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We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over 2001–2009 for a large, nationally-representative sample of immigrants. Previous assimilation estimates have been mainly based on cross-sectional data and have therefore...
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States for work through programs like the H-1B visa. This role has not been widely recognized in the literature, and the data …
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This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk … fulfilling work. In fact, multiple pieces of evidence suggest that diaspora use of oDesk increases with familiarity of the … diaspora-based contracts mainly serve to lower costs for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are …
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Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of immigrant founders, their economic impact, and policy levers....
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We study the long-run career mobility of young immigrants, mostly refugees, from Vietnam who moved to the United States during 1989-1995. This third and final migration wave of young Vietnamese immigrants was sparked by unexpected events that culminated in the Amerasian Homecoming Act....
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average skilled immigrant appears to be better trained to work in these fields, but conditional on educational attainment of …
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(i) client discrimination; (ii) other work-related discrimination; and (iii) harassment. Overall, our results indicate … that conventional measures of earnings discrimination are not closely linked to the racial and gender bias that new lawyers … disparity in self-assessed bias across gender and racial groups. …
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-dominated occupations is also related to the willingness to work hard, impulsivity, and the tendency to avoid problems. The nature of these …
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Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper examines the role of gender in the promotion …. Specifically, how do the factors related to promotion differ for men and women? How do gender differences in promotion translate … into differences in subsequent wage growth? To what extent does the promotions gap contribute to the gender wage gap? In …
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Using CPS data from 1979-2009 we examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic men and women, Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites, and African-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Women's relative earnings are harmed by...
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