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This paper provides the first evidence on the regional impact of immigration on native employment in a cross … of immigrants across European regions over the 2010-2019 period had a modest impact on the employment-to-population rate … of natives. However, the effects are highly uneven across regions and workers, and over time. First, the short …
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to document that the employment decline was particularly severe for immigrants. Historically, immigrant men were more … of job loss for at-work immigrant men rose relative to that of natives, and because the rate at which out …-of-work immigrants could find jobs fell relative to the native job-finding rate. A small part of the relative increase in the immigrant …
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-experiment is a legal requirement for employers to demand native labor with infinite elasticity at the wage earned by migrants; the … positive outside it. Job-specific estimates of this kind are useful alongside more generalized evaluations of immigration … because immigration policy often regulates access to specific occupations. …
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participation and creating worker shortages in high-demand industries. In this context, immigration will help reduce costs in key … the nation's fiscal balance. Highly-educated immigrants will notably contribute to economic productivity and dynamism; but … less-educated immigrants may substitute for native-born non-college workers and thereby further contribute to earnings …
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In this paper we compare estimates of immigrants' labor supply assimilation profiles using the Current Population … that the two surveys produce dramatically different estimates of the change in average hours of work as immigrants' years … produce seasonality effects that differentially affect the composition of recent and earlier migrants, thereby changing …
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Immigrants from low‐income source countries tend to be underrepresented in employment and overrepresented in social … significantly larger for immigrants. Among female immigrant program participants, earnings of the male spouse also drop in response … to more generous benefits. We uncover stronger behavioral responses among natives with characteristics similar to those …
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Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating …, we explore how temporary migrants differ from permanent migrants in their labor supply decisions and behavior. Upon … correcting for endogeneity bias, temporary migrants are found to work more hours than permanent ones. This result supports the …
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This paper considers the labor market assimilation of immigrants in terms of earnings and employment (employment … country (ESDC). Among men in general, 'negative assimilation' is found for immigrants from the ESDC, and positive assimilation … male counterparts. This may reflect the greater tendency for female immigrants to be tied movers. Among never married …
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effects of over-education and overskilling among immigrants graduating from EU 15 based universities in 2005. Female … immigrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived immigrants … and overeducation in the female labour market. Established immigrants were found to enjoy a wage premia, particularly …
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externality that is internalized in Europe through laws on the minimum amount of vacation time (and maximum hours of work … model and data on work time are used to obtain an estimate of the US welfare gain from reducing its work time to Europe …
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