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of work − 50 or more weekly hours and document that immigrants are less likely than natives to work long hours … to natives, immigrants are less likely to supply long work weeks if they work in occupations where the immigrant …-native earnings differential is big. Second, immigrants are also less likely to supply long work weeks when they work in occupations …
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This paper examines the post-migration investments in schooling and job search of immigrant families using new longitudinal data for Australia. Higher education levels at time of arrival are associated with a greater probability of enrolling in school after migration. In households where the...
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This paper analyses the role of social capital on immigrants' labour market outcomes. We use the "principal component …
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Using matched employer-employee data, we analyse the impact of immigrants on natives' employment in Portugal. Using … different model specifications, we show that the natives and immigrants are 'complements' at most occupation levels, in the … the skills spectrum are not affected by the presence of immigrants as well. …
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the period 1995-2001, in order to identify the effect of inflows of immigrants on their career, employment, location and … wage. We use the 1991 distribution of immigrants by nationality across European labor markets to construct an imputed … their occupation to one associated with higher skills and better pay, when a larger number of immigrants enter their labor …
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The utilization and reward of the human capital of immigrants in the labor market of the host country has been studied … of overeducation among non-Western immigrants. We also analyze whether there is state-dependence in overeducation and … extend the immigrant educational mismatch literature by investigating whether this is a more severe problem among immigrants …
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effects of over-education and overskilling among immigrants graduating from EU 15 based universities in 2005. Female … immigrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived immigrants … and overeducation in the female labour market. Established immigrants were found to enjoy a wage premia, particularly …
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We investigate whether agency employment is a bridge into regular employment for immigrants to Denmark using the timing …-of-events approach. We provide evidence of large positive in-treatment effects, particularly for non-western immigrants and immigrants … arriving during childhood. Post-treatment effects are fairly high for male non-western immigrants and immigrants from Eastern …
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proficiency among immigrants. A model of immigrant language proficiency is augmented to include dynamics among family members. It … is tested using data on a sample of recent immigrants. Children are shown to have a negative effect on their mother …
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portfolio choices. Established immigrants hold less and recent immigrants hold more financial wealth. An opposite pattern …
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