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Immigration und Arbeitsmarkt: Eine oekonomische Perspektive
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998
Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country=s labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703818
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The Employment and Earnings of Migrants in Great Britain
Andrews, Martyn; Clark, Ken; Whittaker, William - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using nationally representative, longitudinal data from the first 14 waves of the British Household Panel Survey we examine the labour market returns to inter-regional migration in Great Britain. Controlling for endogeneity, heterogeneity and self-selection, we find substantial long-run wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822767
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A "Glass-Ceiling" Effect for Immigrants in the Italian Labour Market?
Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Lucifora, Claudio; Pagani, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the … show that returns to human capital are considerably lower for immigrants as compared to natives and that there is no return … human capital, for immigrants and natives, in explaining inter-occupational and intra-occupational earnings progression …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550304
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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel
Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
, we examine the efficacy of vocational education in raising the wage levels of four such groups: recent immigrants, Jews …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761793
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Overeducation among Immigrants in Sweden: Incidence, Wage Effects and State-Dependence
Andersson Joona, Pernilla; Datta Gupta, Nabanita; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The utilization and reward of the human capital of immigrants in the labor market of the host country has been studied … of overeducation among non-Western immigrants. We also analyze whether there is state-dependence in overeducation and … extend the immigrant educational mismatch literature by investigating whether this is a more severe problem among immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010889997
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
immigrants to be favorably selected, although this is less intense under the later criteria. The overall favorable selectivity of … immigrants, therefore, depends on the favorable selectivity of the supply of immigrants and the criteria used to ration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247704
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The Complementarity of Language and Other Human Capital: Immigrant Earnings in Canada
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822761
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The Economics of Language: An Introduction and Overview
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and … determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants. This is based on Exposure, Efficiency and Economic Incentives … (the three E’s) for proficiency. It also focuses on the labor market consequences (earnings) of proficiency for immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700952
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Immigrant Earnings: A Longitudinal Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper uses the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia to analyze the determinants of the level and growth … in earnings of adult male immigrants in their first 3.5 years in Australia. The theoretical framework is based on the … for immigrants with higher levels of skill and who are economic/skills tested migrants, as distinct from family based and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703052
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International Migration and the Economics of Language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790510