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This page is maintained by Martin Kahanec. The Migration Program Area focuses on the many dimensions of the growing international and internal migration. It is concerned with the determinants of the supply and demand for migration, including immigration law and the legal status of migrants. It is also interested in the many aspects of the adjustment of the migrants and their descendants in the destination, including public policies regarding absorption and assimilation. Moreover, the program area is concerned with the impact of the migration on both the origin and the destination. The implications of the analyses for immigration policy, absorption and assimilation policy, and other public policies will also be developed. |
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Amelie F. Constant,Deputy Program Director, DIW DC, Georgetown University and IZA
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Martin Kahanec,Deputy Program Director, IZA
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Highlights
News- L. Alan Winters in Euroasylum's Monthly Policy Interviews on Migration Policy [view text]- Amelie Constant in AICGS Advisor: "Women and Entrepreneurship in Germany" [view text] - George Borjas testifies before U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [view text] - Barry R. Chiswick in New York Times: "The Worker Next Door" [view text] - Barry R. Chiswick, Richard B. Freeman and Harry J. Holzer testify before U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee [view text] - Amelie Constant in AICGS Advisor: "Immigration at a Critical Juncture" [view text] - Klaus F. Zimmermann in IZA Compact: "Immigration Policy at a Crossroads?" (p. 16) [view text] |
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Migration Topic WeekThe "Migration Topic Week" is a newly initiated gathering of migration scholars at IZA.The idea is to create a new forum of discussions on migration, to provide the opportunities to have useful interactions and engage in long discussions with both young scholars and seasoned researchers in migration, to have highly stimulating and provocative meetings, to brainstorm, and to converge to possible fruitful collaborations. This forum is not confined to the constrained format of a conference or a workshop. We especially invite researchers who want to work together on migration projects during this week. We expect to have longer lectures from the participants and end the week with our Annual Migration Meeting (participants may also present or discuss papers at the AM²). All participants are expected to interface and have an active role during the week and at the AM². This first "Migration Topic Week" took place at IZA on May 13-21, 2006. It was bookended by the 2nd Migrant Ethnicity Meeting (MEM) (May 14-16), in conjunction with a meeting of practitioners, and the 3rd Annual Migration Meeting (AM²) (May 20-21). Participants in the Migration topic week were involved in both meetings and served as discussants to one or both meetings. |
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The Julian Simon LectureThe Annual Migration Meeting (AM2) established the Julian Simon Keynote Lecture in honor of Julian Simon, in recognition of his research on the economic effects of population change.2004 Lecture: Don J. DeVoretz, "Immigration Policy: Methods and Assessment" [download PDF] 2005 Lecture: Klaus F. Zimmermann, "Fortress Europe: The Price of Being Closed" 2006 Lecture: Timothy J. Hatton, "Should We Have a WTO for International Migration?" [download PDF] 2007 Lecture: Barry R. Chiswick, "The Economics of Language" |
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Events
Projects
The Economics and Persistence of Migrant Ethnicity
| Funded by: Volkswagen Stiftung Project Start: 2005/04/01 Project End: 2008/03/31 | |
| Project leader(s): | Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, Georgetown University and IZA and IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University) |
| Participants: | Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA), Don J. DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University and IZA) |
| Short Description: | An outline of the project and links to participants, events, publications etc. are available at the Ethnicity Project Homepage |
Study on the Social and Labour Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities
| Funded by: European Commission Project Start: 2006/10/15 Project End: 2008/03/15 | |
| Project leader(s): | Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University), Don J. DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University and IZA), Amelie F. Constant (DIW DC, Georgetown University and IZA and IZA) |
| Participants: | Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA), Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA), Holger Bonin (ZEW Mannheim and IZA), Werner Eichhorst (IZA), Randall K. Q. Akee (IZA), Liliya Gataullina (IZA), Martin Kahanec (IZA), Konstantinos Tatsiramos (IZA), Anzelika Zaiceva (IZA), Georgios Tassoukis (IZA) |
| Short Description: | The overriding objective of the study is to provide the European Commission High Level Group on the social and labour market integration of minorities with an expert analysis of mechanisms to overcome the barriers that members of ethnic minorities in Europe may face in gaining access to employment. Several initiatives, such as the network of ten Country Experts and the IZA Expert Opinion Survey, have been fostered within this project. |
EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets
| Funded by: IZA Project Start: 2006/11/01 Project End: 2009/12/31 | |
| Project leader(s): | Martin Kahanec (IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University) |
| Participants: | Anzelika Zaiceva (IZA), Holger Hinte (IZA) |
| Short Description: | This Migration Program research sub-area combines IZA's internal scientific potential with the expertise of external researchers to address two primary scientific objectives. First, we assess the effects of the 2004 and 2007 EU enlargements on the labor markets of the fifteen original member states as well as the ten new members from Central and Eastern Europe. The second objective is to evaluate the different immigration policies adopted by the original member states towards immigrants from the new member states. To foster collaboration with external experts on achieving these objectives, the IZA Expert Network on EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets has been established. The network is coordinated by Martin Kahanec and currently involves nine members (Alan Barrett, Ireland; Denis Fougere, France; Marek Gora, Poland; Joop Hartog, The Netherlands; Timothy J. Hatton, The UK; Mihails Hazans, Latvia; Peder J. Pedersen, Denmark; Sara de la Rica, Spain; and Eskil Wadensjoe, Sweden). |
Recent Discussion Papers
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| 3572 | Daniele Paserman | Do High-Skill Immigrants Raise Productivity? Evidence from Israeli Manufacturing Firms, 1990-1999 | June 2008 |  |
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| 3568 | Barry R. Chiswick | The Economics of Language: An Introduction and Overview | June 2008 | |
