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covering the period 1979 to 1997. The results suggest that the deterioration in the assimilation of recent immigrants is partly … inclusion of controls for macro conditions, the significance and magnitude of the coefficient measuring assimilation increases …. Therefore, not only the estimated cohort effects bur also the assimilation profiles are sensitive to the inclusion of controls …
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This paper specifies and estimates a structural model of international migration using micro data. This provides a direct test of human capital theory that suggests that individuals respond to the earnings differentials across countries while making their migration decisions. The paper specifies...
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covering the period 1979 to 1997. The results suggest that the deterioration in the assimilation of recent immigrants is partly … inclusion of controls for macro conditions, the significance and magnitude of the coefficient measuring assimilation increases …. Therefore, not only the estimated cohort effects bur also the assimilation profiles are sensitive to the inclusion of controls …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408360
The study explores causes of the deterioration in entry earnings of Canadian immigrant cohorts by estimating an empirical specification that nests a number of competing explanations found in the Canadian literature. To do this, we use the pooled sample of Canadian-born and immigrant men employed...
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Although immigration of workers generates a positive externality on members of domestic pension systems, many countries … effects from immigration as well. …
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. The immigration flows could be considered an appropriate mechanism to contribute to the de- velopment of origin countries … (attending a school), if the immigration police only authorizes very short migration. …
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Since recent immigrants tend to earn less than natives, their relative labor market status has been adversely impacted by an increase in the return to labor market skills and widening wage inequality over the past two decades. To evaluate the magnitude of this effect, this study uses Social...
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of one, whole Europe, ruled by law, an area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Romania fights against immigration flows …
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This study uses Social Security earnings records matched to recent cross-sections of the SIPP and CPS to study the earnings progress of U.S. immigrants.The data show that immigrants' earnings grow 10 to 13 percent during their first twenty years in the U.S. relative to the earnings of natives...
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This paper extends the standard Real Business Cycle model to incorporate sectoral shifts in unemployment. Using relative sectoral technology and sectoral tastes shocks, combined with labor adjustment costs across sectors, we assess the possibility of generating persistent aggregate unemployment....
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