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Self‐employment amongst migrant groups in England and Wales : new evidence from Census microdata
Clark, Kenneth; Drinkwater, Stephen J.; Robinson, Catherine - 2015
Self‐employment constitutes a vital part of the economy since entrepreneurs can provide not only employment for themselves but also for others. The link between self‐employment and immigration is, however, complex since self‐employment can be viewed as both a haven from the paid labour...
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Speaking in numbers : the effect of reading performance on math performance among immigrants
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2015
influence of reading performance on math performance, highlighting the importance of early language support for immigrants for …
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The educational achievement of pupils with immigrant and native mothers : evidence from Taiwan
Lin, Eric S.; Lu, Yu-Lung - 2015
This paper takes advantage of the Taiwan Assessment of Student Achievement data set to empirically evaluate whether the test score differentials between pupils with immigrant and native mothers are substantial across subjects, grades and years. Our results show that there exist test score...
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Relative income and life satisfaction of Turkish immigrants : the impact of a collectivistic culture
Dumludag, Devrim; Gokdemir, Ozge; Vendrik, Maarten C. - 2015
Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands. For two sets of ethnic and life-domain reference groups, results are obtained that … immigrants. Perceived importance of income comparison with Dutch natives is positively correlated to life satisfaction … Turkish immigrants. Perceived importance of income comparison with relatives in the Netherlands is positively correlated to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309015
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Sex, race, and job satisfaction among highly educated workers
Hersch, Joni; Xiao, Jean - 2015
There has been a considerable amount of work focusing on job satisfaction and sex, generally finding that women are more satisfied than men despite having objectively worse job conditions. But there is little evidence on whether job satisfaction differs by race or ethnicity. We use data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346636
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Occupational attainment and earnings among immigrant groups : evidence from New Zealand
Maani, Sholeh A.; Dai, Mengyu; Inkson, Kerr - 2015
Probit analysis to a sample of over 37,900 employed males. We focus on the occupational attainment of immigrants and the …
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Gender and race heterogeneity : the impact of increases in students with limited English on native students' performance
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2013
The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina …
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International migration and the economics of language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2014
destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …
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Do immigrants work in worse jobs than US natives? : evidence from California
Zavodny, Madeline - 2014
In the debate over immigration reform, it is frequently asserted that immigrants take jobs that U.S. natives do not … immigrants are more physically arduous than the jobs held by U.S. natives. However, data from the California Work and Health … Survey on self-reported physical job demands indicate that immigrants do not perceive their jobs as requiring more physical …
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Immigration and entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2013
Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This …
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