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Immigration, trade, and the labor market
Abowd, John M. (ed.); Freeman, Richard Barry (contributor) - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013480877
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The Economic Assimilation of Irish Famine Migrants to the United States
Collins, William J. - 2018
decline in the observable human capital of famine-era Irish migrants compared to pre-famine Irish migrants and to other groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480938
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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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Immigration, Jobs and Employment Protection : Evidence from Europe
D'Amuri, Francesco - 2011
In this paper we analyze the effect of immigrants on native jobs in fourteen Western European countries. We test whether the inflow of immigrants in the period 1996-2007 decreased employment rates and/or if it altered the occupational distribution of natives with similar education and age. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461519
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How Do Immigrants Spend Time? : The Process of Assimilation
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2010
Using 2004-2008 data from the American Time Use Survey, we show that sharp differences between the time use of immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished by incidence and intensity. We develop a theory of the process of assimilation--what immigrants do with their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462226
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Consumer Behavior and Immigrant Assimilation : A comparison of the United States, Britain and Germany, 1889/1890
Haines, Michael R. - 1989
taken into account. Comparisons of Engel curves are also made to households in Great Britain and Germany. Results from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475994
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Exposure to Past Immigration Waves and Attitudes toward Newcomers
Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea; Stella, Luca - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration of refugees? To answer this question, we investigate attitudes toward newcomers among natives and previous immigrants. In areas that in the 1990s received higher inflows of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388829
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Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany
Jaschke, Philipp; Sardoschau, Sulin; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016. We combine novel survey data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362035
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The Social Integration of International Migrants : Evidence from the Networks of Syrians in Germany
Bailey, Michael; Johnston, Drew M.; Koenen, Martin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We use de-identified data from Facebook to study the social integration of Syrian migrants in Germany, a country that … received a large influx of refugees during the Syrian Civil War. We construct measures of migrants' social integration based on … relative rate at which they befriend local Syrian migrants versus German natives (relative friending). We follow the friending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191020
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Fighting Procrastination in the Workplace : An Experiment
Cadena, Ximena - 2011
intervention also improved worker satisfaction and reduced stress levels, without affecting the quality of the loan officers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461714