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1,701 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17888
Identity Under Scrutiny: Media Attention and Rule Compliance
Sulin Sardoschau, Giorgio Gulino, Federico Masera
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17885
The Impact of Refugees on Crime: Evidence from Syrian Influx in Türkiye by Nativity of Perpetrators and Victims
Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Abdullah Selim Öztek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17871
Breaking Barriers via Refugees: Cultural Transmission and Women’s Economic Empowerment
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Murat Güray Kirdar, Belgi Turan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17843
Place-Based Policies in Deprived Neighbourhoods: Opportunities for Preexisting Residents and Neighbourhood Revitalisation?
Anna Piil Damm, Ahmad Hassani, Jonas Søndergaard Sørensen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17830
The Power to Discriminate
Samuel Dodini, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17816
The Well-Being Costs of Immigration in Europe
Kelsey J. O'Connor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17816
The Well-Being Costs of Immigration in Europe
Kelsey J. O'Connor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17797
Immigration, Workforce Composition, and Organizational Performance: The Effect of Brexit on NHS Hospital Quality
Henrique Castro-Pires, Kai Fischer, Marco Mello, Giuseppe Moscelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17787
Political Polarization and US-Mexico Migration
Maria Esther Caballero, Giuseppe Ippedico, Giovanni Peri
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17775
Connectivity and Rural Development: Examining India’s Rural Road Construction Scheme
Santosh Kumar, Monica Shandal, Ariel Zucker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17765
Labor Migrants from Non-EEA Countries Moving from Sweden
Fredrik W. Andersson, Eskil Wadensjö
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17765
Labor Migrants from Non-EEA Countries Moving from Sweden
Fredrik W. Andersson, Eskil Wadensjö
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17754
The Vicious Circle of Xenophobia: Immigration and Right-Wing Populism
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
published in: Economic Policy, 2025, 40 (122), 551–573.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17752
Digital Roots or Digital Routes? Broadband Expansion and the Rural-Urban Migration in China
Shuang Ma, Ren Mu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17749
Narratives of Migration and Political Polarization: Private Preferences, Public Preferences and Social Media
Eugenio Levi, Michael Bayerlein, Gianluca Grimalda, Tommaso G. Reggiani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17743
Home-Country Internet and Immigrants' Well-Being
Alexander Yarkin
forthcoming in: AEA Papers and Proceedings
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17736
High-Skilled Migration from Myanmar: Responses to Signals of Political and Economic Stabilization
Yashodhan Ghorpade, Muhammad Saad Imtiaz, Theingie Han
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17736
High-Skilled Migration from Myanmar: Responses to Signals of Political and Economic Stabilization
Yashodhan Ghorpade, Muhammad Saad Imtiaz, Theingie Han
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17736
High-Skilled Migration from Myanmar: Responses to Signals of Political and Economic Stabilization
Yashodhan Ghorpade, Muhammad Saad Imtiaz, Theingie Han
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17735
From Conflict to Compromise: Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from Myanmar
Yashodhan Ghorpade, Muhammad Saad Imtiaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17723
Skills, Migration, and Urban Amenities over the Life Cycle
David Albouy, Jason Faberman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17711
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries
Leah Platt Boustan, Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen, Ran Abramitzky, Elisa Jácome, Alan Manning, Santiago Perez, Analysia Watley, Adrian Adermon, Jaime Arellano-Bover, Olof Aslund, Marie Connolly, Nathan Deutscher, Anne C. Gielen, Yvonne Giesing, Yajna Govind, Martin Halla, Dominik Hangartner, Yuyan Jiang, Cecilia Karmel, Fanny Landaud, Lindsey Macmillan, Isabel Z. Martínez, Alberto Polo, Panu Poutvaara, Hillel Rapoport, Sara Roman, Kjell G. Salvanes, Shmuel San, Michael Siegenthaler, Louis Sirugue, Javier Soria Espín, Jan Stuhler, Giovanni L. Violante, Dinand Webbink, Andrea Weber, Jonathan Zhang, Angela Zhang, Tom Zohar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17622
