This paper examines the role of ethnic networks in disability program take-up among working-age immigrants in the … United States. We find that even when controlling for country of origin and area of residence fixed effects, immigrants …

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. …

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 …

composition of the employees and ask if self-employed immigrants mainly employ workers from their home region and if self …-employed natives mainly employ native workers. We find that both natives and immigrants are more likely to employ co-nationals than to …-nationals. For immigrants we find that living in a municipality with a high share of co-nationals decreases the probability of …

immigrants to be favorably selected, although this is less intense under the later criteria. The overall favorable selectivity of … immigrants, therefore, depends on the favorable selectivity of the supply of immigrants and the criteria used to ration …

remained persistently high. High levels of segregation are often seen as negative, preventing integration of immigrants in … paper examines the role of residential segregation in workplace segregation among recently arrived immigrants. By using …

Three decades ago most immigrants to Australia with work entitlements came as permanent settlers. Today the annual … immigrants come first as a temporary immigrant, to work or study, and then seek to move to permanent status. Around one half of … this new two-step system are substantial. Immigrants from non-English speaking countries (NES), are affected most. In their …

This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where … they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of immigrants. Immigrants are highly …). The shift away from the east coast metropolitan areas to California reflects the change in the origins of immigrants from …