By analyzing earnings of observed immigrants workers, the literature on the economic assimilation of immigrants has … from those of non-workers.Second, earnings of immigrants who do not return to their native country may differ from earnings …

diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take account of spatial … level of immigrants (proxied by global regions of origin) also affects patent applications. In contrast, an increasing share … immigrants from different backgrounds is a more important driving force for innovation than the sheer size of the immigrant …

and Morocco and immigration from the former Dutch colony of Surinam.Immigrants have a weak labor market position, which is … related to their educational level and language skills.Children and grandchildren of immigrants are expected to have a better … attainment of second generation immigrants from Turkey, Morocco, Surinam and the Dutch Antilles. …

This paper estimates a structural dynamic life-cycle model of outmigration where, in each period, immigrants choose … earnings and preferences which allows immigrants to revise their duration decisions throughout their migration experience ….Because immigrants simultaneously face a migration and a work decision in each period, the economic assimilation rates commonly used to …

of immigrants. We use longitudinal data on immigration to Sweden 1970-1990 to examine the extent and pattern of immigrant … emigration and its consequences for measures of assimilation. Large fractions of the immigrants leave the host country shortly … who leave. This creates the impression that immigrants’ well-being relative to natives improves with time in Sweden …