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The Effect of Ethnic Identity on the Employment of Immigrants

Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This study evaluates the effect of ethnic identity on the employment level of immigrants in Greece. Treating ethnic identity as a composite of key cultural elements the estimations suggest that employment is positively associated with assimilation and integration and negatively associated with...

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The Effect of Enclave Residence on the Labour Force Activities of Immigrants in Canada

Tu, Jiong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

It has been well documented that immigrants' clustering of residence in large cities has been associated with the creation of a number of ethnic enclaves. The intensive exposure to own-ethnic population could affect immigrant labour market involvement positively or negatively. However, no extant...

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The Effects of Naturalization on Immigrants’ Employment Probability (France, 1968–1999)

Fougère, Denis; Safi, Mirna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Naturalization is usually regarded as an important sign of civic and political integration amongst immigrants, but it can also be seen as a factor of their economic integration. The aim of this study is to analyze the naturalization phenomenon in France and examine its link with the...

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Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants and Non-Citizens in the EU: An East-West Comparison

Kahanec, Martin; Zaiceva, Anzelika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

roles depending on gender. We find some evidence that it is the Russian ethnic minority in Estonia and Latvia that drives …

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Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market: Effects of Post-Tiananmen Immigration Policy

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline; Kerr, Emily - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

1989 and later gave them authorization to work legally. The Chinese Student Protection Act, passed in October 1992, made … nationals residing in the U.S. on student or other temporary visas or illegally. Receiving permission to work legally and then a … 2000 than Chinese immigrants who arrived too late to benefit. The results suggest that getting legal work status and then a …

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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands: Catching Up and the Irrelevance of Education

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences between immigrants by source country. Non-western immigrants never reach parity with native Dutch. Even second generation immigrants never fully catch up. Caribbean immigrants,...

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The Impact of 9/11 and the London Bombings on the Employment and Earnings of U.K. Muslims

Rabby, Faisal; Rodgers III, William M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Using a difference-in-differences framework, this paper estimates the impact that Britain's July 2005 bombings had on the labor market outcomes of UK residents who are either Muslim by religious affiliation or whose nativity profiles are similar to the terrorists. We find a 10 percentage point...

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Immigration Policy and Less-Skilled Workers in the United States: Reflections on Future Directions for Reform

Holzer, Harry J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper reviews the evidence on the effects of less-skilled immigration to the U.S., and their implications for immigration reform. It begins with a review of the costs of less-skilled immigration, in terms of competition to native-born American workers; and the benefits of such immigration...

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EU Enlargement under Continued Mobility Restrictions: Consequences for the German Labor Market

Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...

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Culture, Policies and Labor Market Outcomes

Giavazzi, Francesco; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Serafinelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We study whether cultural attitudes towards gender, the young, and leisure are significant determinants of the …

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