migrants from outside the EU-15 in Spain. Using our panel dataset we show that immigrants reduce around the half of the initial … associate the improvement in the skill of immigrants to a change in the composition of new entrants. An important mechanism … underlying the assimilation is the higher likelihood of recent immigrants in changing jobs among different sectors and firms, but …

EPL varying among workers of different skills on the level and composition of unemployment, job flows, productivity and …

single contract type. Calibrating our model to Spain, we find that unemployment fluctuates 21% more under duality than it … average unemployment rate. In our setup, employment grows gradually in booms, due to matching frictions, whereas the onset of … the dual economy, and therefore decreases volatility. Unfortunately, it also raises unemployment; to avoid this …

Concentration of immigrants and its associated externalities have become an important topic in contemporary … externalities created by the influx of immigrants. Second, it presents a stylized model in which human capital accumulation and …

Courts has not substantially increased, although it is now less negatively associated with the local unemployment rate than …