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A Policy Agenda for Diversity and Minority Integration

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and economic challenge. Based on evidence presented in Kahanec and Zimmermann (2011), this policy paper proposes an agenda for diversity and minority integration in the European labor...

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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-employment Proclivity: A Bi-national Study of Immigrants

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....

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Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States

Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … tentative evidence that the migration response to the crisis has been considerable in Europe, in contrast to the United States … to labour market shocks. Our estimates suggest that, if all measured population changes in Europe were due to migration …

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The Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the United States

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper uses U.S. Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labor market characteristics of European-born workers living in the US. It is found that there is a positive wage premium associated with these workers, and that the highly skilled are overrepresented compared with...

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Do Employers Discriminate Less If Vacancies Are Difficult to Fill? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Gheyle, Niels; Vandamme, Cora - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...

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The Impact of Being Monitored on Discriminatory Behavior among Employers: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Carlsson, Magnus; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Today there is a variation within the EU to what extent nations allow for situation test results to constitute mass of evidence in court in order to prevent ethnic discrimination. In the UK The Equality and Human Rights Commission has the right to conduct discrimination tests and to even...

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Evidence of Ethnic Discrimination in the Swedish Labor Market Using Experimental Data

Carlsson, Magnus; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We present experimental evidence for recruitment discrimination against men with an Arabic sounding name. Our results show that every fourth employer discriminates against the minority. However, simulations indicate that ethnic discrimination is only responsible for less than one sixth of the...

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Between Meritocracy and Ethnic Discrimination: The Gender Difference

Arai, Mahmood; Bursell, Moa; Nekby, Lena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Using a two stage correspondence test methodology, this study tests employer priors against job-applicants with Arabic names compared to job-applicants with Swedish names. In the first stage, employers are sent CVs of equal observable quality. Thereafter, in the second stage, the CVs with Arabic...

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Ethnic Discrimination in Germany's Labour Market: A Field Experiment

Kaas, Leo; Manger, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper studies ethnic discrimination in Germany's labour market with a correspondence test. To each of 528 advertisements for student internships we send two similar applications, one with a Turkish-sounding and one with a German-sounding name. A German name raises the average probability of...

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Is It Your Foreign Name or Foreign Qualifications? An Experimental Study of Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring

Carlsson, Magnus; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper contributes to the existing literature on ethnic discrimination of immigrants in hiring by addressing the central question of what employers act on in a job application. The method involved sending qualitatively identical resumes signalling belonging to different ethnic groups to...

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