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Illegal Migration from Mexico to the United States [PDF]
In this paper, I selectively review recent literature on illegal migration from Mexico to the United States. I begin by discussing methods for estimating stocks and flows of illegal migrants.
Gordon H. Hanson
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Smuggling Humans: A Theory of Debt-Financed Migration [PDF]
, 2004 We introduce financial constraints in a theoretical analysis of illegal immigration. Intermediaries finance the migration costs of wealth-constrained migrants, who enter temporary servitude contracts to pay back the debt.
Friebel, Guido, Guriev, Sergei
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Conservation performance payments are becoming an increasingly popular instrument to tackle human–wildlife conflicts. In Sweden, Sámi communities practicing reindeer husbandry receive performance payments as compensation for reindeer losses caused by lynxes and wolverines.
Josef Kaiser +3 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract There is rising recognition of resource‐use rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) within wildlife conservation. Historically, sociocultural institutions ensured wildlife sustainability in many IPLC areas. However, the future viability of such institutions is uncertain as IPLCs change in response to external pressures and ...
Sahil Nijhawan +5 more
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Border Enforcement and Selection of Mexican Immigrants in the United States [PDF]
Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an increase in migration costs for undocumented immigrants.
Lopez, Mary J., Lozano, Fernando A.
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Meat production has notable benefits for food security, nutrition and various production economies, but has elicited substantial negative environmental impacts. Recreational hunting provides an alternative to agricultural meat production for over 24 million hunters worldwide.
Shane P. Mahoney, Richard D. Honor
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Modern slavery in the United Kingdom: The illegal migration act risks undermining efforts to combat exploitation. [PDF]
PLoS Med, 2023 Oram S.
europepmc +1 more source
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 Non-citizens must comply with immigration laws just because citizens say so. The citizenry takes for granted its monopoly on immigration control, but the legitimacy of this arrangement has been called into question by cutting-edge political theorists. One prominent theorist argues, for example, that basic democratic principles require that non-citizens
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Illegal migration and economic growth: simulation analysis in an international context [PDF]
This paper calibrates the dynamic illegal migration model studied by Hazari and Sgro (2003) to eight countries. We find that if illegal migrants and domestic labor are perfect substitutes in production, the presence of illegal migrants lowers domestic ...
Cheuk Yin Ho
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The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The Amazon is rapidly approaching an ecological tipping point driven by deforestation, forest degradation and global climate change. These are visible issues that receive increasing political and public attention. However, the accelerating biocultural loss in the Amazon, including the extinction of Indigenous languages, the disruption of ...
Torsten Krause +5 more
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