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Labour market status and migration dynamics
Bijwaard, Govert - 2009
country after a period of no-income. Employment characteristics and the country of origin play an important role in explaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003908641
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Immigration and the reallocation of work health risks
Giuntella, Osea; Mazzonna, Fabrizio; Nicodemo, Catia; … - 2016
This paper studies the effects of immigration on the allocation of occupational physical burden and work health risks. Using data for England and Wales from the Labour Force Survey, we find that, on average, immigration leads to a reallocation of UK-born workers towards jobs characterized by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572021
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Two economists' musings on the stability of locus of control
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Schurer, Stefanie - 2011
; measurement error ; endogeneity ; life events …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235516
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The gender aspect of immigrants' assimilation in Europe
Lee, Tae Hoon; Peri, Giovanni; Viarengo, Martina - 2020
larger employment gap but converge more rapidly than male migrants do. We also provide a broad overview of the role of … and their association with employment convergence of all immigrants and female immigrants specifically. While the analysis … correlation between attitudes towards immigrants and their employment convergence across sub-national regions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012372746
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Refugees' and irregular migrants' self-selection into Europe: who migrates where?
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Poutvaara, Panu - 2019
We analyze self-selection of refugees and irregular migrants and test our theory in the context of the European refugee crisis. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138985
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A bad break-up? : assessing the effects of the 2016 Brexit referendum on migration
Clifton-Sprigg, Joanna; Homburg, Ines; James, Jonathan G.; … - 2023
By voting to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) set off a long period of uncertainty and signalled its support for the Leave campaigns, which centred around restricting migration. This paper researches how this decision affected EU-UK migration patterns. We exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014366758
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Is inequality of opportunity robust to the measurement approach?
Ramos Morilla, Xavier; Van de Gaer, Dirk - 2017
Recent literature has suggested many ways of measuring equality of opportunity. We analyze in a systematic manner the various approaches put forth in the literature to show whether and to what extent different choices matter empirically. We use EU-SILC data for most European countries for 2005...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763830
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Short- vs long-term intergenerational correlations of employment and self-employment in Europe
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2020
This paper analyzes the existence of short- and long-term intergenerational correlation of employment and self-employment … employment status of parents and that of their children. However, short-term correlation of self-employment seems to be driven …, estimates show a strong and significant correlation between respondents' self-employment status, and that of their parents when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164530
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COVID-19 employment status impacts on food sector workers
Cho, Seung Jin; Lee, Jun Yeong; Winters, John V. - 2020
difficulties maintaining worker health and productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine employment status changes of … pandemic significantly reduced the probability of continued active employment for previous workers in both food manufacturing … market is a strong and significant factor. The employment changes are not just due to unemployment during facility closures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012233370
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The employment effects of the disability education gap in Europe
Albinowski, Maciej; Magda, Iga; Rozszczypała, Agata - 2023
We investigate the role of education in creating employment opportunities for persons with disabilities across the … educational attainment is a major factor determining the probability of employment among persons with disabilities. In particular …, the employment effects of tertiary education are much larger among persons with disabilities than among non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013542843