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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 …
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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 …
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This paper studies to what extent gender differences in commuting patterns explain the observed disparities between husband and wife in relation to earnings and wages. It is argued that the cost of commuting is higher for women because they bear a disproportionate share of housework and...
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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 …
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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. …
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This paper analyses the wage effects of educational mismatch by workers' origin using a sizeable, detailed matched employer-employee dataset for Belgium. Relying on a fine-grained approach to measuring educational mismatch, the results show that over-educated workers, regardless of their origin,...
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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. …
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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 …
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In this article, I study the effect of worker heterogeneities on wages and unemployment within the context of a …
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This paper provides an overview of theory and empirical evidence on earnings discrimination within the workplace …. Earnings discrimination occurs when employees producing work of equal value are differentially remunerated because of their … research evidence on earnings discrimination as one source of earnings inequality within the workplace. The ability of …
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