Housing Subsidies for Refugees: Experimental Evidence on Life Outcomes and Social Integration in Jordan
Abdulrazzak Tamim, Emma Smith, I. Bailey Palmer, Edward Miguel, Ekaterina Oparina, Sandra V. Rozo, Sarah Stillman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17573
The Making of a Ghetto Place-Based Policies, Labeling, and Impacts on Neighborhoods and Individuals
Yajna Govind, Jack Melbourne, Sara Signorelli, Edith Zink
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17572
Gravity Predictions of International Migration Flows
Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Gonzalo López Molina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17561
Ideological Bias in Estimates of the Impact of Immigration
George J. Borjas, Nate Breznau
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17523
Immigration, Inequality and Income Taxes
Mirjam Bächli, Albrecht Glitz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17496
The Labor Market Costs of Job Displacement by Migrant Status
Maria Balgova, Hannah Illing
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17467
Sanctions and Their Effects on the Labor Market and the Economy
Afsaneh Zareei, Eskil Wadensjö
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17402
Migrants' Self-Selection and the Vicious Circle of Right-Wing Populism
Frédéric Docquier, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17402
Migrants' Self-Selection and the Vicious Circle of Right-Wing Populism
Frédéric Docquier, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17356
Migration and the Epidemiological Approach: Time and Self-Selection into Foreign Ancestries Matter
Simone Bertoli, Melchior Clerc, Jordan Loper, Èric Roca Fernández
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17353
Does Trade Exposure Explain Anti-Globalization Votes?
Antoine Bouët, Anthony Edo, Charlotte Emlinger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17343
Immigration Shocks and Shifting Social Group Boundaries
Zohal Hessami, Sebastian Schirner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17342
Does a Lack of Trust Boost Populist Political Parties in Europe? Causal Evidence from Three Methodologies
Jessica Di Cocco, Eugenio Levi, Rama Dasi Mariani, Steven Stillman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17284
The Effects of Civil War and Forced Migration on Intimate Partner Violence among Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan
Merve Betül Gökçe, Murat Güray Kirdar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17278
The Perceived Impact of Immigration on Native Workers' Labour Market Outcomes
Bernd Hayo, Duncan H.W. Roth
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 85, 102610
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17278
The Perceived Impact of Immigration on Native Workers' Labour Market Outcomes
Bernd Hayo, Duncan H.W. Roth
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 85, 102610
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17270
Network Abroad and Culture: Global Individual-Level Evidence
Riccardo Turati
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38 (1), 1-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17266
Immigrants and the Portuguese Labor Market: Threat or Advantage?
Parisa Ghasemi, Paulino Teixeira, Carlos Carreira
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17251
Migrants from a Different Shore: Earnings and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants from China in the United States
Tony Fang, Mei Hsu, Carl Lin
published online in: Journal of Labor Research, 01 October 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17224
Tax Incentives and Return Migration
Jacopo Bassetto, Giuseppe Ippedico
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17213
Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17208
Worker Power, Immigrant Sorting, and Firm Dynamics
Mikko Silliman, Alexander Willén
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17199
Benefits and Costs of Brain and Ability Drain
Maurice Schiff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17181
Unlocking Potential: Childcare Services and Refugees' Integration, Employment and Well-Being
Ludovica Gambaro, Mathias Huebener, Sophia Schmitz, C. Katharina Spieß
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17148
Earnings Assimilation of Post-reunification East German Migrants in West Germany
Regina T. Riphahn, Irakli Sauer
published in: Labour, 2024, 38 (4), 475-510
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17148
Earnings Assimilation of Post-reunification East German Migrants in West Germany
Regina T. Riphahn, Irakli Sauer
published in: Labour, 2024, 38 (4), 475-510
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17096
What Matters for the Decision to Study Abroad? A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Cape Verde
