Immigrants In Regional Labour Markets Of Host Nations

Author : Syed Ather Hussain Akbari
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789400762442

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Immigrants in Regional Labour Markets of Host Nations by Syed Ather Hussain Akbari Pdf

This book is the first to present a detailed analysis of economic integration of immigrants in smaller areas of their host nations. It uses Atlantic Canada as a case in point and uses unpublished data based on several databases of Statistics Canada and Citizenship and Immigration, Canada. It identifies best policy practices that can also be used in other countries to address demographic challenges similar to those facing Canada, for example population ageing and youth out-migration from smaller regions to larger regions, through immigration. Economic integration of immigrants in Atlantic Canada is faster and better than it is nationally. An overarching result is that an analysis of regional data can lead to very different policy conclusions than the analysis of national data, which means that it can be risky to devise immigration policy based only on national data. A clear message is that economic benefits from immigration can be enhanced by facilitating a broader geographic distribution of immigrants, rather than maintaining their concentration in a few larger urban regions. A must read for immigration and population policy makers, immigrant settlement agencies and academic researchers.

Author : Ather Akbari
Publisher : Springer
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9400762453

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Immigrants in Regional Labour Markets of Host Nations by Ather Akbari Pdf

This book is the first to present a detailed analysis of economic integration of immigrants in smaller areas of their host nations. It uses Atlantic Canada as a case in point and uses unpublished data based on several databases of Statistics Canada and Citizenship and Immigration, Canada. It identifies best policy practices that can also be used in other countries to address demographic challenges similar to those facing Canada, for example population ageing and youth out-migration from smaller regions to larger regions, through immigration. Economic integration of immigrants in Atlantic Canada is faster and better than it is nationally. An overarching result is that an analysis of regional data can lead to very different policy conclusions than the analysis of national data, which means that it can be risky to devise immigration policy based only on national data. A clear message is that economic benefits from immigration can be enhanced by facilitating a broader geographic distribution of immigrants, rather than maintaining their concentration in a few larger urban regions. A must read for immigration and population policy makers, immigrant settlement agencies and academic researchers.

Author : Lars Calmfors,Nora Sánchez Gassen
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789289362009

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Integrating Immigrants into the Nordic Labour Markets by Lars Calmfors,Nora Sánchez Gassen Pdf

Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden face similar problems of integrating large groups of immigrants, especially low-educated ones from outside the EU, into their labour markets. In this volume, researchers from across the Nordic Region analyse how labour market integration of immigrants can be promoted. Education policy, active labour market policy, social benefit policy and wage policy are analysed. A key conclusion is that no single policy is likely to suffice. Instead, various policies have to be combined. The exact policy mix must depend on evaluations of the trade-offs with other policy objectives.

Author : Fethiye Tilbe,Elli Heikkilä
Publisher : Transnational Press London
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781801350907

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Work and Migration: Case studies from Around the World by Fethiye Tilbe,Elli Heikkilä Pdf

