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natives. This paper reexamines this question using data from the Current Population Survey and the Immigration and … occupations. The results also indicate that immigrants adjusting their immigration status within the U.S., but not newly arriving … immigrants, have a significant negative impact on the wages of low-skilled natives. This suggests that immigrants become closer …
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We study whether a higher share of immigrant pupils affects the school performance of natives using aggregate multi … close to 10 percent would reduce the test score of natives by 1.32 to 1.96 percent, depending on the selected group of … natives. There is also evidence that – conditional on the average share of immigrant pupils – reducing the dispersion of this …
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In this paper, I analyze intergenerational mobility of immigrants and natives in Germany. Using the German … Germany than in the U.S. However, as in the U.S., I find greater mobility among German natives than among immigrants. Moreover … immigrants’ earnings towards natives’ earnings, the German results suggest divergence of immigrant earnings. …
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in Danish municipalities during the period 1989-2001. We find that the immigrant share has some notable effects. The anti-immigration … parties are among those that win votes when the immigrant share increases, but a pro-immigration party on the left also gains … from an increase in the immigrant share. The non-socialist party that is most pro-immigration, however, loses votes when …
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Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This … is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an …
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The issue of welfare receipt by immigrants is highly controversial across Europe. In this paper, we assess whether … immigrants are more likely to receive welfare payments relative to natives across a range of European countries. Using the … protecting immigrants from poverty across Europe. …
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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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This paper analyses the role of social capital on immigrants' labour market outcomes. We use the "principal component … effect of social capital on migrants' employment outcomes and wages, especially for women. Distinguishing employment into … results suggest that promoting opportunities to create social capital has a beneficial effect on migrants' integration in the …
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This paper presents a model of lifetime utility maximisation in which expectations of future marital transitions play a role in the determination of work hours. Married people with spouses who earn more are predicted to devote additional time to the labour market when they are confronted with a...
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We hypothesize that an individual’s time use choices are contingent on the time use choices of others because the utility derived from leisure time often benefits from the presence of companionable others inside and outside the household. We develop a model of time use, and demonstrate that...
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