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Which immigrants are most innovative and entrepreneurial? : distinctions by entry visa
Hunt, Jennifer - 2010
Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003939208
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Immigration, human capital formation and endogenous economic growth
Ehrlich, Isaac; Kim, Jinyoung - 2015
composition of migrants in major destination countries, including the US, has been rising over the last four decades. Moreover …, the population share of skilled migrants has been approaching or exceeding that of skilled natives. We offer theoretical … capital, population, income growth and distribution, and migration trends are endogenous. We derive new insights about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428114
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Employer attitudes and the hiring of immigrants and international students : evidence from a survey of employers in Canada
Fang, Tony; Xiao, Na; Zhu, Jane; Hartley, John - 2022
What are the perceptions of employers towards hiring immigrants and international students in Atlantic Canada? How are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013184658
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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK have all become, perhaps unwittingly, countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905696
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School starting age and the social gradient in educational outcomes
Zhao, Yuejun; Markussen, Simen; Røed, Knut - 2024
Can lowering school starting age promote equality of opportunities and reduce the achievement gaps between pupils? We provide evidence on the heterogeneous (positional) effects on early school performance of two mandatory schooling reforms in Norway specifically aimed at reducing achievement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495684
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The "negative" assimilation of immigrants : a special case
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2008
countries (i.e., the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia/New Zealand) to the United States. Comparisons with the native born are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726800
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La Meglio Gioventù : earnings gaps across generations and skills in Italy
Naticchioni, Paolo; Raitano, Michele; Vittori, Claudia - 2014
This paper documents the evolution of the experience-earnings profiles of private employees in Italy over the first six years of working career across three birth cohorts (1965-1969, 1970- 1974, 1975-1979). We explore the average trends and disentangle how the patterns vary according to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350381
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Earnings penalty of educational mismatch : a comparison of alternative methods of assessing over-education
Wen, Le; Maani, Sholeh A. - 2023
In this paper we systematically evaluate the impact of using the alternative methods conventionally used in the international literature on the measured incidence of educational mismatch and its earnings effects. We use a rich Australian longitudinal data set for a controlled group of full-time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013545845
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Overeducation, earnings and job satisfaction among graduates in China
Jones, Melanie; Kaya, Ezgi; Nan, Jiarui - 2024
Exploiting rich nationally representative longitudinal data from the China Family Panel Studies this paper explores the relationship between overeducation, earnings and job satisfaction among graduates in China. We find consistent evidence, across multiple measures of overeducation, of wage and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014584357
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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894826