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Title: Chances and Challenges: Four Empirical Essays on Migration and Its Impact on Society

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: Migration flows have been growing over the last decades and, given the global economic and demographic imbalances, they are unlikely to fall in the nearer future. In 2017, more than 250 million people lived outside their country of birth, and the share of foreign-born population in OECD countries grew from 9.5 percent in 2000 to 13 percent (OECD, 2018a). In many industrialized countries, the foreign-born population has not only increased, it has also become more diverse (Adserà and Ferrer, 2015). For 2015, Figure I illustrates how the number of source countries of immigrants varies across host countries. In African and South Asian countries, the immigrant population typically comprises of less than 40 different countries of origin, while traditional receiving countries, like the United Kingdom and Australia, host immigrants from more than 200 countries. For host countries, this source country heterogeneity creates . . .

Url: https://d-nb.info/1199614440/34

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Authors: Höckel, Lisa Sofie

Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Department: Economics

Advisor: Michael Roos

Degree: PhD

Publisher Location: Bochum, Germany

Pages: 189

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

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