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College Diversity and Investment Incentives

Gall, Thomas; Legros, Patrick; Newman, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

. If agents are constrained in the side payments they can make, the free market allocation displays excessive segregation …

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Segregation in Education and Labour Market Discrimination: The Role of Peer Beliefs

Levy, Gilat; Razin, Ronny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

In this paper we examine the long term effects of socialization and segregation in schools, on labour market outcomes … decisions (whether to hire a state or a private school graduate). We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for segregation …

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SELECTED PROBLEMS OF INTEGRATIONOF FOREIGNERS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Macakova, Libuse - In: Equilibrium 8 (2013) 1, pp. 109-124

The aim of this paper is to characterize the problems of immigration and subsequent integration of foreigners in the … Republic and the development of immigration in recent years. The aspects discussed in particular are education and health care … paper attention is focused on the Czech public attitude to immigration. Active immigration policy in the Czech Republic …

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Making the Most of Skills in Denmark

Jamet, Stéphanie; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Surveys suggest that Denmark ranks close to or slightly above the OECD average in terms of student and adult skills, even though Denmark spends more than many OECD countries on education, labour market policies and adult learning. Sluggish productivity growth over the past two decades raises the...

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Wealth of recent immigrants to the USA

Ketkar, Suhas L.; Dora, Manoj K. - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 4 (2011) 4, pp. 330-344

Developing countries' ability to issue diaspora bonds depends upon the wealth of their diaspora. We use the New Immigrants Survey data to determine the wealth accumulation and assets diversification of recent immigrants to the USA from different regions of the world. Our quantile (median)...

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Immigration and the School System

Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Immigration is an important problem in many societies, and it has wide-ranging eects on the educational systems of host … family immigration in a framework where school quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously. This allows us to …, we can study the eect of immigration on the school system and how school quality may self-reinforce immigrants' and …

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Invecchiamento della popolazione, immigrazione, crescita economica

VISCO, Ignazio - In: Rivista Italiana degli Economisti 13 (2008) 2, pp. 209-244

Current and prospective population ageing is likely to reduce substantially Italy's participation rates and per capita income. Although large inflows of foreign labour are expected in the coming decades, they are unlikely to compensate for these negative effects. In this article it is argued...

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On the relative rewards to immigration: a comparison of the relative labour market position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India

Coulon, Augustin; Wadsworth, Jonathan - In: Review of Economics of the Household 8 (2010) 1, pp. 147-169

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Business success among visible and non-visible ethnic entrepreneurs: a look at the effects of unemployment, co-ethnic involvement and human capital

Kariv, Dafna; Menzies, Teresa V.; Brenner, Gabrielle A. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 115-150

educational level. Our findings show that while they were mainly unemployed prior to immigration, no significant differences in …

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Naturalization and Employment of Immigrants in France (1968-1999)

Fougère, Denis; Safi, Mirna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Our study examines the empirical link between the naturalization of immigrants and their subsequent employment status in France from 1968 to 1999. For that purpose, we use longitudinal data coming from a panel dataset which follows almost 1% of the French population from 1968 to 1999 through...

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