The purpose of this edited book is to look at work and migration from multiple viewpoints and illuminate challenges faced by immigrants in the labour markets around the world. It takes an approach that listens to the voices of different migrant groups in different countries, based mostly on qualitative research. In addition to the main themes of discussion centred on labour markets, this book also makes reference to a wide range of discussion topics which often intersect with employment, labour markets and the work experience of migrants. These include themes such as migrant integration, remittance transfers, relations established and maintained with home countries, legal and institutional arrangements and policy making processes in the host countries, through the concepts of employment and work. The chapters highlight immigrants’ experiences both theoretically and empirically in the contributions around the world. "This book, which includes the experiences of specific groups like qualified, unskilled, and female migrants, makes reference to a wide range of discussion topics such as migrant integration, remittance transfers, relations established and maintained with home countries, legal and institutional arrangements and policy making processes in the host countries, through the concepts of employment and work.” Contents INTRODUCTION - Elli Heikkilä and Fethiye Tilbe LABOUR MARKET PARTICIPATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND CHALLENGES IN FINLAND - Elli Heikkilä FORCED MIGRANT’S SENSE OF PLACE: THE CASE OF SYRIAN REFUGEE-WORKERS IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Basem Mahmud SYRIAN REFUGEE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DIFFERENTIATED INTEGRATION IN THE DISTRICTS OF HATAY, TURKEY - Olgu Karan ETHIOPIAN-ISRAELI WOMEN IN ACADEMIA: A GENDER EQUALITY PLAN, IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CHANGE PROJECT - Adi Binhas and Hana Himi WORK LIVES OF SKILLED FEMALE IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES - Harika Suklun HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND SKILLED IMMIGRANTS LABOUR MARKET EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA: AN OVERVIEW - Sikanyiso Masuku and Sizo Nkala IMMIGRANTS IN SKILLED OCCUPATIONS IN BRAZIL: ASSESSING THE FACTORS IMPACTING WAGES - Renan Gadoni Canaan CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION, INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY, AND SANCTION IN TARGETING BENEFITS FOR THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS’ WORK PROMOTION IN AUSTRIA, FINLAND, AND CZECH REPUBLIC - Eddy Bruno Esien CONTRIBUTORS TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS: THE CASE OF THAI MIGRANTS IN ISRAEL - Parkpoom Kuanvinit THE "UNSEEN" IN MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES: THE CASE OF SOUTH ASIAN MIGRANT WORKERS IN CAMERON HIGHLANDS, MALAYSIA - Prakash Arunasalam and Thirunaukarasu Subramaniam

Author : OECD,International Labour Organization
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264288737

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How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies by OECD,International Labour Organization Pdf

How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies is the result of a project carried out by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization, with support from the European Union. The report covers the ten project partner countries.

Author : The World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781464812828

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Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets by The World Bank Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264033603

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Jobs for Immigrants (Vol. 1) Labour Market Integration in Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden by OECD Pdf

This publication presents reviews of the labour market integration of immigrants and their children in four OECD countries (Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden), and provides country-specific recommendations.

Author : Simonetta Longhi,Peter Nijkamp,Jacques Poot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1375336249

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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages by Simonetta Longhi,Peter Nijkamp,Jacques Poot Pdf

In our increasingly interconnected and open world, international migration is becoming an important socio-economic phenomenon for many countries. Since the early 1980s, many studies have been undertaken of the impact of immigration on host labour markets. Borjas (2003) noted that the estimated effect of immigration on the wage of native workers varies widely from study to study and sometimes even within the same study. In addition, these effects cluster around zero. Such a small effect is a rather surprising outcome, given that in a closed competitive labour market an increase in labour supply may be expected to exert a downward pressure on wages. We revisit this issue by applying meta-analytic techniques to a sample of eighteen papers, which altogether generated 348 estimates of the percentage change in the wage of a native worker with respect to a one percentage point increase in the ratio of immigrants over native workers. While many studies in our sample employ US data, estimates are also obtained from Germany, The Netherlands, France, Norway, Austria, Israel and Australia. Our analysis shows that results vary across countries and are inter alia related to the type of modelling approach. Technical issues such as publication bias and quality of the estimates are addressed as well. A negative but small effect of immigration on wages of native groups with similar skills appears rather robust.

Author : Sylwia Przytuła,Łukasz Sułkowski
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781839099069

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Integration of Migrants into the Labour Market in Europe by Sylwia Przytuła,Łukasz Sułkowski Pdf

Living and working in a host country is challenging both for the host country as well as for the incoming migrants. Therefore, integration activities are essential for easing the transition. This book examines various practices of integrating migrants in European countries from national, organizational and individual perspectives.

Author : Ravi Pendakur
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773568495

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Immigrants and the Labour Force by Ravi Pendakur Pdf

First, Canada's primary source for immigrants has shifted dramatically from the United Kingdom and Europe to countries outside Europe. Second there has been a remarkable transformation in the nature of work: Canada's economy has changed from relying on resource extraction to an emphasis on manufacturing, and presently is emerging as post-industrial and knowledge-based. Pendakur combines an analysis of parliamentary debates on immigration issues with an evaluation of the regulatory and policy changes that resulted from these discussions and an analysis of how the work of immigrants changed over a five-decade. He then provides both a political and quantitative analysis by looking at issues that affect not only immigrants but minorities born in Canada in order to assess the degree to which labour market discrimination exists and whether employment equity programs are needed.

