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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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examine employment and earnings among Chinese immigrants who were likely beneficiaries of the U.S. government's actions …. Relative to immigrants from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea – countries not covered by the post-Tiananmen immigration policy … measures – highly-educated immigrants from mainland China experienced significant employment and earnings gains during the 1990 …
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Temporary Canadian immigration has grown beyond traditional programs for students, caregivers and agricultural workers … including who should choose the number of temporary immigrants and under what employment conditions. This paper offers an …
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probability of immigrant employment. We start by confirming in both least squares and instrumental variables frameworks that … marriage to a native indeed increases immigrant employment rates. Next, we show that the returns to marrying a native are not … relationship between marriage decisions and employment. …
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on the employment probability at the second date. In our study, the probability of naturalization between two census … effect of naturalization on the individual employment probability by estimating a univariate probit model. To control for the … immigrants who have a low probability of employment in the host country. …
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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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In this paper, we measure the implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Palestinian employment and earnings … overseas foreign workers in the Israeli labor market. Data on Palestinian employment and earnings are taken from the … Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Palestinian employment rates in Israel and mean monthly earnings, regardless of work location …
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Marriage to a native has a theoretically ambiguous impact on immigrant employment rates. Utilizing 2000 U.S. Census … suggest that marriage to a native increases an immigrant's employment probability by approximately four percentage points. The …
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We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over …-effects model generates estimated employment assimilation profiles that are flatter and significantly different to those produced by …
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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 in the form of lower consumer prices, higher employer profits, and …
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