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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. In some countries where labour markets are...

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The importance of heterogeneity when examining immigrant education-occupation mismatch: evidence from New Zealand

Poot, Jacques; Stillman, Steven - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010

Many immigrants are overqualified in their first job after arrival in the host country. Education-occupation mismatch can affect the economic integration of immigrants and the returns to education and experience. The extent of this problem has been measured in recent years by means of micro...

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Mass Migration to Israel and Natives' Transitions from Employment

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper studies the impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives’ probability of moving from employment to non-employment in a segmented labour market that is defined by various combinations of schooling, occupation, industry, district of residence and...

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The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Israel

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper studies the dynamic impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives’ labour market outcomes. Specifically, we attempt to distinguish between the short-run and long-run effects of immigrants on natives’ wages and employment. The transition of immigrants...

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Immigration and Occupations in Europe

D'Amuri, Francesco; Peri, Giovanni - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010

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...

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Migration and Imperfect Labor Markets: Theory and Cross-country Evidence from Denmark, Germany and the UK

Jahn, Elke Jutta; Upward, Richard; Brücker, Herbert - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012

We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are … to Germany and, in particular, Denmark. As a consequence, immigration has a much larger effect on the unemployment rate … in Germany and Denmark, while the wage eﬀects are larger in the UK. Moreover, the elasticity of substitution between …

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Glass Ceilings or Glass Doors? Wage Disparity Within and Between Firms

Pendakur, Krishna; Woodcock, Simon - Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University - 2008

We investigate whether immigrant and minority workers' poor access to high-wage jobs---that is, glass ceilings---is attributable to poor access to jobs in high-wage firms, a phenomenon we call glass doors. Our analysis uses linked employer-employee data to measure mean- and quantile-wage...

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Labour Mobility of Immigrants: Training, Experience, Language and Opportunities

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper analyses the labour mobility and human capital accumulation of male immigrants who moved from the former Soviet Union to Israel. We formulate an estimable dynamic choice model for employment and training in blue and white-collar occupations, where the labour market randomly offered...

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Doctors without Borders: The Returns to an Occupational License for Soviet Immigrant Physicians in Israel

Kugler, Adriana D.; Sauer, Robert M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Re-licensing requirements for professionals that move across borders are widespread. In this Paper, we measure the returns to an occupational license using novel data on Soviet trained physicians that immigrated to Israel. An immigrant re-training assignment rule used by the Israel Ministry of...

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Estimating the Return to Training and Occupational Experience: The Case of Female Immigrants

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Do government provided training programmes benefit the participants and the society? We address this question in the context of female immigrants who first learn the new language and then choose between working or attending government provided training. Although theoretically training may have...

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