, we use data on early-arrival first and second generation immigrants living in the United States. Since all these …

This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among … married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community Surveys. Among immigrants, better job opportunities, measured by … live in states with a higher divorce rate are more likely to be divorced. Thus, currently being divorced among immigrants …

immigrants the private investment in these activities is likely to have relevant external effects as informal learning and … theoretical framework, which allows us to highlight the different constrains/opportunity costs faced by immigrants as compared … immigrants and natives in the US. Consistently with a theoretical model of time allocation we find evidence that immigrants are …

language proficiency and labor market earnings of male and female immigrants to the United States. Design … missionary activity of both Protestants and Catholics on an immigrant’s English language proficiency using a linear probability … squares model. Among other relevant variables, the analysis controls for the colonial heritage of the immigrant’s country of …

Using longitudinal data on immigrants in the Netherlands fromthe survey 'Social Position and Use of Public Facilities … by Immigrants' (SPVA) for the years 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, we examined the impacts of social contacts and Dutch language … mastery of the Dutch language enhance immigrants'economic performances. The effects are much stronger for immigrants with low …

This paper analyzes wage differences between natives and immigrants in Austria. First, we show that for both groups … immigrants. When adding literacy skills to the wage decomposition, the discriminatory part vanishes completely, suggesting that … the wage difference between immigrants and natives in Austria can be to a large extent explained. Furthermore, we account …

We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate … immigrants from that country. By hiring immigrants, a firm may access foreign knowledge and networks needed to overcome …, we estimate the causal effects of a firm’s bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We …