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Mexican immigration to the United States
Borjas, George J. (ed.) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013480762
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From Immigrants to Robots : The Changing Locus of Substitutes for Workers
Borjas, George J. - 2019
Increased use of robots has roused concern about how robots and other new technologies change the world of work. Using numbers of robots shipped to primarily manufacturing industries as a supply shock to an industry labor market, we estimate that an additional robot reduces employment and wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479394
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Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants : 1980-2000
Blau, Francine D. - 2008
We use 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census data to study the impact of source country characteristics on the labor supply assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor force participation rates work substantially more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464260
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How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?
Hunt, Jennifer - 2008
in the population increases patents per capita by 6%. This could be an overestimate of immigration's benefit if immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464333
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Immigrant Inflows, Native Outflows, and the Local Labor Market Impacts of Higher Immigration
Card, David - 1997
This paper uses 1990 Census data to study the effects of immigrant inflows on the labor market opportunities of natives and older immigrants. I divide new immigrants, older immigrants, and natives into distinct skill groups and focus on skill-group-specific outcomes within cities. An important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472897
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High-Skilled Immigration and the Rise of STEM Occupations in U.S. Employment
Hanson, Gordon H. - 2016
In this paper, we document the importance of high-skilled immigration for U.S. employment in STEM fields. To begin, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456057
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Immigration, Jobs and Employment Protection : Evidence from Europe
D'Amuri, Francesco - 2011
: immigration stimulated job creation, and the complexity of jobs offered to new native hires was higher relative to the complexity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461519
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Immigration and the work force : economic consequences for the United States and source areas
Borjas, George J. (ed.); Freeman, Richard B. (contributor) - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013480785
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The Changing Labor Market Position of Canadian Immigrants
Bloom, David E. - 1994
Canadian immigrants at the time of immigration fall short of the earnings of comparable Canadian-born individuals, and (2 … recent changes in Canadian immigration policy, labor market discrimination against visible minorities, and the prolonged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474260
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Immigration Policy, National Origin, and Immigrant Skills : A Comparison of Canada and the United States
Borjas, George J. - 1991
Over 12 million persons migrated to Canada or the United States between 1959 and 1981. Beginning in the mid?1960s, the … immigration policies of the two countries began to diverge considerably: the United States stressing family reunification and … Canada stressing skills. This paper shows that the point system used by Canada generated, on average, a more skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475320