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Migrants, ethnicity and strategic assimilation

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2006

Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers to trade such as information costs, risk, and uncertainty by building trust and by substituting for the difficulty of enforcing contracts internationally. We study networks which emerge from the interaction (i) between migrants and...

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Migration as a Substitute for Informal Activities: Evidence from Tajikistan

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - 2011

How is migration related to informal activities? They may be complementary since new migrants may have difficulty … finding employment in formal work, so many of them end up informally employed. Alternatively, migration and informality may be … substitutes since migrants' incomes in their new locations and income earned in the home informal economy (without migration) are …

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The Labour Market Impact of Immigration

Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; Frattini, Tommaso - 2008

In the first part of this paper, we present a stylised model of the labour market impact of immigration. We then discuss mechanisms through which an economy can adjust to immigration: changes in factor prices, output mix and production technology. In the second part, we explain the problems of...

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The Labour Market Impact of Immigration

dustmann, christian; Glitz, Albrecht; Frattini, Tommaso - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2008

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Unemployment and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union: A Statistical Analysis

Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco - 1996

This paper provides a statistical analysis of the attitudes towards foreigners displayed by European citizens. It is found that, holding other things constant, unemployed Europeans do not have more negative attitudes towards foreigners than the employed. On the other hand, an increased...

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Networks and the duration of temporary migration

Gang, Ira N.; Bauer, Thomas - 2002

This paper analyzes the determinants and timing of return migration. Special attention is paid to the role of social … and informational migration networks. A simple theoretical model of temporary migration demonstrates that the effect of … migration networks on optimal migration duration is ambiguous. We investigate the determinants of migration duration using a …

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Returns to Returning

Gang, Ira N.; Co, Catherine Y.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 1999

We examine the labor market performance of return migrants using the Hungarian Household Panel Survey. Two distinct selection issues are considered in the estimation of the earnings equation; we implement a natural method using MLE. The result that there is a 'premium' to work experience abroad...

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Does Background Matter? The Transmission of Human Capital from a Planned to a Market Economy

Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - 1999

We analyze the early U.S. economic achievement of former Soviet citizens entering the United States during the period 1979 through 1985. Using the Soviet Interview project (SIP) data, we identify components of human capital acquired in the former Soviet Union (FSU), relating these to labor force...

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Immigrants and unemployment in the European Community: From the Eyes of Natives

Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-su - 2002

This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local labor markets among citizens of the European Community. It provides the results of probit equations estimating the likelihood of employment in Europe as a function of a set of...

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Task specialization, immigration, and wages

Peri, Giovanni; Sparber, Chad - 2008

Many workers with low levels of educational attainment immigrated to the United States in recent decades. Large inflows of less educated immigrants would reduce wages paid to comparably-educated native-born workers if the two groups are perfectly substitutable in production. In a simple model...

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