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When the Early Bird Catches the Worm: The Impact of Training in Retail

Hinerasky, Christiane; Fahr, René - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Participants in early cohorts show positive performance effects during training periods that depreciate...

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Made in China, Sold in Norway: Local Labor Market Effects of an Import Shock

Balsvik, Ragnhild; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by expo- sure to import competition from China. We find negative employment effects for low-skilled workers, and observe that low-skilled workers tend to be pushed into unemployment or leave the labor force altogether. We find no evidence of...

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Immigrant Child Poverty in Scandinavia: A Panel Data Study

Galloway, Taryn Ann; Gustafsson, Björn; Pedersen, Peder J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel … Norway have an immigrant origin, and that corresponding proportion is as high as about a half in Denmark as well as in Sweden …

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How Destructive Is Creative Destruction? The Costs of Worker Displacement

Huttunen, Kristiina; Møen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We analyze short and long-term effects of worker displacement. Our focus is on prime-age male workers displaced from Norwegian manufacturing plants. We find that displacement increases the probability of exiting the labor force by about 5 percentage points. This indicates that studies using data...

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Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume. Different types of ethnic goods have vastly different effects on...

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The Psychic Costs of Migration: Evidence from Irish Return Migrants

Barrett, Alan; Mosca, Irene - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

alcohol problems than men who stayed. For women, we again see a higher incidence of alcohol problems for short-term migrants …. However, long-term female migrants are less likely to have suffered from alcohol problems. …

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Do Migrants Get Good Jobs in Australia? The Role of Ethnic Networks in Job Search

Mahuteau, Stéphane; Junankar, Pramod N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants’ job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of … result of restrictions in welfare eligibility since 1997, we study whether this increases the probability that new migrants … view. However, accounting for their higher employability, new migrants seem to fare better up to a year and half after …

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Extremism within the Family

Epstein, Gil S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

social traits of parents has an effect on the segregation of minorities and migrants. …

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Ethnic Sorting in the Netherlands

Zorlu, Aslan; Latten, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper examines the residential mobility behaviour of migrants and natives in the Netherlands using a rich … to be about 18 percentage points lower for nonwestern migrants than for natives. About 65 percent of the differential is …. No indication is found of the spatial assimilation of second-generation nonwestern migrants. On the other hand, the …

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Was there a Skills Shortage in Australia?

Junankar, Pramod N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The paper analyses the problem of a "skills shortage" in Australia. It begins with an analysis of the operation of a labour market in terms of stocks and flows of labour services and human capital acquisition. It discusses the definition of a skills shortage, why it persists, and then looks at...

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