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Skill-based immigration, economic integration, and economic performance : benefiting from highly skilled immigrants requires a complementary mix of immigrant selection and economic...
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2014
highlights a need for complementary immigration and integration policies. …
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Using a point system for selecting immigrants : a point system can select economically desirable immigrants but it cannot prevente poor labor outcomes for immigrants
Tani, Massimiliano - 2014
Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414683
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Chapter 3. The Adjustment of Immigrants in the Labor Market
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 105-182). 2015
This chapter explores immigrant labor market adjustment by first describing methodological and theoretical considerations central to the analysis of earnings growth and occupational mobility. When no restrictions are placed on entry earnings or earnings growth, an inverse relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025480
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Chapter 11. High-Skilled Immigration in a Globalized Labor Market
McDonald, James Ted; Worswick, Christopher - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 537-583). 2015
emphasis on their advantages and disadvantages. The recent immigration policies of a number of major immigrant … and international students is discussed, as is and the recent emergence of two-step immigration policies that favor … temporary migrants already in the country as sources of permanent immigration. An overview of key results in the literature on …
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Do immigrants improve the health of native workers? : immigration crowds native workers out of risky jobs and into less strenuous work, with consequent benefits to their health
Giuntella, Osea - 2014
Public debate on immigration focuses on its effects on wages and employment, yet the discussion typically fails to … consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that …. Recent studies show that as immigration rises, native workers are pushed into less demanding jobs. Such market adjustments …
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Optimal education policy and human capital accumulation in the context of brain drain
Djajić, Slobodan; Docquier, Frédéric; Michael, Michael S. - In: Journal of demographic economics : JODE 85 (2019) 4, pp. 271-303
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The Changing Skill Content of Private Sector Union Coverage
Dodini, Samuel; Lovenheim, Michael F.; Willén, Alexander - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Concurrent with the precipitous decline in private sector unionization over the past half century, there has been a shift in the type of work covered by unions. We take a skill-based approach to studying this shift, using data from the Current Population Survey combined with occupation-specific...
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Immigration and careers of European workers : effects and the role of policies
Cattaneo, Cristina; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Peri, Giovanni - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-26
In this paper we analyze the response of career, employment and wage of native Europeans to immigration. We then ask … flexible labor markets in a country are a key factor to have employment upgrading in response to immigration. …
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Immigrant over- and under-education : the role of home country labour market experience
Matloob, Piracha; Tani, Massimiliano; Vadean, Florin - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-21
Literature on the immigrant labour market mismatch has not explored the signal provided by the quality of home country work experience, particularly that of education-occupation mismatch prior to migration.We show that type of work experience in the home country plays a significant role in...
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Income of immigrants and their return : both low- and high-income immigrants stay for a relatively short time
Bijwaard, Govert - 2015
The majority of immigrants stay only temporarily in the host country. When many migrations are temporary, it is important to know who leaves and who stays, and why. The key questions for the host country are whether immigrants are net contributors to the welfare system and whether migrants...
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