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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262350
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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268676
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Wage growth through job hopping in China
Ariga, Kenn; Ohtake, Fumio; Sasaki, Masaru; Wu, Zheren - 2012
disadvantage in urban labor market is compensated by their higher job mobility. After four jobs, the expected earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291448
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South-south migration: the impact of Nicaraguan immigrants on earnings, inequality and poverty in Costa Rica
Gindling, T. H. - 2008
the hypothesis that Nicaraguan migration to Costa Rica was an important factor contributing to falling earnings, increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268669
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A "glass-ceiling" effect for immigrants in the Italian labour market?
Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Lucifora, Claudio; Pagani, Laura - 2012
This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the … human capital, for immigrants and natives, in explaining inter-occupational and intra-occupational earnings progression … mainly driven by intra-occupational earnings progression. Moreover, and contrary to what is observed for natives, we detect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282538
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The role of sectoral growth patterns in labor market development
Arias-Vazquez, Francisco Javier; Lee, Jean Nahrae; … - 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between sectoral growth patterns and employment outcomes. A broad cross-country analysis reveals that in middle-income countries, employment responds more to growth in less productive and more labor-intensive sectors. Employment in middle-income countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289844
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247704
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A "Glass-Ceiling" Effect for Immigrants in the Italian Labour Market?
Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Lucifora, Claudio; Pagani, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the … human capital, for immigrants and natives, in explaining inter-occupational and intra-occupational earnings progression … mainly driven by intra-occupational earnings progression. Moreover, and contrary to what is observed for natives, we detect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550304
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Product Market Integration, Comparative Advantages and Labour Market Performance
Andersen, Torben M.; Skaksen, Jan Rose - 2003
In a two-country model with trade driven by comparative advantages, it is considered how imperfectly competitive labour markets are affected by lower frictions in international goods trade. Easier goods trading is equivalent to increased mobility of employment across countries and thus a change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262101
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Jewish Occupational Selection : Education, Restrictions, or Minorities?
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - 2004
This paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explain the distinctive occupational selection of the Jewish people into urban, skilled occupations. We show that many Jews entered urban occupations in the eighth-ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire...
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