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levels, single immigrants have a wealth advantage of almost $185,000 relative to single native-born individuals. Although the …
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This Paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to … immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self … the self-employed Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, ex-Yugoslavs, Polish or other East Europeans, including those immigrants …
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continuum of tasks in each sector and we augment it to include immigrants with heterogeneous productivity in tasks. We use this … pushed natives toward more communication-intensive tasks while it has pushed immigrants away from them. …
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Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals’ behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
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labour markets. Immigrants to Australia are selected on observable characteristics. They may also differ from natives on … also seems important for finding cohort effects. Immigrants that arrived before 1976 faced a larger wage gap compared to … from non-English speaking backgrounds. All immigrants experience wage assimilation as time spent in Australia increases. …
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Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that...
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In this paper we evaluate quantitatively the impact of mass emigration from Ireland between the 1850s and the first …, real wage growth in Ireland was respectable by international standards. We find econometric evidence of an inverse …
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Higher rates of economic growth in recent years have led Ireland from being a country characterized by emigration to … compare the wages of returned migrants with the wages of those who stayed in Ireland. In a recent paper, it has been argued … find support for this argument for men. On average, returning males earn 10 percent more than men who stayed in Ireland …
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paper we examine what has happened to earnings inequality and the returns to education in Ireland between 1987 and 1997. We …
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