Catia Batista, David M Costa, Pedro Freitas, Gonçalo Lima, Ana B Reis
pubished in: Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 173, 103401
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17066
Shattered Dreams: The Economic Impact of Eliminating DACA
Francesc Ortega, Phillip Connor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17062
International Sanctions and Labor Emigration: A Case Study of Iran
Afsaneh Zareei, Mohammad Ali Falahi, Eskil Wadensjö, Saeed Malek Sadati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17042
Informal Incentives and Labor Markets
Matthias Fahn, Takeshi Murooka
published in: Economic Journal, 2025, 135 (665), 144–179
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17017
News, Emotions, and Policy Views on Immigration
Elena Manzoni, Elie Murard, Simone Quercia, Sara Tonini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16996
Sailing Through History: The Legacy of Medieval Sea Trade On Migrant Perception and Extreme Right Voting
Anna Bottasso, Gianluca Cerruti, Maurizio Conti, Marta Santagata
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16987
The Dire Consequences of Untamed Population Growth in the Netherlands
Joop Hartog
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16987
The Dire Consequences of Untamed Population Growth in the Netherlands
Joop Hartog
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16984
Discrimination in the General Population
Silvia Angerer, Hanna Brosch, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer, Thomas Rittmannsberger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16968
DACA, Mobility Investments, and Economic Outcomes of Immigrants and Natives
Jimena Villanueva Kiser, Riley Wilson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16962
The Effect of Conflict on Refugees' Return and Integration: Evidence from Ukraine
Joop Adema, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Yvonne Giesing, Panu Poutvaara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16962
The Effect of Conflict on Refugees' Return and Integration: Evidence from Ukraine
Joop Adema, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Yvonne Giesing, Panu Poutvaara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16951
Impact of Temporary Migration on Long-Run Economic Development: The Legacy of the Sent-down Youth Program
Tue Gorgens, Xin Meng, Guochang Zhao
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16938
Meritocracy across Countries
Oriana Bandiera, Ananya Kotia, Ilse Lindenlaub, Christian Moser, Andrea Prat
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16935
The Externalities of Immigration Policies on Migration Flows: The Case of an Asylum Policy
Lucas Guichard, Joël Machado
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2025, 25 (1), 59–74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16929
International Immigration and Labor Regulation
Adam Levai, Riccardo Turati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16917
The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery
Parag Mahajan, Nicolas Morales, Kevin Y. Shih, Mingyu Chen, Agostina Brinatti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16917
The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery
Parag Mahajan, Nicolas Morales, Kevin Y. Shih, Mingyu Chen, Agostina Brinatti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16862
Hometown Conflict and Refugees' Integration Efforts
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Gaurav Khanna, Victoria Marino, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16862
Hometown Conflict and Refugees' Integration Efforts
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Gaurav Khanna, Victoria Marino, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16850
Is Intent to Migrate Irregularly Responsive to Recent German Asylum Policy Adjustments?
Bernd Beber, Cara Ebert, Maximiliane Sievert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16849
Labour Market Disadvantages of Citizens with a Migration Background in Belgium: A Systematic Review
Louise Devos, Louis Lippens, Dries Lens, François Rycx, Mélanie Volral, Stijn Baert
published in: De Economist, 2025, 173 (1), 121–175
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16833
Moving Out of the Comfort Zone: How Cultural Norms Affect Attitudes toward Immigration
Yvonne Giesing, Björn Kauder, Lukas Mergele, Niklas Potrafke, Panu Poutvaara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16833
Moving Out of the Comfort Zone: How Cultural Norms Affect Attitudes toward Immigration
Yvonne Giesing, Björn Kauder, Lukas Mergele, Niklas Potrafke, Panu Poutvaara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16802
Does a Tragic Event Affect Different Aspects of Attitudes toward Immigration?
