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The effect of 9/11 on immigrants' ethnic identity and employment : evidence from Germany

Delaporte, Isaure - 2019

A growing concern in Western countries is the fact that immigrants might adopt oppositional identities. Although identity is expected to affect the economic outcomes of immigrants, little is known about the factors that in uence the identity choice of the migrants and thus, their employment...

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Ethnic identity and the employment outcomes of immigrants : evidence from France

Delaporte, Isaure - 2019

ethnic identity on the immigrants' employment outcomes. Using rich survey data from France and relying on a polychoric … design effective post-immigration policies. …

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International trade and labor market integration of immigrants

Lodefalk, Magnus; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Tang, Aili - 2020

We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate substantially less than natives in the labor market. However, trading with a foreign country is expected to increase the demand for immigrants from that country. By hiring...

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Immigration and the reallocation of work health risks

Giuntella, Osea; Mazzonna, Fabrizio; Nicodemo, Catia; … - 2018

. Using data for England and Wales from the Labour Force Survey (2003-2013), we find that, on average, immigration leads to a …This paper studies the effects of immigration on the allocation of occupational physical burden and work injury risks … important differences across skill groups. Immigration reduces the average physical burden of UK-born workers with medium levels …

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Identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants

Carillo, Maria R.; Lombardo, Vincenzo; Venittelli, Tiziana - 2021

This paper explores the relationship between social identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants. Using survey data …

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Ethnic identity and immigrants' labour market outcomes

Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimiliano; Cheng, Zhiming; … - 2021

The objective of this paper is to analyse how immigrants' ethnic identity correlates with their labour market outcomes. More precisely, we estimate the role of ethnic identity in employment, wages, under-employment (i.e., they would prefer to work more hours but are not given the opportunity),...

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R&D expenditures and employment : evidence from Europe

Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2017

Using a unique firm-level database comprising the top European R&D investors over the period 2002-2013 and running LSDVC estimates, this study finds a significant labourfriendly impact of R&D expenditures. However, this positive employment effect appears limited in magnitude and entirely due to...

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The Labour Force Status of Transgender People and The Impact of Removing Surgical Requirements to Change Gender on ID Documents

Mann, Samuel - 2020

This paper uses data from the BRFSS over the period 2014-2019 to analyse the impact of removing surgical requirements to change legal gender. In many states transgender people are forced to undergo surgical procedures if they wish to change their gender on ID documents, which can be invasive,...

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Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations

Booth, Alison; Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010

We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely …

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Does Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence From a Field Experiment

Booth, Alison L; Leigh, Andrew; Varganova, Elena - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We conduct a large-scale audit discrimination study to measure labor market discrimination across different minority … ethnic groups rather than focusing on a single minority as in most other studies. In all cases, we applied for entry … statistically significant differences in callback rates, suggesting that ethnic minority candidates would need to apply for more …

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