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The Selection of High-Skilled Migrants
Parey, Matthias - 2015
We measure selection of high-skilled migrants from Germany using predicted earnings. Migrants to less equal countries are positively selected relative to non-migrants, while migrants to more equal countries are negatively selected, consistent with the prediction in Borjas (1987). Positive...
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Do field experiments on labor and housing markets overstate discrimination? : re-examination of the evidence
Neumark, David; Rich, Judith - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493983
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The Gender Pay Gap Across Countries : A Human Capital Approach
Polachek, Solomon W. - 2014
The gender wage gap varies across countries. For example, among OECD nations women in Australia, Belgium, Italy and Sweden earn 80% as much as males, whereas in Austria, Canada and Japan women earn about 60%. Current studies examining cross-country differences focus on the impact of labor market...
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What Do Field Experiments of Discrimination in Markets Tell Us? A Meta Analysis of Studies Conducted Since 2000
Rich, Judith - 2014
Sixty-seven field experiments of discrimination in markets conducted since 2000 across seventeen countries were … surveyed. Significant and persistent discrimination was found on all bases in all markets. High levels of discrimination were … made no significant improvement to minority applicant outcomes. Clear evidence of statistical discrimination was found only …
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The Role of Income and Immigration Policies in Attracting International Migrants
Ortega, Francesc - 2012
the period 1980-2006. We also collect data on time-varying immigration policies that regulate the entry of immigrants for … elasticity is twice as high for within-EU migration, reflecting the higher degree of labor mobility within the European Union. We …
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The Gender Gap in Income and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Doorley, Karina; O'Donoghue, Cathal; Sologon, Denisa Maria - 2022
of unemployment in 2020 in many countries, with some suggestion that men and women have been differently affected. This …
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General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes Over the Life-Cycle
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011
Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test...
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Earnings Over the Life Cycle : The Mincer Earnings Function and its Applications
Polachek, Solomon W. - 2021
earn more than blacks; why occupational distributions differ by gender; why geographic and job mobility predominate among …
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Brain Drain and Inequality Across Nations
Docquier, Frédéric - 2006
Is the brain drain a curse or a boon for developing countries? This paper reviews what is known to date about the magnitude of the brain drain from developing to developed countries, its determinants and the way it affects the well-being of those left behind. First, I present alternative...
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Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being
Stillman, Steven - 2012
Over 200 million people worldwide live outside their country of birth and typically experience large gains in material well-being by moving to where incomes are higher. But effects of migration on subjective well-being are less clear, with some studies suggesting that migrants are miserable in...
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