page U.S. monograph explores the connection between immigration and terrorism

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2004-03-26

The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Australia

OECD

A 62-page report examining the integration of immigrants into the Australian labour market

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-03-19

Managing Highly-skilled Labour Migration: A Comparative Analysis of Migration Policies and Challenges in OECD Countries

OECD

This 54-page working paper provides an overview of policies and issues related to the management of highly skilled labour migration

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-05-07

Muslims in Europe: A Report on 11 EU Cities

OSI

This 341-page US report captures a snapshot of the experiences of Muslim communities in selected neighborhoods in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Antwerp, Berlin and Hamburg, Copenhagen, Leicester and Waltham Forest–London, Marseille and Paris, and Stockholm

Immigration & Refugees, European UnionPosted: 2010-01-07

Temporary (Long Stay) Business Visas: Subclass 457

Parliamentary Library

A 4-page Australian research note gives background on the Temporary (Long Stay) Business visas and discusses controversies regarding temporary skilled and business migration

Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2007-02-26