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following the stereotypical immigrant path of economic and cultural assimilation into British society. Indeed, many seem to have …
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background. But, central to such a discussion is the pace of cultural assimilation among immigrants – this under-researched topic …). This might have consequences for immigration policy – how many immigrants to allow into a country and from what cultural … themselves as British and we find evidence that third-generation immigrants are more likely to think of themselves as British …
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the ease with which individuals can move between employment, unemployment and inactivity over time. The results suggest … countries. Nonetheless, transitions from unemployment and inactivity back into the labour market are relatively weak in the euro … remaining in unemployment over two consecutive periods decreased in Sweden, the euro area, and,to a lesser extent, Denmark …
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Using administrative employer-employee data from Germany, I exploit two reductions of tax breaks for commuting in 2003/4 and 2006/7 to estimate commuting costs’ effect on the decision to switch job and move house. Standard theory predicts that higher commuting costs should lead to increased...
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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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In this paper we make use of a matched employer-employee database for Italy to look at the spatial distribution of wages. Using this rich database we aim to open up the black box of agglomeration economies exploiting the micro dimension of interaction among economic agents, both individuals and...
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skill distribution and across countries. Using data on Indian immigrants in the United States and the UK matched to … country. The fall in relative rankings is larger for immigrants to the UK than to the US, and largest of all for those with …
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The paper combines the literature on financial crises in emerging markets and developing economies with that on international migrations by investigating whether the increasingly large flows of workers’ remittances can help reduce the probability of current account reversals. The rationale for...
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Mexican migration to the United States has been a very important issue throughout the twentieth century, and its relevance has reached unprecedented levels during the last two decades. Even though there is a huge body of literature that analyses many different aspects of this phenomenon, the...
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migrant women just 4-6 years. Different nationalities experience different rates of assimilation, with Europeans catching up …
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