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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom

Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

ethnic compositions. Today, the descendants of these immigrants live and work in their parents’ destination countries. This … paper presents and discusses comparative evidence on the performance of first- and second-generation immigrants in these …

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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

to a one percentage point increase in the ratio of immigrants over native workers. While many studies in our sample …

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Immigration, diversity and the labour market outcomes of native workers: some recent developments

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This brief essay provides a selective discussion of how in recent years economists in the neoclassical tradition have addressed the questions whether and how immigration affects native workers’ labour market outcomes. In particular, it discusses: the distinction between the displacement,...

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Compensation of On-call and Fixed-term Employment: the Role of Uncertainty

Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

In this paper I analyse the use and compensation of fixed-term and on-call employment contracts in the Netherlands. I use an analytical framework in which wage differentials result from two types of uncertainty. Quantity uncertainty originates from imperfect foresight in future product demand. I...

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The effect of trade liberalization on informality and wages: evidence from Mexico

Aleman-Castilla, Benjamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

This paper studies the impact of NAFTA on informality and real wages in Mexico. Using a dynamic industry model with firm heterogeneity, it is predicted that import tariff elimination could reduce the incidence of informality by making more profitable to some firms to enter the formal sector,...

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The Fallacy of “Job Robbing”: A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Effect of Immigration on Employment

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

’ of the decline in native-born employment following a 1 percent increase in the number of immigrants is a mere 0 …

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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

immigrants, especially if one meets (non-western) foreigners at work and school. Contact with foreigners while going out … decreases the preference for immigrants. The ethnic composition of the neighbourhood in which one lives does not ex! ert a …

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Change and continuity among minority communities in Britain

Georgiadis, Andreas; Manning, Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

There is widespread concern currently that some ethnic minority communities within Britain, especially Muslim, are not following the stereotypical immigrant path of economic and cultural assimilation into British society. Indeed, many seem to have the impression that differences between Muslims...

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Culture clash or culture club? The identity and attitudes of immigrants in Britain

Manning, Alan; Roy, Sanchari - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

). This might have consequences for immigration policy – how many immigrants to allow into a country and from what cultural … background. But, central to such a discussion is the pace of cultural assimilation among immigrants – this under-researched topic … themselves as British and we find evidence that third-generation immigrants are more likely to think of themselves as British …

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Wage differentials in Japan: 1958-85

Morishima, Michio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1989

The market is a place where people behave quite relentlessly. If one person is selling a particular commodity at a higher price than others, no one will buy that commodity from him, however virtuous or merciful he is known to be. Of course, the actual world does not always work exactly in this...

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