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The adverse effect of the COVID-19 labor market shock on immigrant employment
Borjas, George J.; Cassidy, Hugh - 2020
to document that the employment decline was particularly severe for immigrants. Historically, immigrant men were more … likely to be employed than native men. The COVID-related labor market disruptions eliminated the immigrant employment … advantage. By April 2020, immigrant men had lower employment rates than native men. The reversal occurred both because the rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226892
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Gender, selection into employment, and the wage impact of immigration
Borjas, George J.; Edo, Anthony - 2021
Immigrant supply shocks are typically expected to reduce the wage of comparable workers. Natives may respond to the … the foreign-born workforce since 1976. The raw correlations suggest that the immigrant supply shock did not change the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012501434
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The Adverse Effect of the COVID-19 Labor Market Shock on Immigrant Employment
Borjas, George J. - 2020
to document that the employment decline was particularly severe for immigrants. Historically, immigrant men were more … likely to be employed than native men. The COVID-related labor market disruptions eliminated the immigrant employment … advantage.By April 2020, immigrant men had lower employment rates than native men. The reversal occurred both because the rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833269
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Immigration, Labor Markets, and Productivity
Peri, Giovanni - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083842
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Immigration and Occupation in Europe
D’Amuri, Francesco - 2011
In this paper we analyze the effect of immigrants on natives' job specialization in Western Europe. We test whether the inflow of immigrants changes employment rates or the chosen occupation of natives with similar education and age. We find no evidence of the first and strong evidence of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127468
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The labor market impact of immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's
D'Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, … - 2008
We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009229526
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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's
D’Amuri, Francesco - 2008
We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722792
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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - 2008
We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725100
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Economic assimilation of Mexicans and Central Americans in the United States
Peri, Giovanni; Rutledge, Zachariah - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-26
Using United States Census data between 1970 and 2017, we analyze the economic assimilation of subsequent arrival cohorts of Mexicans and Central Americans by comparing their earnings and employment probability to those of natives with similar age and education. We find that, on average, these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172487
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The Self-Employment Experience of Immigrants
Borjas, George J. - 2022
Self-employment is an important aspect of the immigrant experience in the labor market. Self-employment rates for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323583