This paper considers the labor market assimilation of immigrants in terms of earnings and employment (employment …, the pattern of negative assimilation is observed. -- immigrants ; assimilation ; earnings ; hours worked ; employment … country (ESDC). Among men in general, 'negative assimilation' is found for immigrants from the ESDC, and positive assimilation …

use in Australia is much higher than in most of the countries that Australia's immigrants come from, this evidence … computer is shown to be a way the foreign born can increase the international transferability of their pre-immigration skills …, a finding that has implications for immigrant settlement policies. -- computers ; internet ; immigrants ; language …

negative association between occupational status and pre-immigration labour market experience. -- Immigrants ; occupation …Using data from the 2001 Australian Census of Population and Housing, on adult men in full-time employment, this paper … international transferability of human capital skills results in immigrants entering into relatively low status occupations when …

We analyze and assess new evidence on employment dynamics from a new data source the National Establishment Time Series … (NETS). The NETS offers advantages over existing data sources for studying employment dynamics, including tracking business … full decomposition of employment change into its six constituent processes, including job creation and destruction stemming …

used or can be used to increase economic self-sufficiency by increasing earnings, including mandating higher wages … place in the United States, including minimum and living wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, wage subsidies, and school …-to-work programs. Finally, it considers alternative policies that have recently been proposed. -- Minimum wages ; living wages ; earned …

. This paper examines whether this differential is related to the quality of the schooling immigrants acquired abroad. The … is associated with a higher payoff to schooling among immigrants in the US labor market. This higher payoff is associated … quality on the immigrant selection process, rather than the quality of immigrants’ schooling per se, that is the major driver …

international transferability of immigrants' human capital, and undereducation to favorable selection in immigration. Comparisons …. The sensitivity of the results of the decomposition to several measurement issues is assessed. -- Immigrants ; schooling …

role to play in matching immigrants to jobs that use their language skills most effectively"--Forschungsinstitut zur …