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Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind

Antman, Francisca M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact … that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes …. This paper suggests a novel way of addressing this selection problem by looking within the family to exploit variation in …

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Kick It Like Özil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap

Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

family background, thus face similar difficulties as migrant children. Our results point at more general inequalities in …We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to … receive recommendations for or to enroll at any secondary school type as native children. Comparable natives, in terms of …

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On Human Capital Formation with Exit Options: Comment and New Results

Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Katz and Rapoport (2005) conclude that with linear production technology and the possibility of unilateral migration, region-specific shocks may increase the average level of education. Previously, Poutvaara (2000) derived a corresponding result with Cobb-Douglas technology and migration which...

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China's 2008 Labor Contract Law: Implementation and Implications for China's Workers

Gallagher, Mary; Giles, John T.; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper presents empirical evidence from household and firm survey data collected during 2009-2010 on the implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made substantial efforts to enforce the provisions of the new...

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East-West Migration and Gender: Is there a "Double Disadvantage" vis-à-vis Stayers?

Zaiceva, Anzelika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper documents whether female East-West migrants in Germany after the reunification experience a gain or a disadvantage after they moved compared to both stayers and males. It employs panel data techniques to take account of unobserved heterogeneity. I find that migrant women after...

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The Elusive Concept of Immigrant Quality: Evidence from 1970-1990

Regets, Mark C.; Duleep, Harriet Orcutt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public policy concern. However, traditional methods of measuring human capital are particularly difficult to apply to recently arrived immigrants. Many factors that have a negative effect...

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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis

Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

This paper explores the theoretical issues and the empirical literature regarding the selectivity of migrants. Although the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The theoretical analysis indicates a tendency toward the...

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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 (imperfect) international transferability of human capital. Data are drawn from the 2009 Italian Labour Force Survey (LFS). We show that returns to human capital are considerably lower...

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Occupational Choice Across Generations

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

Germany, analyzes how individual men and women access jobs given their family background, and investigates why men and women … occupational choice for the children of immigrants as well as for the natives. Our findings are surprisingly similar for both … natives and immigrants. For both Germans and immigrants, we find that gender significantly and differentially affects …

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Differences in Employment Outcomes for College Town Stayers and Leavers

Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Areas surrounding colleges and universities are often able to build their local stock of human capital by retaining recent graduates in the area after they finish their education. This paper classifies 41 U.S. metropolitan areas as "college towns" and investigates differences in employment...

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