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to a one percentage point increase in the ratio of immigrants over native workers. While many studies in our sample …
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, nationally representative Bulgaria Integrated Household Survey, I examine whether gender discrimination is an important factor … determining the gap in wages between men and women and the extent to which gender discrimination affects wage inequality. I model … of this differential is due to discrimination, or more precisely, due to differences in how men and women are rewarded …
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We study the impact of skilled immigrants on the employment structures of U.S. …firms using matched employer …
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This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. We use reduced … admissions primarily through direct contributions of immigrants. …
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immigrants, especially if one meets (non-western) foreigners at work and school. Contact with foreigners while going out … decreases the preference for immigrants. The ethnic composition of the neighbourhood in which one lives does not ex! ert a …
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Concentration of immigrants and its associated externalities have become an important topic in contemporary … externalities created by the influx of immigrants. Second, it presents a stylized model in which human capital accumulation and …
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’ of the decline in native-born employment following a 1 percent increase in the number of immigrants is a mere 0 …
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This paper examines the extent to which human capital theory can explain observed wage differentials in the Russian Federation. Wage and income dispersion have increased markedly in Russia in the six years since the transition began. Some studies conclude that this is an indicator that Russian...
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Empirical work in labour economics has focused on rent sharing as an explanation for the observed correlation in cross-sections between wages and profitability. The alternative explanation of risk sharing between workers and employers has not been tested. Using a unique panel data set for four...
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In transition economies, there may be a significant mismatch between the types of skills that workers possess and the types of skills that the new economy demands. We consider this problem of human capital mismatch along the dimensions of training type (holding the level) and occupation. We...
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