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Wages, sorting on skill, and the racial composition of jobs
Hirsch, Barry T. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001743834
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Matching language proficiency to occupation : the effect on immigrants' earnings
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2007
that earnings are related to correct matching of an individual's language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003449481
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Occupational language requirements and the value of English in the US labor market
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2007
native born and foreign born, as reported in the 2000 Census, one percent sample. Working in an occupation that requires … required for the occupation, and when those with high levels of proficiency work in jobs requiring English language skills … occupation's requirements, and this matching does tend to occur in the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003539238
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The international transferability of immigrants' human capital skills
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational level to occupational attainment among adult native born and foreign born men in the U.S., using the 2000 Census. Overeducation is found to be more common among recent labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003540026
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Earnings and occupational attainment : immigrants and the native born
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper examines the determinants of occupational attainment and the impact of occupation on earnings. Results for … earnings gains associated with years of schooling derives from inter-occupational mobility. When occupation is held constant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003540029
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How useful is the concept of skills mismatch?
McGuinness, Séamus; Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Redmond, Paul - 2017
The term skill mismatch is very broad and can relate to many forms of labour market friction, including vertical mismatch, skill gaps, skill shortages, field of study (horizontal) mismatch and skill obsolescence. In this paper we provide a clear overview of each concept and discuss the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664385
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IT skills, occupation specificity and job separations
Eggenberger, Christian; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2022
This paper examines how workers' earnings change after involuntary job separations depending on the workers' acquired IT skills and the specificity of their occupational training. We categorize workers' occupational skill bundles along two independent dimensions. First, we distinguish between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013448550
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Economic, neurobiological and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce
Knudsen, Eric I.; Heckman, James J.; Cameron, Judy L.; … - 2006
A growing proportion of the U.S. workforce will have been raised in disadvantaged environments that are associated with relatively high proportions of individuals with diminished cognitive and social skills. A cross-disciplinary examination of research in economics, developmental psychology, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003407199
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A comparative analysis of the labour market performance of university‐educated immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States : does policy matter?
Clarke, Andrew; Ferrer, Ana M.; Skuterud, Mikal - 2018
We examine data from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. to inform the potential for immigrant screening policies to influence the labour market performance of skilled immigrants. Our estimates point to improvements in employment rates and weekly earnings of male university-educated immigrants in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798252
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English skills, labour market status and earnings of Turkish women
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysıt - 2019
) occupation dummies are included as additional controls. Indeed, being proficient in English barely affects occupational status …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979898