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Referral-Based Job Search Networks
Dustmann, Christian - 2011
This paper develops a model and derives novel testable implications of referral-based job search networks in which employees provide employers with information about potential job market candidates that they otherwise would not have. Using unique matched employer-employee data that cover the...
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Ethnic Segregation in Germany
Glitz, Albrecht - 2012
This paper provides a comprehensive description of the nature and extent of ethnic segregation in Germany. Using matched employer-employee data for the universe of German workers over the period 1975 to 2008, I show that there is substantial ethnic segregation across both workplaces and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099729
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The Short- and Long-Run Determinants of Less-Educated Immigration into U.S. States
Simpson, Nicole B. - 2012
This paper uses a gravity model of migration to analyze how income differentials affect the flow of immigrants into U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108227
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Immigration in Europe : Trends, Policies and Empirical Evidence
de la Rica, Sara - 2013
This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by providing descriptive evidence on long-term immigration trends and current characteristics of the immigrant populations in various important European destination countries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072154
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The Effect of the H-1B Quota on the Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor
Mayda, Anna Maria - 2018
The H-1B program allows skilled foreign-born individuals to work in the United States. The annual quota on new H-1B issuances fell from 195,000 to 65,000 for employees of most firms in fiscal year 2004. This cap did not apply to new employees of colleges, universities, and non-profit research...
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How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?
Dustmann, Christian - 2012
In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112767
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Immigration : The European Experience
Dustmann, Christian - 2012
This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing between EU and non-EU immigrants) a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures of immigrants and their labor market integration in the different European countries, their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112784
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The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
Algan, Yann - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK have all become, perhaps unwittingly, countries with...
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Risk Attitudes and Household Migration Decisions
Dustmann, Christian - 2017
migration is a household decision. We develop a simple model that implies that which member migrates depends on the distribution … conditional on migration gains, less risk averse individuals are more likely to migrate; (ii) that within households, the least … results not only provide evidence that migration decisions are taken on a household level but also that the distribution of …
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Occupational Recognition and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes
Brücker, Herbert - 2019
In this paper, we analyze how the formal recognition of immigrants' foreign occupational qualifications affects their subsequent labor market outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on a novel German data set that links respondents' survey information to their administrative records, allowing...
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