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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 …
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We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are characterized by considerable differences in labor market institutions and welfare states. Institutions such as collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection and...
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There is a substantial literature on the scarring effects of unemployment on future employment prospects and a smaller one on the scarring effects of low pay, but the possibility that skills mismatch in the form of skills under-utilisation, may also have similar detrimental effects, has not...
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higher risk of subsequent unemployment and lower trajectory for future earnings after re-entry, it is crucial to gain a …
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This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that are highly inter-correlated. A "general to specific"...
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the Netherlands. We also take into account the potential endogeneity of the immigrants' labor supply and their out … and out-migration behavior. We find that simple models lead to biased estimates of the wage growth of immigrants … account the endogeneity of labor supply and outmigration when estimating immigrants' wage growth. …
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weekly earnings of male university-educated immigrants in all three countries concomitant with skilled immigration policy … interpret the U.S. advantage as primarily reflecting the relative positive selectivity of U.S. immigrants. … influence the labour market performance of skilled immigrants. Our estimates point to improvements in employment rates and …
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across the business cycle. We show that immigrants from country-of-origin groups that have lower participation costs are more … sensitive to economic conditions than immigrants from high cost groups. These results do not seem to be driven by variation …
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result was partly to be expected, and therefore the effect of immigrants on native employment is analyzed here. Two aspects … possible autocorrelation and endogeneity. The results show that in the northern part of Italy, where most immigrants are … located, the share of immigrants has no effect or a complementary effect on the probability of finding a job for workers …
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immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives' sentiments towards immigrants. It …. Natives in countries with mostly economic migrants are relatively more concerned about loosing jobs to immigrants. However …, the results also suggest that natives may view immigration more favorably if immigrants are selected according to the …
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