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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126333
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Self-selection and the performance of return migrants: the source country perspective
De Coulon, Augustin; Piracha, Matloob - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
In this paper, using the framework of a Roy theoretical model, we examine the performance of return migrants in Albania …. We ask two main questions: (i) Had they chosen not to migrate, what would be the performance of return migrants compared … to the non-migrants? and (ii) What would be the performance of non-migrants had they decided to migrate and return? Both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746106
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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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Is the medical brain drain beneficial? Evidence from overseas doctors in the UK
Kangasniemi, Mari; Winters, L. Alan; Commander, Simon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
degree of screening of migrants by the host country is limited and that the possibility of migration actually encourages home …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071143
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The spatial sorting and matching of skills and firms
Mion, Giordano; Naticchioni, Paolo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745274
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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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The careers of immigrants
Damas de Matos, Ana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
I use a unique linked employer employee panel covering all wage earners in the private sector in Portugal to shed new light on the careers of immigrants. During the first ten years in the country immigrants close one third of the initial immigrant-native wage gap. I show that one third of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746115
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Testing for factor price equality with unobserved differences in factor quality or productivity
Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen J.; Schott, Peter K. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
We develop a method for identifying departures from relative factor price equality that is robust to unobserved variation in factor productivity. We implement this method using data on the relative wage bills of nonproduction and production workers across 170 local labor markets comprising the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126388
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Product market competition returns to skill and wage inequality
Guadalupe, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
This paper shows that increasing product market competition can have a direct impact on the employment relationship and on wage inequality. I develop a simple model in which an increase in product market competition increases returns to skill through the effect of competition on the sensitivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884671
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Union density and varieties of coverage: the anatomy of union wage effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional setup suggests to distinguish explicitly union...
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