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Migration of Graduates within a Sequential Decision Framework: Evidence from Poland
Herbst, Mikolaj; Kaczmarczyk, Pawel; Wojcik, Piotr - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
identify main drivers of highly skilled migration within Poland. Following the findings of earlier studies, we argue that the … process and in the life course. Applying multinomial logit modelling on the unique database on Polish graduates we find that …
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Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives
Constant, Amelie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The purpose of this paper is to study the immigrant performance in France and the impacts on the natives by drawing on research findings from the existing academic literature on the economics of French migration. The research questions are: how do immigrants fare with respect to wages,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763913
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Foreign and Native-Born STEM Graduates and Innovation Intensity in the United States
Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper examines the effects of foreign- and native-born STEM graduates and non-STEM graduates on patent intensity … in U.S. metropolitan areas. I find that both native and foreign-born STEM graduates significantly increase metropolitan … area patent intensity, but college graduates in non-STEM fields have a smaller and statistically insignificant effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959806
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Eastern Partnership Migrants in Germany: Outcomes, Potentials and Challenges
Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Despite the ongoing dialogue on facilitating mobility between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, very little is known about the magnitude and characteristics of migration from these countries. We find that EaP migrants experience worse labor market outcomes than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959661
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Migration, Crisis and Adjustment in an Enlarged E(M)U: The Spanish Perspective
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Farré, Lídia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper investigates the labour market and welfare changes experienced by enlarged-EU migrants before and after 2007. For this purpose, we briefly review the Spanish socio-economic institutional background, as well as its migration policy towards enlarged-EU citizens. Then we discuss the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959679
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Wage and Occupational Assimilation by Skill Level
Alcobendas, Miguel Angel; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
While much of the literature on immigrants' assimilation has focused on countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants and with flexible labor markets, very little is known on how immigrants adjust to other types of host economies. With its severe dual labor market, and an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279332
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Moroccans', Ecuadorians' and Romanians' Assimilation in Spain
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Vegas, Raquel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using the 2007 Encuesta Nacional de Immigración (ENI), we find that male migrants follow a similar labor and legal assimilation pattern in Spain regardless of their nationality (with Romanians faring worse in terms of legal status but better in terms of employment status at arrival). Among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279360
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Immigrants from Eastern Partnership (EaP) Countries in Spain
Farré, Lídia; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Most EaP migrants in Spain come from Ukraine, followed by, to a much lesser extent, Moldavia, Armenia, and Georgia. Relative to other migrants, they are those who most recently arrived to Spain. Despite being considerably more educated than natives and other migrants, they are less likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252293
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Immigrants' Assimilation Process in a Segmented Labor Market
Alcobendas, Miguel Angel; Rodriguez-Planas, Nuria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
While much of the literature on immigrants' assimilation has focused on countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants and with flexible labor markets, very little is known on how immigrants adjust to other types of host economies. With its severe dual labor market, and an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015468
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Moroccans' Assimilation in Spain: Family-Based versus Labor-Based Migration
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Vegas, Raquel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
An important immigration policy question is to identify the best criteria to select among potential migrants. At least two methodological problems arise: the host country's immigration policy regime endogeneity, and immigrants' unobserved heterogeneity. To address the first problem, we focus in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652528