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June 9, 2021

New research on the economic effects of migration policies

IZA's 17th annual migration meeting with 17 presenters covered a variety of topics and countries

  • Development
  • immigration policy
  • integration
  • migration
  • Davide Coluccia
  • George Borjas
  • Marc Witte
  • Ran Abramitzky
  • Yajna Govind
IZA News

November 13, 2020

The Economics of Immigration: 2nd Edition

New textbook for undergraduate students draws extensively on IZA migration research

  • migration
  • Cynthia Bansak
  • Madeline Zavodny
  • Nicole B. Simpson
Research

September 10, 2020

Does economic development deter workers from leaving poor countries?

Two new studies find that as people in developing countries get richer, they are more likely to emigrate

  • aid
  • Development
  • migration
  • Mariapia Mendola
  • Michael A. Clemens
IZA NewsResearch

May 31, 2019

Causes, costs and benefits of migration

IZA's 16th Annual Migration Meeting discussed the labor market implications of refugee flows and migrant integration

  • illegal migration
  • immigration polices
  • labor market
  • migration
  • refugee
Research

January 3, 2019

Graduates from EU countries more likely to leave UK because of Brexit

First evidence of causal impact on return intentions

  • Brexit
  • European Union
  • graduates
  • migration
  • United Kingdom
  • Chuhong Wang
  • Corrado Giulietti
  • Jackline Wahba
  • Jane Falkingham
IZA NewsResearch

August 10, 2018

15th IZA Annual Migration Meeting held at Harvard Kennedy School

New research covering topics from deterrence to integration

  • DACA
  • deterrence
  • integration
  • IZA events
  • migration
  • refugees
  • remittances
  • smugglers
Opinion

July 2, 2018

Can foreign aid reduce emigration?

Why aid efforts aimed at shaping migration must look beyond deterrence.

  • Africa
  • aid
  • Development
  • GDP
  • growth
  • migration
  • refugees
  • root causes
  • youth unemployment
  • Hannah M. Postel
  • Michael A. Clemens
Research

April 20, 2017

The migration of talent – global inequality or global benefits?

Much of the public debate on migration centers on the skill level of migrants. While receiving countries are concerned about […]

  • brain drain
  • global welfare
  • high-skilled migration
  • migration
  • refugees
  • skilled workers
  • talent
  • welfare
  • welfare effects
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Caglar Ozden
  • Christopher Parsons
  • Costanza Biavaschi
  • Joel Machado
  • Michał Burzyński
  • Sari Pekkala Kerr
  • William Kerr
Research

March 3, 2017

Decoding attitudes towards migrants

The recent political success of right-wing populists in the US and in many European countries is often attributed to a […]

  • anti-immigration movement
  • attitudes
  • extremism
  • immigration
  • immigration polices
  • migration
  • public information campaigns
  • Salience
  • Alexis Grigorieff
  • Christopher Roth
  • Diego Ubfal
  • Giovanni Facchini
  • Hiroyuki Nakata
  • Ingo E. Isphording
  • Nico Pestel
  • Tommaso Colussi
  • Yotam Margalit
Research

December 8, 2016

How deporting all undocumented workers would hurt the U.S. economy

Immigration issues are at the top of many western countries’ political agendas. The EU is still processing all of the […]

  • Donald Trump
  • employment
  • illegal immigration
  • legalization
  • migration
  • U.S. economy
  • unauthorized workers
  • United States
  • Francesc Ortega
  • Ryan Edwards
Research

September 29, 2016

Immigrants’ enclaves – stepping stones or stumbling blocks for integration?

Immigrants typically do not settle evenly across the countries in which they move. Rather, they tend to cluster in particular […]

  • ethnic enclaves
  • immigration policy
  • integration
  • migration
  • refugees
  • segregation
  • Simone Schüller
Research

August 15, 2016

Backlash against Muslim immigrants after terrorist attacks harms integration and the economy

The recent rise in the number and intensity of fundamentalist Islamic terrorist attacks occurring in several Western cities could, as […]

  • attitudes
  • high-skilled
  • integration
  • Islam
  • migration
  • Muslim
  • Netherlands
  • segregation
  • terrorism
  • Ahmed Elsayed
  • Andries de Grip
Opinion

July 25, 2016

On the costs and benefits of international labor mobility: Interview with George Borjas

The drastic and unexpected increase in the number of people seeking asylum in Germany in 2015 has overshadowed the long […]

