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Labor market incorporation of immigrants in Japan and the United States : a comparative analysis

Cornelius, Wayne A.; Tsuda, Takeyuki - 2002

achieved human capital do not significantly influence immigrant wages in Hamamatsu. Instead, ascribed human capital (e ….g., gender, ethnicity) has a much greater impact on immigrant wages in Japan than in the United States. Although the use of … social networks by immigrants to find jobs has a significant impact on wages in both countries, the effect is positive in …

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The pro-trade effect of immigration on American exports during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Dunlevy, James A.; Hutchinson, William Kenneth - 2001

The belief that immigrants generate beneficial externalities in their host countries, specifically in the form of an increased opportunity and ability of firms to expand their foreign trade, has recently been challenged by George Borjas in Heaven's Door (1999, p. 97) as having no empirical...

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People people: social capital and the labor-market outcomes of underrepresented groups

Borghans, Lex (contributor); Weel, Bas ter (contributor); … - 2005

interpersonal interactions are important determinants of labor-market outcomes, including occupations and wages. We show that … the late 1970s and early 1990s can help explain why women's wages increased more rapidly, while the wages of blacks grew …

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Does extending unemployment benefits improve job quality?

Nekoei, Arash; Weber, Andrea - 2015

insurance (UI) on reemployment wages. This paper estimates a positive UI wage effect exploiting an age-based regression … balance between two offsetting forces: UI causes agents to seek higher-wage jobs, but also reduces wages by lengthening … both in our sample and across studies, reconciling disparate wage-effect estimates. Empirically, UI raises wages by …

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Does private schooling increase adult earnings? : cohort-level evidence for U.S. states

Berger, Reilee L.; Winters, John V. - 2016

Public schooling in the U.S. has numerous critics, many of whom suggest that alternatives such as providing vouchers for private schools may be more effective. This paper combines decennial census and American Community Survey data for various years to examine the relationship between...

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The effects of paid family leave in California on labor market outcomes

Baum, Charles L.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2014

life and possibly also on wages. …

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Fixed exchange-rate policy and real wage growth : quasi-experimental evidence

Andini, Corrado - 2014

Using Difference-in-Differences estimation and data from the European Community Household Panel, this paper suggests …

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Offshoring and labor markets

Hummels, David; Munch, Jakob Roland; Chong, Xiang - 2016

In this paper we survey the recent empirical literature on the effects of offshoring on wage, employment and displacement. We start with an overview of the measurement of offshoring, organizing our discussion around the three key elements of offshoring: that it involves intermediate inputs for...

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How forced displacements caused by a violent conflict affect wages in Colombia

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2016

In this paper, we analyze how forced displacements caused by violent conflicts affect the wages of displaced workers in … country. Using data from the Quality of Life Survey (2011-2014), we analyze differences in wages between those who were forced … find that forced displacement decreases between 6% and the 22% the wages of males, and between 17% and 37% the wages of …

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Intergenerational progress of Mexican-origin workers in the U.S. labor market

Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001

Using unique Current Population Survey data from November 1979 and 1989, this paper compares the wage structure across generations of Mexican-origin men. I find that the sizable earnings advantage U.S.-born Mexican Americans enjoy over Mexican immigrants arises not just from intergenerational...

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