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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 …
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This study aims to identify the main determinants of student performance in reading and maths across eight European Union countries (Austria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, and Slovenia). Based on student-level data from the OECD’s PISA 2018 survey and by means of the...
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immigrants living in the UK. Using the national representative UK Household Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society) data and … adopting a difference-in-differences estimates, we define natives as control group, and different sub-groups of immigrants as … consistent with the idea that the end of free movement for EU immigrants has alleviated the sense of discrimination and …
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language knowledge of low-educated migrants causes these results, as immigrants for whom themother tongue is similar to the …
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This study provides a critical assessment of various fiscal policy instruments - including direct public job creation, active labour market and care policies, social protection measures and tax reforms - and their effectiveness in supporting the most vulnerable groups in the labour market....
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countries over the 2003-2017 period. As the EU attracted relatively highly qualified immigrants throughout this period, our …
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Most of the studies on subjective well-being focus on the determinants of absolute life satisfaction or happiness levels. This paper asks an important but understudied question, namely, could countries achieve the same or even higher subjective well-being by using the same resources more...
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This paper explores the long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between the 28 EU member states, covering the period 1995-2017. The cross-national, longitudinal analysis demonstrates that migration has had a positive and significant effect on development and economic growth in 28...
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variables using instrumental variable methods; accounting for whether or not immigrants are from the EU; and for population …
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This paper explores potential gendered effects of employment protection on earnings mobility, differentiating between upward and downward movements. We conduct a micro-macro mobility analysis for 23 European countries over the economic downturn period 2008–2014. The results confirm that,...
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