Odelia Heizler (Cohen), Osnat Israeli
published online in: Migration Studies, 07 March 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16789
Free Trade Agreements and the Movement of Business People
Thierry Mayer, Hillel Rapoport, Camilo Umana-Dajud
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2025, 25 (1), 93–126
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16770
Propagation of Immigration Shocks through Firm-to-Firm Trade Networks
Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Seyit Mümin Cilasun, Murat Güray Kirdar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16749
The Effect of Migration on Careers of Natives: Evidence from Long-Term Care
Peter Haan, Izabela Wnuk
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16741
The Effects of Immigration in a Developing Country: Brazil in the Age of Mass Migration
David Escamilla-Guerrero, Andrea Papadia, Ariell Zimran
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16741
The Effects of Immigration in a Developing Country: Brazil in the Age of Mass Migration
David Escamilla-Guerrero, Andrea Papadia, Ariell Zimran
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16741
The Effects of Immigration in a Developing Country: Brazil in the Age of Mass Migration
David Escamilla-Guerrero, Andrea Papadia, Ariell Zimran
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16734
What Drives Attitudes toward Immigrants in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Uganda and Senegal
Malte Becker, Finja Krüger, Tobias Heidland
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16734
What Drives Attitudes toward Immigrants in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Uganda and Senegal
Malte Becker, Finja Krüger, Tobias Heidland
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16732
Digging up Trenches: Populism, Selective Mobility, and the Political Polarization of Italian Municipalities
Luca Bellodi, Frédéric Docquier, Stefano Iandolo, Massimo Morelli, Riccardo Turati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16728
Unintended Consequences? The Changing Composition of Immigration to the UK after Brexit
Jonathan Portes
published online in: National Institute Economic Review, 06 January 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16710
Homeward Bound: How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates
Marguerite Obolensky, Marco Tabellini, Charles A. Taylor
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16692
Immigration, Monopsony and the Distribution of Firm Pay
Michael Amior, Jan Stuhler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16681
Media Coverage of Immigration and the Polarization of Attitudes
Sarah Schneider-Strawczynski, Jérôme Valette
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2025, 17 (1), 337–368
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16662
Capital Markets, Temporary Migration and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Bangladesh
Laurent Bossavie, Joseph-Simon Goerlach, Çağlar Özden, He Wang
published in: World Development, 2024, 176, 106505
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16651
From Refugees to Citizens: Labor Market Returns to Naturalization
Francesco Fasani, Tommaso Frattini, Maxime Pirot
this version: June 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16642
Unemployment, Immigration, and Populism
Shuai Chen
published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2024, 67 (4), 951 - 986
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16616
Foreign Nurses and Hospital Quality: Evidence from Brexit
Henrique Castro-Pires, Marco Mello, Giuseppe Moscelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16614
Anticipation Effects of EU Accession on Immigrants' Labour Market Outcomes
Alberto Dalmazzo, Roberto Leombruni, Tiziano Razzolini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16596
The Long-Term Impact of Parental Migration on the Health of Young Left-behind Children
Jinkai Li, Erga Luo, Bart Cockx
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16527
Macroeconomic Impacts of Immigration in the Canadian Atlantic Region: An Empirical Analysis Using the Focus Model
Peter Dungan, Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson, Steve Murphy
published online in: Journal of Immigrants and Refugee Studies, 11 June 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16515
Are Immigrants Particularly Entrepreneurial? Policy Lessons from a Selective Immigration System
David A. Green, Huju Liu, Yuri Ostrovsky, Garnett Picot
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16502
The Effects of Exposure to Refugees on Crime: Evidence from the Greek Islands
Rigissa Megalokonomou, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 160, 104605
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16497
The Within-Country Distribution of Brain Drain and Brain Gain Effects: A Case Study on Senegal
Philippe Bocquier, Narcisse Cha’Ngom, Frédéric Docquier, Joël Machado
published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024, 90 (3), 384-411
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16482
The Effects of Maria Migrants on the Financial Health of the Residents of Central Florida
Breno Braga, Diana Elliott
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16472
Migration and Productivity in the UK: An Analysis of Employee Payroll Data
Hoseong Nam, Jonathan Portes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16471
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants by Refugee Status: An Analysis of Linked Landing Files and Tax Records
Wifag Adnan, Jonathan Zhang, Angela Zheng
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16469
The Impact of Immigration on the Employment Dynamics of European Regions
Anthony Edo, Cem Özgüzel
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 102433
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