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Zorlu, Aslan - 2011

This paper examines the speed of the occupational adjustment of immigrants using Labour Force Surveys 2004 and 2005 from Statistics Netherlands. The analysis provides new evidence that immigrants start with jobs at the lower levels of skill distribution. Their occupational achievement improves...

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Pitfalls of immigrant inclusion into the European welfare state

Kahanec, Martin; Kim, Anna Myunghee; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011

This paper's main purpose is to gauge immigrants' demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. The data from an online primary survey of experts from organizations working on immigrant...

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Who will be idol? The importance of social networks for winning on reality shows

Heizler, Odelia; Kimhi, Ayal - 2010

This paper examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of social networks and belonging to minority groups (or race) on the probability of winning in reality television shows. We develop a theoretical model that studies viewer behavior by presenting a framework of competition...

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Attitudes towards immigrants, other integration barriers, and their veracity

Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008

The paper studies opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities and their interactions with other barriers to minorities' economic integration. Specifically, we consider the minority experts' own perceptions about these issues, the veracities and repercussions of unfavorable attitudes...

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The Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in The Netherlands

van Ours, Jan C.; Veenman, Justus - 2001

Since the mid-1960?s the Netherlands has had an immigration surplus, mainly because of manpower recruitment from Turkey and Morocco and immigration from the former Dutch colony of Surinam. Immigrants have a weak labor market position, which is related to their educational level and language...

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Immigrant participation in welfare benefits in the Netherlands

Zorlu, Aslan - 2011

The efficiency of Dutch welfare system is at the heart of debate as long as immigrants are overrepresented in social welfare benefits during the working age period. This paper examines the degree of participation in social assistance, disability and unemployment benefits across ethnic groups...

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Labor Market Incorporation of Immigrants in Japan and the United States: A Comparative Analysis

Cornelius, Wayne A.; Tsuda, Takeyuki - 2002

The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the United States analyzes their earnings largely as a function of human capital variables such as education, language competence, age, length of residence and employment experience in the receiving country. However,...

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Immigrant self-employment: does intermarriage matter?

Georgarakos, Dimitris; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2009

This paper investigates the effect of a native spouse on the transitions into and out of entrepreneurship of male immigrants in the U.S. We find that those married to a native are less likely to start up a business compared to those married to an immigrant. This finding is robust when the...

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The effect of ethnic identity on the employment of immigrants

Drydakis, Nick - 2012

This study evaluates the effect of ethnic identity on the employment level of immigrants in Greece. Treating ethnic … identity as a composite of key cultural elements the estimations suggest that employment is positively associated with … by setting up hypotheses, and directly measuring immigrants' ethnic identity commitments. The current results have …

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Moving to segregation: Evidence from 8 Italian cities

Boeri, Tito; de Philippis, Marta; Patacchini, Eleonora; … - 2012

We use a new dataset and a novel identification strategy to analyze the effects of residential segregation on the employment of migrants in 8 Italian cities. Our data, which are representative of the population of both legal and illegal migrants, allow us to measure segregation at the very local...

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