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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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From Polygyny to Serial Monogamy: A Unified Theory of Marriage Institutions
de la Croix, David; Mariani, Fabio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
marriage institutions: polygyny, strict monogamy, and serial monogamy (divorce and remarriage). After having identified the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098409
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Human Capital and Career Success: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Frederiksen, Anders; Kato, Takao - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Denmark's registry data provide accurate and complete career history data along with detailed personal characteristics (e.g., education, gender, work experience, tenure and others) for the population of Danish workers longitudinally. By using such data from 1992 to 2002, we provide rigorous...
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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
We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to analyze the determinants of the persistent native-migrant gap. One part of the gap can be attributed to differences in socioeconomic background and another part remains unexplained....
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From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Since the Middle Ages the Jews have been engaged primarily in urban, skilled occupations, such as crafts, trade, finance, and medicine. This distinctive occupational selection occurred between the seventh and the ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire and then it spread to other locations. We...
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
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A Gendered Assessment of the Brain Drain
Docquier, Frédéric; Marfouk, Marfouk; Lowell, B. Lindsay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on international migration by educational attainment. We … higher rates of brain drain than men. The gender gap in skilled migration is strongly correlated with the gender gap in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703623
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Migration and Diversity: Human versus Social Capital
Manole, Vlad; Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
migrants and natives under both migration and trade. We use a general equilibrium model of migration, human capital and social … natives. Trade and both migration solutions reduce inequality between the populations of the two countries by the same amount …. In addition, trade and migration are not equivalent if social capital is present: the highest welfare is obtained with …
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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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Why Are Educated and Risk-Loving Persons More Mobile Across Regions?
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals. …
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