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Policies towards Migration in Africa
While media narratives tend to suggest an exodus from Africa to Europe, the majority of migrants from Africa move to destinations within the region....
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Economic and labour market impacts of migration in Austria: an agent-based modelling approach
This study examines the potential economic and labour market impacts of a hypothetical but plausible migration scenario of 250,000 new migrants...
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Integration policies and migrants' labour market outcomes: a local perspective based on different regional configurations in the EU
Migrants’ integration process and their labour market inclusion occur within distinct local contexts. However, the existing literature has paid...
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Labour Migration
This chapter will focus on labour migration , that is the movement of persons with the aim of...
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De-bordering policies at the city scale: strategies for building resilience in Barcelona's migration governance
This article bridges the fields of urban politics, migration governance and border studies by exploring Barcelona as a case study. It raises a first...
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Refugee Migration 2014 to 2018 and Labour Market Integration
In the past, migration flows have contributed to the stratification of the German labour market. Recent migration exceeds the scale of the previous...
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Labour Migration from Nepal: Trends and Explanations
This chapter argues that a combined impact of both global and national political economies has propelled out-migration in the last two centuries in...
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Labour Migration as an Exampe of the Transnationalization of Work
This chapter develops theconceptual framework of the book. The transnationalization of workis examined using the example of labour migration. In the...
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Rethinking labour migration: Covid-19, essential work, and systemic resilience
Many of the ‘essential workers’ during the Covid-19 pandemic are migrants, playing an important role for the continued functioning of basic services...
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International Migration Policies
International migration is a multi-faceted, global phenomenon that is growing in scope and importance. Well-developed policies are critical for...
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Transnational Brokers and the Desire for Labour Migration: Decision-making Process of Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand
Labour migration is a dynamic process involving information gathering, motivation formation, and a series of actions of labour migration. This paper...
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Labour market policies on a sub-national level
For most of the twentieth century, the welfare state was predominantly understood as a national project. In recent years, however, it has been...
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“Selecting by Origin” Revisited: On the Particularistic Turn of German Labour Migration Policy
Following a decade in which German labour migration policy has developed towards a universalistic regime that applied similar conditions towards most...
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Unfair and Unjust: Temporary Labour Migration Programmes in and from Asia and the Pacific as Barriers to Migrant Justice
Temporary labour migration programmes (TLMPs) are the most available option for regular migration available to low-wage migrant workers from Asia and...
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Labor Migration Policies: A Typology: H. Kolb
Against the background of demographic changes and tendencies of aggravating skill shortages in various sectors of national economies, most...
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Gender-Responsive Regional Fiscal Policies: The Labour Market
The labour market allows individuals to earn a living throughout their lifetime. When it comes to gendered issues, the labour market is also an...
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Revisiting International Migration Governance
The governance of international migration is the set of laws, regulations, and practices that govern the movement of people across international...
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Why Japan Is Not a Migration State: A Case of Postcolonial Migration Management and Increased Side-Door Policies
In their article, James Hollifield and Michael Sharpe argue that Japan is an “emerging migration state” due to its increased efforts to liberalize...
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Health selection, family division of labour and labour market participation of migrant and Australian born couples
Australia is a multi-cultural society, with the majority of recent migrants arriving from non-English speaking Asian countries. Yet we know little...
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Destigmatizing Indian Punjab from irregular migration: Key public policy options
In India, Punjab is one of the leading labor-exporting states and is the second-largest recipient of remittances. It carries irregular migration...