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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533050
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Relative Quality of Foreign Nurses in the United States
Cortés, Patricia; Pan, Jessica - 2012
resulting from the high and heterogeneous returns to the occupation generated by active government support for the migration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533077
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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
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967949
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Relative Quality of Foreign Nurses in the United States
Pan, Jessica; Cortés, Patricia - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
resulting from the high and heterogeneous returns to the occupation generated by active government support for the migration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895136
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The Dynamics of Return Migration, Human Capital Accumulation, and Wage Assimilation
Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2021
evaluate the mechanisms that affect the evolution of immigrants' careers in conjunction with their re-migration plans. Our … analysis highlights a novel form of selective return migration where those who plan to stay longer invest more into skill …. Finally, our model provides important insight for the design of migration policies, showing that policies which initially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532680
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Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation Among U.S. Immigrants
Bleakley, Hoyt; Chin, Aimee - 2009
Are U.S. immigrants' English proficiency and social outcomes the result of their cultural preferences, or of more fundamental constraints? Using 2000 Census microdata, we relate immigrants' marriage, fertility and residential location variables to their age at arrival in the U.S., and in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532716
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Real Exchange Rates and the Earnings of Immigrants
Dustmann, Christian; Ku, Hyejin; Surovtseva, Tanya - 2021
Higher price levels in the destination relative to the origin increase the effective real wages of immigrants, thereby affecting immigrants' reservation and entry wages as well as their subsequent career trajectories. Based on micro-level longitudinal administrative data from Germany and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532727
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On Immigration and Native Entrepreneurship
Duleep, Harriet; Jaeger, David A.; McHenry, Peter - 2021
We present a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by being willing and able to invest in new skills. Immigrants whose human capital is not immediately transferable to the host country face lower opportunity costs of investing in new skills or methods and will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532783
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Parents and Children Talk: The Family Dynamics of English Language Proficiency
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2004
) probit analyses are employed. Immigrant English language skills are greater the younger the age at migration, the longer the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532864
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Refugee Migration and the Labor Market: Lessons from 40 Years of Post-arrival Policies in Denmark
Arendt, Jacob Nielsen; Dustmann, Christian; Ku, Hyejin - 2022
Denmark has accepted refugees from a large variety of countries and for more than four decades. Denmark has also frequently changed policies and regulations concerning integration programs, transfer payments, and conditions for permanent residency. Such policy variation in conjunction with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532876