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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,...

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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 …

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Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Nollenberger, Natalia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper assesses how new immigrants to Spain fare in the country's labor market, evaluating the conditions under which they are able to find employment, and their progress out of unskilled work into middle-skilled jobs. Using Spanish Labor Force Survey data from 2000 through 2011, we find...

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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...

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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...

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Doctors Without Borders: The Returns to an Occupational License for Soviet Immigrant Physicians in Israel

Kugler, Adriana D.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Re-licensing requirements for professionals that move across borders are widespread. In this paper, we measure the returns to an occupational license using novel data on Soviet trained physicians that immigrated to Israel. An immigrant re-training assignment rule used by the Israel Ministry of...

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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...

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Occupational Choice Across Generations

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and the second generation occupational choice and mobility is even less investigated. Such research is important because occupations determine success in the labor market. In a country like Germany occupations also reflect a general...

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Overeducation, Regional Labour Markets and Spatial Flexibility

Büchel, Felix; van Ham, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

For most workers, access to suitable employment is severely restricted by the fact that they look for jobs in the regional labour market rather than the global one. In this paper we analyse how macro-level opportunities (regional labour market characteristics) and micro-level restrictions (the...

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