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The Part-Time Wage Penalty in European Countries: How Large Is It for Men?

Síle O’Dorchai; Plasman, Robert; Rycx, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

. Moreover, except for Italy, they point to a persisting problem of occupational and sectoral segregation between men working …

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Language and Labor Market Success

Isphording, Ingo E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

migrants, destination language skills display both a prerequisite for and outcome of successful integration. Investments into …

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Should the U.S. Continue Its Family-Friendly Immigration Policy?

Duleep, Harriet; Regets, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

their own visa path, and there are not strong reasons why a loosening of restrictions on employment migrants need be … accompanied by new restrictions on family-based immigration. Moreover, it is misleading to think that only employment …

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Ethnic Identity and Work

Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...

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Substitution Between Individual and Cultural Capital: Pre-Migration Labor Supply, Culture and US Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Woman

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In this paper we use New Immigrant Survey data to investigate the impact of immigrant women's own labor supply prior to migrating and female labor supply in their source country to provide evidence on the role of human capital and culture in affecting their labor supply and wages in the United...

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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

. Relative to immigrants from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea – countries not covered by the post-Tiananmen immigration policy … green card has a significant positive effect on skilled migrants' labor market outcomes. …

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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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East-West Trade and Migration: The Austro-German Case

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

suggest that immigration exhibits negative effects on native employment and wages, and has no effects on total employment …. Imports affect employment negatively and exports have a positive effect on wages. The German results indicate that immigration … and trade is not harming employment and wages. Natives seem to be complements to migrants, at least to those from East …

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The Labor Market Costs of Conflict: Closures, Foreign Workers, and Palestinian Employment and Earnings

Miaari, Sami H.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In this paper, we measure the implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Palestinian employment and earnings. We quantify the conflict by the frequency of temporary closures of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the number of overseas foreign workers in the Israeli labor market. Data on...

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Human Capital and Earnings of Female Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States

Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

than women to gain admission on the basis of immigration criteria related to labor market considerations rather than family … female immigration flows. Therefore, our findings of similar patterns for men and women and of the key role played by … national origin both suggest that factors other than immigration policy per se are important contributors to the observed skill …

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