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impact that the enactment of various types of E-verify mandates may have on the employment and wages of these two populations … likelihood of native workers. Impacts on wages are positive for likely unauthorized women suggesting a large labor supply … reduction. For native-born workers, hourly wages also increase and provide some evidence of substitutability of unauthorized …
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impact that the enactment of various types of E-verify mandates may have on the employment and wages of these two populations … likelihood of native workers. Impacts on wages are positive for likely unauthorized women suggesting a large labor supply … reduction. For native-born workers, hourly wages also increase and provide some evidence of substitutability of unauthorized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659917
from distributional (relative) wage consequences of immigration but exacerbate the impacts on average wages in the economy …
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obesity and hourly wages. Using a panel dataset of white individuals drawn from the U.S. 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of …
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The goal of our paper is to better understand the economic implications of Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) programs as well as comprehend the underlying reasons for the rapid expansion of the number of TFWs hired by employers under the Canadian program brought to light in 2014. We present an...
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exist across immigrant/ethnic groups and genders. British born ethnic minorities appear to have slightly higher wages than … were attributed white native characteristics, their wages would be considerably lower. The substantial employment gap …
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exist across immigrant/ethnic groups and genders. British born ethnic minorities appear to have slightly higher wages than … were attributed white native characteristics, their wages would be considerably lower. The substantial employment gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967950
This paper analyzes the effect of immigration on gender gaps in the labor market. Using an equilibrium structural model for the U.S. economy, I simulate the importance of two mechanisms: the differential labor market competition induced by immigration on male and female workers, and the...
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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...
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In this paper we study attitudinal responses of host country residents towards further immigration that are triggered by economic considerations. We develop an economic model motivating the empirical work that takes a broader view on these issues than previous papers. We provide empirical...
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