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Self-employment constitutes a vital part of the economy since entrepreneurs can provide not only employment for themselves but also for others. The link between self-employment and immigration is, however, complex since self-employment can be viewed as both a haven from the paid labour market or...
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This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency among immigrants by explicitly … duration of residence, the higher the level of education, and for immigrants not from Asia. Large positive correlations in the …
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This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency among immigrants by explicitly … duration of residence, the higher the level of education, and for immigrants not from Asia. Large positive correlations in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967960
We investigate the effects of long-distance moves of married couples on both spouses' earnings, employment and job characteristics based on a new administrative dataset from Germany. Employing difference-in-difference propensity score matching and accounting for spouses' pre-move employment...
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This study estimates the fiscal consequences of receiving refugees, over the refugees' lifetime. It uses data from … Sweden in 2015, and the calculations account for refugees' age, years since immigration, and country of origin. The estimated … capita for refugees from the countries of origin for which labor market performance has historically been the strongest, to …
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outcomes of low skilled natives in response to an exogenous inflow of low skilled immigrants. We innovate on previous … identification strategies by considering immigrants distributed across municipalities by a refugee dispersal policy in place between … 1986 and 1998. We find that an increase in the supply of refugee-country immigrants pushed less educated native workers …
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outcomes of low skilled natives in response to an exogenous inflow of low skilled immigrants. We innovate on previous … identification strategies by considering immigrants distributed across municipalities by a refugee dispersal policy in place between … 1986 and 1998. We find that an increase in the supply of refugee-country immigrants pushed less educated native workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207674
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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geographically dispersed than other immigrants, and more recent arrivals are relatively more often located in rural areas. This …
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