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Why Are Migrants Paid More?
Bryson, Alex; Rossi, Giambattista; Simmons, Rob - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
domestic workers to reflect differences in labour productivity. However, using panel data on worker-firm matches in a single … only partially accounted for by individual labour productivity. We show that the differential partly reflects the superstar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535361
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Self-Selection and the Performance of Return Migrants: the Source Country Perspective.
Piracha, Matloob; Coulon, Augustin de - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2003
In this paper, using the framework of a Roy theoretical model, we examine the performance of return migrants in Albania. We ask two main questions: (i) Had they chosen not to migrate, what would be the performance of return migrants compared to the non-migrants? and (ii) What would be the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005510433
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The Impact of Vocational Qualifications on the Labour Market Outcomes of Low-Achieving School-Leavers
McIntosh, Steven - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
This paper creates a pseudo cohort of individuals who left school in the mid-1990s, usingLabour Force Survey. The extent of low achievement at school amongst this group isdocumented, and then the impact of such low achievement on labour force status is estimated.The main focus of the paper is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797155
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The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
countries in terms of education, earnings, and employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476314
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Why are Higher Skilled Workers More Mobile Geographically? The Role of the Job Surplus
Amior, Michael - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015
The skill gap in geographical mobility is entirely driven by workers who report moving for a new job. A natural explanation lies in the large expected surplus accruing to skilled job matches. Just as large surpluses ease the frictions which impede job search in general, they also help overcome...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011194313
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Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
. This hints at the presence of a "productivity effect" whereby offshoring and immigration improve industry efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550423
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Assimilation of Migrants into the British Labour Market
Dickens, Richard; McKnight, Abigail - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
This paper discusses the extent to which migrants to Britain have been assimilated into the workforce. Migration into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700454
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Immigration, Diversity and the Labour Market Outcomes of Native Workers: Some Recent Developments
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
: the distinction between the displacement, productivity and amenity effects of immigration; the issues that arise in using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884901
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The Value of Bosses
Lazear, Edward P.; Shaw, Kathryn L.; Stanton, Christopher T. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
How and by how much do supervisors enhance worker productivity? Using a company-based data set on the productivity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096841
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The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Evidence from British Panel Data
Dearden, Lorraine; Reed, Howard; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2005
It is standard in the literature on training to use wages as a sufficient statistic for productivity. But there are … many reasons why wages and productivity may diverge. This paper is part of a smaller literature on the effects of work …-related training on direct measures of productivity. We construct a panel of British industries between 1983 and 1996 containing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150978