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| 3567 | Adama Konseiga | Family Migration: A Vehicle of Child Morbidity in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya? | June 2008 | |
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| 3564 | Guillermina Jasso, Mark R. Rosenzweig | Selection Criteria and the Skill Composition of Immigrants: A Comparative Analysis of Australian and U.S. Employment Immigration (forthcoming in: Jagdish Bhagwati and Gordon H. Hanson (eds.), Skilled Migration Today: Phenomenon, Prospects, Problems, Policies. New York: Oxford) |
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| 3563 | Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller | The "Negative" Assimilation of Immigrants: A Special Case | June 2008 | |
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| 3560 | Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann | Migration, the Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality | June 2008 | |
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| 3556 | Murat Iyigun | Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (On Ethnicity, Religion and War) | June 2008 | |
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| 3552 | Brian Duncan, Stephen Trejo | Ancestry versus Ethnicity: The Complexity and Selectivity of Mexican Identification in the United States | June 2008 | |
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| 3551 | Louis N. Christofides, Robert Swidinsky | The Economic Returns to a Second Official Language: English in Quebec and French in the Rest-of-Canada | June 2008 | |
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| 3547 | Brian Duncan, Stephen Trejo | Intermarriage and the Intergenerational Transmission of Ethnic Identity and Human Capital for Mexican Americans | June 2008 | |
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| 3534 | Aslan Zorlu, Joop Hartog | Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands: Catching Up and the Irrelevance of Education | June 2008 | |
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| 3532 | Richard Akresh, Ilana Redstone Akresh | Using Achievement Tests to Measure Language Assimilation and Language Bias among Immigrant Children | June 2008 | |
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| 3512 | Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda | From Individual Attitudes towards Migrants to Migration Policy Outcomes: Theory and Evidence (forthcoming in: Economic Policy) |
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| 3506 | Delia Furtado, Heinrich Hock | Immigrant Labor, Child-Care Services, and the Work-Fertility Trade-Off in the United States | May 2008 | |
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| 3499 | Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny | The Effect of Minimum Wages on Immigrants’ Employment and Earnings | May 2008 | |
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| 3494 | Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy | Immigrants and Welfare Programmes: Exploring the Interactions between Immigrant Characteristics, Immigrant Welfare Dependence and Welfare Policy | May 2008 | |
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| 3493 | Benedikt Halfdanarson, Daniel F. Heuermann, Jens Suedekum | Human Capital Externalities and the Urban Wage Premium: Two Literatures and their Interrelations | May 2008 | |
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| 3489 | Stéphane Mahuteau, Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar | Do Migrants Get Good Jobs in Australia? The Role of Ethnic Networks in Job Search | May 2008 | |
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| 3488 | Robert W. Fairlie, Christopher Woodruff | Mexican-American Entrepreneurship | May 2008 | |
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| 3486 | Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Sara de la Rica | Does Immigration Raise Natives’ Income? National and Regional Evidence from Spain | May 2008 | |
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Selected Publications
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| Klaus F. Zimmermann, Amelie Constant | How Labor Migrants Fare, Springer-Verlag: Berlin, et al. 2004, 424 pages. |
| Torben Tranæs, Klaus F. Zimmermann | Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State, University Press of Southern Denmark: Odense 2004, 436 pages. |
| Barry R. Chiswick | The Economics of Immigration, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK 2005, 424 pages. |
| Klaus F. Zimmermann, Holger Hinte | Zuwanderung und Arbeitsmarkt. Deutschland und Dänemark im Vergleich (Immigration and the Labor Market. Germany and Denmark in Comparison), Springer-Verlag: Berlin et al. 2005, 322 pages. |
| Klaus F. Zimmermann | European Migration: What Do We Know?, Oxford University Press: Oxford/New York 2005, 653 pages. |
| Solomon Polachek, Carmel U. Chiswick, Hillel Rapoport | The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity, Vol. 24 (Research in Labor Economics), JAI Press: Greenwich, CT 2006, 488 pages. |
| Klaus F. Zimmermann, Thomas Bauer, Holger Bonin, René Fahr, Holger Hinte | Migrant Labor Demand in the Face of High Unemployment. An Economic Integration Concept for Germany, Springer-Verlag: Berlin et al. 2007. |
| Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller | The Economics of Language, Routledge: 2007, 598 pages. |
| Carmel U. Chiswick | Economics of American Judaism, Routledge: 2008, 208 pages. |
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| Amelie Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann | "Immigrant Performance and Selective Immigration Policy: A European Perspective", in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 194/4, 4-15. |
| Klaus F. Zimmermann | "European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials", in: De Economist, 2005, 153 (4), 1-26. |
| Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller | "Immigrant Earnings: A Longitudinal Analysis", in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2005, 51 (4), 485-503. |
| Amelie Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann | "The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany: Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?", in: Small Business Economics, 2006, 26/3, 279-300. |
| Don J. DeVoretz, Sergiy Pivnenko | "The Economic Causes and Consequences of Canadian Citizenship", in: Journal of Immigration and Integration, 2006, 6 (3/4), 435-468. |
| Amelie Constant | "Female Proclivity to the World of Business", in: Kyklos, 2006, 59 (4), 465-480. |
| Amelie Constant, Yochanan Shachmurove | "Entrepreneurial ventures and wage differentials between Germans and immigrants", in: International Journal of Manpower, 2006, 27(3), 208-229. |
| Amelie Constant, Yochanan Shachmurove, Klaus F. Zimmermann | "What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does It Pay? Native Men, Turks, and Other Migrants in Germany", in: International Migration, 2007 (forthcoming). |
Useful Links
| IZA - Additional Web Resources on the Topics of Migration | |||
| IZA - Database for Migration Literature | |||
| Migration Data Bases | |||
| Volkswagen Foundation Initiative on Migration and Integration | |||