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Constant, Amelie (contributor); D'Agosto, Elena (contributor) - 2008

This paper studies the major determinants that affect the country choice of the talented Italian scientists and researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US/Canada, the UK, and other EU countries. On average, the...

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The gender gap reloaded : is school quality linked to labor market performance?

Konstantopoulos, Spyros (contributor); … - 2005

This study examines the gender gap in wages of young adults in the late 1970s, mid 1980s, and 2000, in the middle and the tails of the wage distribution using quantile regression. We also examine the importance of school quality indicators in predicting future labor market performance. We...

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The association between immigration and labor market outcomes in the United States

Basso, Gaetano; Peri, Giovanni - 2015

In this paper we present important correlations between immigration and labor market outcomes of native workers in the US. We use data on local labor markets, states and regions from the Census and American Community Survey over the period 1970-2010. We first look at simple correlations and then...

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Immigration to the US : a problem for the republicans or the democrats?

Mayda, Anna Maria; Peri, Giovanni; Steingress, Walter - 2015

We empirically analyze the impact of immigration to the U.S. on the share of votes to the Republicans and Democrats between 1994 and 2012. Our analysis is based on variation across states and years – using data from the Current Population Survey merged with election data – and addresses the...

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Identifying human capital externalities : theory with an application to US cities

Ciccone, Antonio; Peri, Giovanni - 2002

Identification of the strength of human capital externalities at the aggregate level is still not fully understood. The existing method may yield positive or negative externalities even if wages reflect marginal social products. We propose an approach that yields positive average human capital...

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Gender differences across the earnings distribution : evidence from NLS:86 & HSB:92

Konstantopoulos, Spyros (contributor); … - 2004

This study examines gender differences in the earnings of young adults in the 1980s and 1990s. We determine changes in the gender gap over time in the middle, the tails, and the variability of the earnings distribution. We employ data from two longitudinal, nationally probability samples of high...

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School effects and labor market outcomes for young adults in the 1980s and 1990s

Constant, Amelie; Konstantopoulos, Spyros - 2002

This study examines high school effects on the labor market success of young adults, above and beyond individual and family characteristics. We employ data from two longitudinal, nationally probability samples: the National Longitudinal Study and the High School and Beyond study and the 5th and...

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Revisiting economic assimilation of Mexican and Central Americans immigrants in the United States

Peri, Giovanni; Rutledge, Zachariah - 2020

Using data from the United States spanning the period between 1970 and 2017, we analyze the economic assimilation of subsequent arrival cohorts of Mexican and Central American immigrants, the more economically disadvantaged group of immigrants. We compare their wage and employment probability to...

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The effect of the H-1B quota on the employment and selection of foreign-born labor

Mayda, Anna Maria; Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2018

The H-1B program allows skilled foreign-born individuals to work in the United States. The annual quota on new H-1B issuances fell from 195,000 to 65,000 for employees of most firms in fiscal year 2004. This cap did not apply to new employees of colleges, universities, and non-profit research...

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Naturalization proclivities, ethnicity and integration

Constant, Amelie (contributor); … - 2007

This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslav immigrants in Germany …, but not to those educated in Germany. We find that the degree of integration in German society has a differential effect … on citizenship acquisition. While a longer residence in Germany has a negative influence on actual or future …

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