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Education and self-employment : South Asian immigrants in the US labor market
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Roy, Sanjukta - 2014
immigration in the United States (using IPUMS Data), which the related literature has clearly neglected thus far despite long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350863
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How do immigrants from Taiwan fare in the US labor market?
Lin, Carl - 2013
This paper presents evidence that since 1980, relative to other immigrants, the earnings of Taiwanese immigrants have grown rapidly as they assimilate into the U.S. economy. Our estimates indicate that the rising returns to education, pre-migration experience and hours worked per week play...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221816
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The effect of occupational visas on native employment : evidence from labor supply to farm jobs in the Great Recession
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
positive outside it. Job-specific estimates of this kind are useful alongside more generalized evaluations of immigration … because immigration policy often regulates access to specific occupations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607330
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Immigration and the U.S. labor market : a look ahead
Holzer, Harry J. - 2020
participation and creating worker shortages in high-demand industries. In this context, immigration will help reduce costs in key … inequality. Reforms should therefore modestly increase overall immigration over time, while shifting its composition somewhat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153549
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Immigrants and unemployment in the European Community : from the eyes of natives
Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002 - November 1999 (revised: May 2002)
This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the European Union. Earlier papers measure the presence of immigrants in the local labor market by computing the share of the foreigners in specific regions. This paper, instead, utilizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313919
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Skilled migration policy and the labour market performance of immigrants
Tani, Massimiliano - 2017
effective use of migrants' skills provides scope for close coordination between immigration and employment policy to ensure that …
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Gender, source country characteristics and labor market assimilation among immigrants : 1980 - 2000
Blau, Francine D. (contributor);  … - 2008
. -- Immigration ; labor supply ; fertility ; assimilation ; gender …
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Immigrant-native differences in welfare participation : the role of entry and exit rates
Hansen, Jörgen (contributor); Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor) - 2006
successful in reducing welfare use in general and the immigrant-native welfare gap in particular. -- welfare ; immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359294
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Crime and immigration : evidence from large immigrant waves
Bell, Brian; Machin, Stephen; Fasani, Francesco - 2010
This paper examines the relationship between immigration and crime in a setting where large migration flows offer an … consider possible crime effects from two large waves of immigration that recently occurred in the UK. The first of these was … seekers could have beneficial effects on crime rates. -- Crime ; immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975462
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Immigration, offshoring and American jobs
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - 2010
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