immigrants are characterized by above average age and by professional occupations. On the other hand, labour markets for young … workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …

As immigrants born in developing countries and their descendants represent a growing share of the working ….5% for first- and second-generation immigrants, respectively. However, controlling for a wide range of observables (e.g. age … first-generation immigrants born in developing countries still experience a sizeable adjusted wage gap (2.7%), there is no …

job mobility of migrants and natives in Germany and distinguish among voluntary, involuntary, internal and other job …Theoretisch lassen sich Lohnunterschiede zwischen Migranten und Einheimischen mithilfe der Humankapitaltheorie erklären … Berücksichtigung von Humankapital-Variablen meist ein unerklärter Lohnunterschied zwischen Migranten und Einheimischen. Wir benutzen …

for these groups suggest that family-related preferences, employer discrimination, and institutional settings matter for … unemployment duration and the quality of reemployment. …

matching, in a comparative analysis between immigrants and natives. Using the EU Labour Force Survey for the year 2012, and … likelihood of being overeducated decreases for self-employed immigrants, with inconclusive results for selfemployed natives. The … results shed light on the extent to which immigrants adjust to labour market imperfections and barriers to employment and …

A large body of literature shows that first-generation immigrants born in developing countries experience a higher … comes to the overeducation of second-generation immigrants. Using a matched employer-employee database for Belgium over the … immigrants. …

This paper studies the occupational selection among generations of immigrants in the United States and links their … time that immigrants spend in the US and over generations. Information friction may be an explanation. …

economic conditions. By focusing on immigrants in the US, we can consider the influence of work norms in a person's home … more sensitive to economic downturns among immigrants from countries where people place less importance on work. We also …