  • Germany
  • immigration policy
  • labor market
  • migration
  • refugee crisis
  • George Borjas
OpinionResearch

May 30, 2016

Against xenophobia and national barriers – in light of the refugee crisis in Europe

European leaders have failed to devise any short-term solutions to address the underlying drivers forcing refugees to flee Africa and […]

  • borders
  • European asylum system
  • integration
  • international collaboration
  • mass migration
  • migration
  • national barriers
  • refugee crisis
  • refugees
  • xenophobia
  • Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga
  • Kathryn H. Anderson
  • Madeline Zavodny
  • Pia Orrenius
  • Tim Hatton
Research

March 31, 2016

Countries benefit from legalizing undocumented immigrants

A new article published on IZA World of Labor finds that legalizing illegal immigrants can boost tax revenues, prevent worker […]

  • illegal immigration
  • IZA World of Labor
  • labor mobility
  • migration
  • refugee crisis
  • refugees
  • tax policy
  • undocumented immigrants
  • Cynthia Bansak
Research

May 7, 2015

Interview: Costs and benefits of emigration from West Africa

Held in Dakar, Senegal, this year’s IZA Annual Migration Meeting acquired a tragic topicality: The ongoing loss of lives in […]

  • asylum
  • emigration
  • Europe
  • integration
  • migration
  • refugee
  • remittances
  • senegal
  • West Africa
  • Mamadou Dansokho
  • Tim Hatton
Research

March 17, 2015

Global Skill Partnership: Regulate skilled migration for global equity

The migration of skilled labor is often seen as unfair, benefiting rich countries (through receiving well-skilled workers to fill labor […]

  • brain drain
  • destination countries
  • health sector
  • highly trained
  • human capital
  • migration
  • policy tool
  • skilled labor
  • technology transfer
  • training support
  • Michael A. Clemens
Videos

March 12, 2015

Carmel Chiswick on the effect of economic choices for religious traditions

In a video interview, IZA Fellow Carmel U. Chiswick (George Washington University) talks about the link between economic choices and […]

  • economic choices
  • economic incentives
  • migration
  • religion
  • religious laws
  • religious traditions
  • Carmel U. Chiswick
Videos

March 12, 2015

Barry Chiswick on the design of immigration policies

In a video interview, IZA Fellow Barry Chiswick (George Washington University) talks about the design of immigration policies. He explains […]

  • border enforcement
  • illegal migration
  • immigration polices
  • migration
  • OECD countries
  • United States
  • Barry Chiswick
Research

February 12, 2015

Immigrants and host countries benefit from liberalized access to citizenship

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that many immigrants fail to integrate economically. Research shows that the option […]

  • citizenship
  • employment
  • Germany
  • immigration
  • IZA World of Labor
  • labor market
  • migration
  • naturalization
  • Christina Gathmann
Research

October 23, 2014

Can migration boost incomes, happiness and freedom satisfaction?

By Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova The recent economic crisis and the subsequent lagging economic recovery renewed the immigration debate […]

  • freedom satisfaction
  • happiness
  • incomes
  • international borders
  • life quality
  • life satisfaction
  • migration
  • productivity
  • public health
  • well-being
  • Carol Graham
  • Milena Nikolova
Research

October 9, 2014

Immigrant women: Not just secondary workers any more

Immigrant women in the labor market have long been viewed as “secondary workers” who work in unskilled jobs, mainly as […]

  • Canada
  • immigrants
  • job-traps
  • labor market participation
  • married
  • migration
  • secondary worker
  • skills
  • women
  • Alicia Adsera
  • Ana Ferrer
Research

August 22, 2014

Migration decisions of couples: Who wears the pants?

Couples are less likely than singles, but more likely than families to emigrate to a different country. But who makes […]

  • couple
  • decision making
  • Denmark
  • education
  • family
  • gender differences
  • income
  • job matching
  • migration
  • Martin D. Munk
  • Martin Junge
  • Panu Poutvaara
Research

July 7, 2014

How foreign language classes shape migration within the EU

Given the large differences in youth unemployment rates across Europe, one would expect young people to migrate from countries with […]

  • cohesion policy
  • Europe
  • foreign language studies
  • language
  • migration
  • United States
  • youth unemployment
  • Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll
  • Zoë Kuehn
Research

June 17, 2014

Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and politics: How immigration shapes natives’ political preferences

