Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 381
Cover Image
Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives: Evidence from Hurricane Mitch
Kugler, Adriana; Yuksel, Mutlu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
out-migration not only of natives but also of previous immigrants in regional studies of immigration. … wages and employment of younger and less-educated U.S. workers fell. Some blame recent immigration shifts for the … immigration. An IV strategy, which deals with the endogeneity of immigration by exploiting a large influx of Central American …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703157
Cover Image
Education and Self-Employment: South Asian Immigrants in the US Labor Market
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Roy, Sanjukta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
immigration in the United States (using IPUMS Data), which the related literature has clearly neglected thus far despite long …% less chance of being self-employed than one without. In addition, we show that factors such as longer stay in USA and being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884310
Cover Image
Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two …-religion relationship, immigration policies and concepts? The main findings are the following: (a) immigrants are indeed more religious than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652535
Cover Image
Estimating the Impact of Immigration on Wages in Ireland
Barrett, Alan; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We estimate the impact of immigration on the wages of natives in Ireland applying the technique proposed by Borjas … suggest that care should be exercised when applying this method as inaccurate impressions of the impact of immigration on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008517975
Cover Image
Immigration Background and the Intergenerational Correlation in Education
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Nguyen, Trong-Ha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper analyzes the degree of intergenerational education mobility among immigrant and native-born youth in Australia. We find that young Australians from non-English-speaking background (NESB) immigrant families have an educational advantage over their English-speaking background (ESB)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530648
Cover Image
Employment Effects of State Legislation against the Hiring of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers
Bohn, Sarah; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
opportunities as a way to deter further illegal immigration and as such is likely to increase poverty among an already marginalized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735635
Cover Image
Stayers and Returners: Educational Self-Selection among U.S. Immigrants and Returning Migrants
Esteva, Aguilar; Alberto, Arturo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper empirically examines the educational selectivity of United States immigrants and of those that return to their source country. Data from the 1970 to 2000 U.S. Census and the 2010 American Community Survey are employed. Ten countries are selected for the study based on their historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627840
Cover Image
Did the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act Reduce the State's Unauthorized Immigrant Population?
Bohn, Sarah; Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We test for an effect of Arizona’s 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) on the proportion of the state population characterized as foreign-born, as non-citizen, and as non-citizen Hispanic. We use the synthetic control method to select a group of states against which the population trends of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003935
Cover Image
Assortative Mating and Divorce: Evidence from Austrian Register Data
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
in the age at marriage, divorce rates would be considerably higher. Immigration and secularization, and the resulting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565201
Cover Image
Reflexionen zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Die Erwerbsgesellschaft der Zukunft bietet neben neuen Risiken und neuer Unübersichtlichkeit vor allem vielfältige neue Chancen. Um sie bestmöglich zu nutzen, brauchen Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik ein neues Denken und Handeln, das die Familienfreundlichkeit der Arbeitswelt viel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884061