Author : Collectif
Publisher : OECD
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789264288782

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How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies by Collectif Pdf

How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies is the result of a project carried out by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization, with support from the European Union. The report covers the ten partner countries: Argentina, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa and Thailand. The project, Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries as Countries of Destination, aimed to provide empirical evidence – both quantitative and qualitative – on the multiple ways immigrants affect their host countries. The report shows that labour migration has a relatively limited impact in terms of native-born workers’ labour market outcomes, economic growth and public finance in the ten partner countries. This implies that perceptions of possible negative effects of immigrants are often unjustified. But it also means that most countries of destination do not sufficiently leverage the human capital and expertise that immigrants bring. Public policies can play a key role in enhancing immigrants’ contribution to their host countries’ development.

Author : Daniel Rauhut,Birgit Aigner-Walder,Rahel M. Schomaker
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031309687

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The Economics of Immigration Beyond the Cities by Daniel Rauhut,Birgit Aigner-Walder,Rahel M. Schomaker Pdf

This book explores how migrants and refugees can revitalise peripheral regions and communities economically. The extent to which migrants stimulate the economic activities of these regions through labour market participation, entrepreneurship, innovation and consumption is examined theoretically and empirically for the EU as a whole, as well as through empirical case studies that highlight the impact of migration at macro, company, and individual levels. A particular focus is given to the economic consequences of Third Country Nationals to places beyond the cities, i.e. the peripheral and remote regions of Europe. This book aims to provide insight into the role of migrations in low productive and labour-intensive regions. The authors provide innovative policy recommendations to stimulate the positive economic consequences of immigration to places beyond the cities. It will be of interest to students, researchers, and policymakers working within labour economics and migration and integration policies.

Author : Dominique M. Gross
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822025975970

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Immigration Flows and Regional Labor Market Dynamics by Dominique M. Gross Pdf

The paper analyzes the ability of a regional labor market to absorb growing flows of immigrant workers with declining levels of skills during relatively high unemployment. The impact of the size of the flow and the skill characteristics of the immigrants are analyzed. It is found that immigration is positively related to unemployment in the short run but in the long run is negatively related. Also, a higher average skill level among immigrants makes them more effective in their job search in the short run. Finally, increasing the discrepancy between the skill distribution of immigrants and that of the existing workforce is desirable, as both types of labor appear to be complements in the short-run.

Author : Christian Dustmann,Albrecht Christian Ekkehard Glitz,Albrecht Glitz
Publisher : Centre for Economic Policy Research
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Emigration and immigration
ISBN : 9781898128878

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Immigration, Jobs and Wages by Christian Dustmann,Albrecht Christian Ekkehard Glitz,Albrecht Glitz Pdf

This book provides a brief historical overview of Europe's migration experience since World War II, and presents a simple economic model that shows how immigration can affect the host countries' economies.

Author : Giang Ho
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513561912

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The Nordic Labor Market and Migration by Giang Ho Pdf

The large influx of migrants to Nordic countries in recent years is challenging the adoptability of Nordic labor market institutions while also adding to potential growth. This paper examines the trends, economic drivers, and labor market implications of migration to Nordic countries with a particular focus on economic migration as distinct from the recent large flows of asylum seekers. Our analysis finds that migration inflows to the Nordics are influenced by both cyclical and structural factors. Although migration helpfully dampens overheating pressures during periods of strong demand, and over the longer term will cushion the decline in labor supply from population aging, in the near-term unemployment can rise, especially among the young and lower-skilled. The analysis highlights the need to adapt Nordic labor market institutions in a manner that better facilitates the integration of migrants into employment. In particular, greater wage flexibility at the firm level and continued strong active labor market measures will help improve labor market outcomes among immigrants.