International migration is a global phenomenon, widely studied in the literature. An important but less investigated issue concerns the role […]

  • China
  • Dutch Freedom Party
  • election
  • Front National
  • immigration
  • Italy
  • Lega Nord
  • migration
  • parliament
  • political choices
  • Roman Prodi
  • Silvio Berlusconi
  • Alessio D'Ignazio
  • Guglielmo Barone
  • Guido de Blasio
  • Paolo Naticchioni
Research

June 14, 2014

Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and politics: How immigration shapes natives’ political preferences

International migration is a global phenomenon, widely studied in the literature. An important but less investigated issue concerns the role […]

  • China
  • Dutch Freedom Party
  • election
  • Front National
  • immigration
  • Italy
  • Lega Nord
  • migration
  • parliament
  • political choices
  • Roman Prodi
  • Silvio Berlusconi
  • Alessio D'Ignazio
  • Guglielmo Barone
  • Guido de Blasio
  • Paolo Naticchioni
Research

May 16, 2014

Becoming a German citizen pays for female immigrants

Today there are ten million immigrants living in Germany, accounting for 13 percent of the whole population. At the same […]

  • citizenship
  • Germany
  • immigration
  • integration
  • labor market
  • migration
  • Christina Gathmann
  • Nicolas Keller
Research

April 30, 2014

Roma face blatant discrimination in Europe – IZA Director calls for better integration

The German government is planning to pass new legal provisions for asylum seekers. This would also facilitate the deportation of […]

  • discrimination
  • Eastern Europe
  • ethnic minority
  • Europe
  • integration
  • migration
  • Roma
  • Amelie F. Constant
  • Anzelika Zaiceva
  • Klaus F. Zimmermann
  • Martin Kahanec
Research

February 21, 2014

More labor mobility would alleviate asymmetric shocks in Europe

Free mobility of labor, one of the pillars of the European Union, has experienced a decrease in popularity in several […]

  • Europe
  • free labor mobility
  • labor market shocks
  • migration
  • USA
  • John P. Martin
  • Julia Jauer
  • Patrick A. Puhani
  • Thomas Liebig
Research

February 10, 2014

Business visits increase productivity

According to the International Air Transport Association, each year several hundred million workers carry out an international business trip, that […]

  • business visits
  • growths
  • knowledge transfer
  • labor
  • labor mobility
  • migration
  • productivity
  • Massimiliano Tani
  • Roselyne Joyeux
Research

January 20, 2014

Migrants are different from the average – but does it matter?

Migrant self-selection – the question who migrates and who does not – is one of the most fundamental issues in […]

  • GDP
  • Mexico
  • migrant self-selection
  • migration
  • Norway
  • skill selection
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Costanza Biavaschi
OpinionResearch

October 21, 2013

Welfare benefits are no magnet for migrants

EU commissioner Laszlo Andor has been under fire since he claimed last week that welfare tourism is “neither widespread nor […]

  • anti-immigration movement
  • demographic change
  • employment
  • Europe
  • European Union
  • Germany
  • immigration
  • migration
  • UK
  • welfare migration
  • worker mobility
  • Amelie F. Constant
  • Klaus F. Zimmermann
  • Martin Kahanec
Research

October 11, 2013

“The Price of Rights”: How to regulate international labor migration

Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the […]

  • admission policy
  • high-income countries
  • high-skilled
  • immigration
  • labor migration
  • liberalization
  • migration
  • population aging
  • welfare migration
  • Martin Ruhs
Videos

June 18, 2013

Why brain drain can be good for your country

It can be quite costly for a country if the smartest brains move abroad. In the latest IZA interview, Visiting […]

  • brain drain
  • high-skilled
  • knowledge transfer
  • migration
  • Peter J. Kuhn
Research

April 5, 2013

The Guardian reports on IZA study: No ‘welfare migration’ within EU

According to a comprehensive study of 19 European countries over a period from 1993 to 2008, national differences in unemployment […]

  • European Union
  • immigration
  • migration
  • unemployment benefits
  • Corrado Giulietti
  • Klaus F. Zimmermann
  • Martin Guzi
  • Martin Kahanec
Videos

March 13, 2013

Don J. DeVoretz on the economics of citizenship

In the latest IZA interview Don J. DeVoretz, IZA Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at the Simon Fraser University […]

  • citizenship
  • education
  • Europe
  • interview
  • labor demand
  • migration
  • university
  • Don J. DeVoretz

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