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Consequences of the obesity epidemic for immigrants : when migrants move to countries with high obesity rates, does assimilation lead to labor market penalties and higher health ca...

Argys, Laura M. - 2015

Upon arrival in a host country, immigrants often have lower obesity rates (as measured for instance by BMI-body mass index) than their native counterparts do, but these rates converge over time. In light of the worldwide obesity epidemic and the flow of immigrants into host countries with higher...

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The labor market in New Zealand, 2000-2017 : employment has grown steadily and the gender gap and skill premiums have fallen

Maré, David Christopher - 2018

crisis later that year. The labor market recovery was slow until 2013, when net immigration, employment growth, and …

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Integrating refugees into labor markets : economic integration of refugees into their host country is important and benefits both parties

Bevelander, Pieter - 2016

, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack of economic integration. Refugees start at a lower employment and …

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Integrating refugees into labor markets : economic integration of refugees into their host country is important and benefits both parties

Bevelander, Pieter - 2020

, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack of economic integration. Refugees start at a lower employment and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296269

Do immigrant workers depress the wages of native workers? : short-term wage effects of immigrants are close to zero : and in the long term immigrants can boost productivity and wag...

Peri, Giovanni - 2014

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less … educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers' wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …

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The immigrant-native earnings gap across the earnings distribution

Lemos, Sara - In: Applied economics letters 22 (2015) 4/6, pp. 361-369

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Country of origin and employment prospects among immigrants : an analysis of south-south and north-south migrants to South Africa

Peters, Amos C.; Sundaram, Asha - In: Applied economics letters 22 (2015) 16/18, pp. 1415-1418

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The labor market impact of Covid-19 on immigrants : job loss from Covid-19 was greater among immigrants than the native-born in most developed countries

Cassidy, Hugh - 2022

. The labor market recovery for both groups in the US was rapid, and by Fall 2020, the employment gaps between immigrant and …

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Skill-based immigration, economic integration, and economic performance : benefiting from highly skilled immigrants requires a complementary mix of immigrant selection and economic...

Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2014

Studies for major immigrant-receiving countries provide evidence on the comparative economic performance of immigrant classes (skill-, kinship-, and humanitarian-based). Developed countries are increasingly competing for high-skilled immigrants, who perform better in the labor market. However,...

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Naturalization and citizenship : who benefits? : liberalizing access to citizenship has labor market benefits for immigrants and can improve their assimilation

Gathmann, Christina - 2015

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that many immigrants fail to integrate economically. Research shows that the option to naturalize has considerable economic benefits for eligible immigrants, even in countries with a tradition of restrictive policies. First-generation...

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