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Employment effects of language training for unemployed immigrants

Lang, Julia - In: Journal of Population Economics 35 (2021) 2, pp. 719-754

Proficiency in the host country’s language is an important factor for the successful labor market integration of immigrants. In this study, I analyze the effects of a language training program for professional purposes on the employment opportunities of participants in Germany. I apply an...

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Norwegian cohort emigration

Thonstad, Tore; Riis, Christian; Bævre, Kåre - In: Journal of Population Economics 14 (2001) 3, pp. 473-489

This paper introduces a counterfactual technique to estimate net emigration from Norwegian birth cohorts from 1846 to 1900. A main finding is that despite strong fluctuations in annual emigration, the percentage reduction of each cohort due to emigration was surprisingly stable for all cohorts...

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Hunger and migration in a rural-traditional area in the nineteenth century

Tassenaar, Vincent; Groote, Peter - In: Journal of Population Economics 13 (2000) 3, pp. 465-483

The factors that influenced migration decisions in a nineteenth century rural-traditional area of the Netherlands are …

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On the Interaction between Unemployment and Inter-regional Mobility

Fonseca, Raquel - Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) - 2003

posting vacancies. We show the importance of these changes to explain regional unemployment disparities.Finally, we calibrate …

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Time preference and labour migration in an OLG model with land and capital

Vidal, Jean-Pierre; Michel, Philippe; Crettez, Bertrand - In: Journal of Population Economics 9 (1996) 4, pp. 387-403

This paper constructs a two-country migration model in the lines of Galor (1986), in which the world population … implications of international labour migration are studied. JEL classifications: F22, J61 …

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The welfare economics of immigration control

Levine, Paul - In: Journal of Population Economics 12 (1999) 1, pp. 23-43

This paper develops a Harris-Todaro (HT) type model of East-West migration in which labour market imperfections prevent … laissez-faire migration equilibrium based on explicit calculations of potential migrants without immigration controls in the … West, with the socially optimal level of migration. The paper examines the issue of immigration control by developing a …

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Natives and migrants in the London labour market, 1929-1931

Hatton, Timothy J.; Bailey, Roy E. - In: Journal of Population Economics 15 (2002) 1, pp. 59-81

Migrants are sometimes regarded as marginal workers in metropolitan labour markets. London has long been a major destination for migrants from elsewhere in Britain and abroad. In this paper we examine the earnings and unemployment experience in 1929-1931 of male workers who migrated to London,...

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The effect of polytechnic reform on migration

Böckerman, Petri; Haapanen, Mika - In: Journal of Population Economics 26 (2013) 2, pp. 593-617

between high school and post-secondary education. We estimate that the reform enhanced the annual migration rate of high … their baseline migration rate is 3.7 %. The effect fades several years after the completion of secondary studies. Copyright …

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Can migration reduce educational attainment? Evidence from Mexico

McKenzie, David; Rapoport, Hillel - In: Journal of Population Economics 24 (2011) 4, pp. 1331-1358

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Gender, educational attainment, and the impact of parental migration on children left behind

Antman, Francisca - In: Journal of Population Economics 25 (2012) 4, pp. 1187-1214

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