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Do foreigners crowd natives out of STEM degrees and occupations? : evidence from the U.S. immigration act of 1990
Ransom, Tyler; Winters, John V. - 2016
This paper examines effects of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990 on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) degree completion and labor market outcomes for native-born Americans. The Act increased the in-flow and stock of foreign STEM workers in the U.S., both by increasing green...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458960
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Green cards and the location choices of immigrants in the United States, 1971 - 2000
Jaeger, David A. (contributor) - 2006
This paper documents where immigrants who enter the U.S. with different types of visas ("green cards") choose to live initially and what determines those location choices. Using population data on immigrants from the Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1971 to 2000, matched to data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328061
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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
, by level of skill, and by occupation. While point estimates differ, particularly when earnings equations are estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894826
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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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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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The prevalence and effects of occupational licensing
Kleiner, Morris M. (contributor);  … - 2008
This study provides the first nation-wide analysis of the labor market implications of occupational licensing for the U.S. labor market, using data from a specially designed Gallup survey. We find that in 2006, 29 percent of the workforce was required to hold an occupational license from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003754928
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Where do new Ph.D. economists go? : evidence from recent initial job placements
Susan Chen, Jihui; Liu, Qihong; Billger, Sherrilyn M. - 2012
We use data from the 2007-2008 Ph.D. economist job market to investigate initial job placement in terms of job location, job type, and job rank. Our results suggest gender differences in all three dimensions of job placement. Relative to their male counterparts, female candidates are less (more)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009664857