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. …

natives. Simple labour supply analysis demonstrates that these effects depend upon whether immigrants and natives act as … foreign workers in the firm. Employing many immigrants in the firm, on the other hand, may also have an increasing effect on … native insiders and their employers. The results show no negative impact of foreign labour on young natives' earnings levels …

schooling converges to 0.044 and 0.027 for immigrants in high- and low-skill occupations, respectively, substantially below the …This paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital … non-linear model which is estimated, using repeated cross-section data. Using data on immigrants from the former Soviet …

immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self …This Paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to … Treiman prestige scale scores increase their earnings, for self-employed immigrant men it is the longevity of the business …

This Paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital … capital theory, we derive a non-linear model that imposes restrictions across the earning equations of natives and immigrants …. The two earning functions are estimated jointly, using repeated cross section data. Using data on immigrants from the …

This paper exploits an unusual policy reform that had the effect of reducing the direct cost of schooling in Ireland in … the late 1960’s. This gave rise to an increased level of schooling but with effects that vary substantially across family … to estimate the return to schooling allowing for the endogeneity of schooling. Using a standard Mincer type model we find …

Switzerland has experienced a substantial influx of immigrants over the 50 years since World War II, to the extent that … immigrants. Two main results emerge from our study: first, as a result of shortcomings of the Swiss migration policy, immigrants … are substantial discrepancies in the performance of immigrants from different countries of origin. Immigrants from North …

The social contract of the welfare state can be strained by the arrival of immigrants who receive welfare payments … financed by citizens' taxes. We show, however, that the presence of unemployed immigrants receiving welfare payments is …

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of life expectancy for optimal schooling and … optimal schooling. The observed increase in survival rates during working ages that follows from the ``rectangularization'' of … the survival function is crucial for schooling and labor supply. The empirical results suggest that the relative benefits …