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The impact of immigration on the local labor market outcomes of blue collar workers: panel data evidence
Ortega, Javier; Verdugo, Gregory - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
Using a large administrative French panel data set for 1976-2007, we examine how low- educated immigration affects the …-educated immigrants. We first show that larger immigration inflows into locations are accompanied by larger outflows of negatively … substantial evidence that immigration lowers the median annual wages of natives. The estimated negative effects are also much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185658
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746409
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On the relative gains to immigration: a comparison of the labour market position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India
De Coulon, Augustin; Wadsworth, Jonathan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
While most studies of the decision to immigrate focus on the absolute income differences between countries, we argue that relative change in purchasing power or status, as captured by an individual’s ranking in the wage distribution, may also be important. This will in turn be influenced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745393
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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
addressed the questions whether and how immigration affects native workers’ labour market outcomes. In particular, it discusses …: the distinction between the displacement, productivity and amenity effects of immigration; the issues that arise in using … wage changes to identify those effects; and the problem of assessing a causal link from immigration to natives’ labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126333
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Immigrant diversity and economic development in cities: a critical review
Kemeny, Thomas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
. As distinct from the labor-supply focus of much of the economics of immigration, this paper reviews work that examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126558
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Racial segregation patterns in selective universities
Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban M.; Hussey, Andrew; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This paper examines sorting into interracial friendships at selective universities. We show significant friendship segregation, particularly for blacks. Indeed, black friendships are no more diverse in college than in high school despite the colleges blacks attend having substantially smaller...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745497
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The returns to temporary migration to the United States: evidence from the Mexican urban employment survey
Aleman-Castilla, Benjamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
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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Explaining cross-racial differences in the educational gender gap
Aucejo, Esteban - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
The sizable gender gap in college enrolment, especially among African Americans, constitutes a puzzling empirical regularity that may have serious consequences on marriage markets, male labor force participation and the diversity of college campuses. For instance, only 35.7 percent of all...
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Freedom fries
Michaels, Guy; Zhi, Xiaojia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Do firms choose inputs that minimize their cost of production, ignoring the attitudes of their owners and employees? We examine this question using an episode of worsening relations between the US and France: from February 2002 to March 2003, France's favorability rating in US public opinion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745938
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Freedom fries
Michaels, Guy; Zhi, Xiaojia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Do firms choose inputs that minimize their cost of production, ignoring the attitudes of their owners and employees? We examine this question using an episode of worsening relations between the US and France: from February 2002 to March 2003, France's favourability rating in US public opinion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746134