US immigration policy and brain waste
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DOI: 10.1007/s00168-020-01017-y
Abstract: The US H-1B visa for highly skilled immigrant labor and the accompanying H-4 visa for their dependents lead to structural constraints that exclude dependents from the labor force. This paper investigates the economic consequences of… read more here.
Keywords: labor force; policy; labor; immigration policy ... See more keywords
Building walls or opening borders? Global immigration policy attitudes across economic, cultural and human security contexts.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.06.006
Abstract: Using data from the World Values Survey for 51 countries, we conduct a multi-level analysis with mixed effects multinomial logistic regression models to explore the effects of economic context, cultural context, and national security events… read more here.
Keywords: policy attitudes; immigration; national security; immigration policy ... See more keywords
Immigration policy and perception impacts on SNAP access and eligibility: a view from the field
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DOI: 10.1017/s1742170519000449
Abstract: Abstract The former Deputy Administrator of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) nutrition assistance program summarizes her experiences as the lead policy official for the program during the Great Recession… read more here.
Keywords: impacts snap; snap access; immigration policy;
Dualistic Discourse and Immigration Policy
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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2020.1720562
Abstract: Abstract: The central question in immigration policy is whether to support less immigration through more “restrictive” laws and procedures or whether to support more immigration through a “relaxation” of existing laws. Recently, however, a second… read more here.
Keywords: dualistic discourse; policy; question; immigration ... See more keywords
Research on Immigration Policy in the European Union: A Review of Books
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2018.1426602
Abstract: Among areas of key interest for public policy analysis in recent years, perhaps no topic has been as polarizing, and prone to hostile discourse, political games, and supposed solutions in the publi... read more here.
Keywords: union review; policy; policy european; research immigration ... See more keywords
Bureaucratic implementation practices and the making of Canada’s merit-based immigration policy
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DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2020.1817731
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article extends theories of how, in the mid-twentieth century, ‘merit-based’ immigration policies, which select immigrants based on individual human capital and social ties, replaced explicitly racist immigration policies that selected on national and… read more here.
Keywords: merit based; immigration; immigration policy; policy ... See more keywords
Is it Population or Personnel? The Effects of Diversity on Immigration Policy Implementation by Sheriff Offices
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DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2019.1596821
Abstract: Abstract The federal-local cooperative immigration removal program Secure Communities (S-Comm) has resulted in wide variation into how aggressively national interior immigration policy has been implemented locally. Some communities have removed thousands, but others have removed… read more here.
Keywords: policy; implementation; immigration; immigration policy ... See more keywords
Targeted Foreign Aid and International Migration: Is Development-Promotion an Effective Immigration Policy?
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DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqy029
Abstract: Immigration from poor countries continues to be one of the most salient concerns among voters and politicians in the United States and in countries of Western Europe. Faced with the failure of traditional immigration policies,… read more here.
Keywords: immigration policy; migration; aid; foreign aid ... See more keywords
An immigration policy by any other name: Semantics of immigration to Japan
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DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyx033
Abstract: This survey examines the ways in which the Japanese government controls the flow of foreign migrants across and within its borders. It does this in practice by taking steps to admit increasing numbers of migrants… read more here.
Keywords: immigration japan; immigration policy; immigration; semantics ... See more keywords
Labour market institutions and immigration policy attitudes: The moderated impact of economic vulnerability
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DOI: 10.1111/nana.12844
Abstract: Abstract Political debates about immigration provoke strong nationalistic pushback from citizens, constraining the policymaking capacity of states. This paper investigates to what extent labour market policies shape economically motivated preferential divides among European citizens. On… read more here.
Keywords: immigration policy; labour market; policy attitudes;
Racial Threat and the Influence of Latino Turnout on State Immigration Policy
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DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12326
Abstract: Objective We examine how Latino constituencies—their percentage of the population and their percentage of voters—influence the propensity of states to pass restrictive immigration policy, testing two competing theories. Method Using state-level data from 2009 through… read more here.
Keywords: state; influence latino; latino; immigration policy ... See more keywords