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Should I stay or should I go? : migration and job-skills mismatch among Italian doctoral recipients
Alfano, Vincenzo; D'Uva, Marcella; De Simone, Elina; … - 2019
matching between the existing demand and the Ph.D. holders' specialization. The aim of this paper is to test whether migrating … from some regions may improve job-education matching in Italy. The econometric strategy takes into account Ph.D. holders …' selfselection into non-academic employment as well as the endogeneity of the migration choice. Results demonstrate that migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012160056
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On asymmetric migration patterns from developing countries
Acharyya, Rajat; Kar, Saibal - 2017
This paper shows that trade and emigration of skilled workers from a poor country is complementary but that between trade and emigration of unskilled workers is a substitute. The asymmetric effect of more openness to trade on the local wages seems to be crucial in driving such results. The...
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The children are alright : revisiting the impact of parental migration in the Philippines
Pajaron, Marjorie; Latinazo, Cara T.; Trinidad, Enrico G. - 2020 - Version March 20, 2020
The Philippine government has focused most of its migration policy initiatives to encouraging international labour … migration and protecting the rights of Filipino migrant workers. However, government interventions and aids to left … migration on the welfare of left-behind children in the Philippines so that policies can be devised to support them. This study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195225
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Self-employment as a stepping stone to better labour market matching : a comparison between immigrants and natives
Ulceluse, Magdalena M. - 2018
matching, in a comparative analysis between immigrants and natives. Using the EU Labour Force Survey for the year 2012, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131220
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The value of a Green Card in the U.S. marriage market : a tale of chain migration?
Bansak, Cynthia; Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2023
spousal chain migration occurred. We also find that highly educated Chinese immigrants benefited in the marriage market in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013541972
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Ethnicity differentials in academic achievements : the role of time investments
Ha Trong Nguyen; Connelly, Luke B.; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2020
Children of Asian immigrants in most English-speaking destinations have better academic outcomes, yet the underlying causes of their advantages are under-studied. We employ panel time-use diaries by two cohorts of children observed over a decade to present new evidence that children of Asian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012170281
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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? : a comparison of Europe and the United States 2006-2016
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - 2018
We estimate whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market by comparing pre- and post …-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour … measured population changes in Europe were due to migration for employment purposes - i.e. an upper-bound estimate - up to …
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The occupations of free women and substitution with enslaved workers in the antebellum United States
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2022
This paper analyzes the occupational status and distribution of free women in the antebellum United States. It considers both their reported and unreported (imputed) occupations, using the 1/100 IPUMS files from the 1860 Census of Population. After developing and testing the model based on...
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The supply of foreign talent : how skill-biased technology drives the location choice and skills of new immigrants
Beerli, Andreas; Indergand, Ronald; Kunz, Johannes - 2021
An important goal of immigration policy is to facilitate the entry of foreignborn workers whose skills are in short supply in national labor markets. In recent decades, information and communication technology [ICT] has fueled the demand for highly educated workers at the expense of lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012703250
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How the earnings growth of U.S. immigrants was underestimated
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Liu, Xingfei; Regets, Mark C. - 2021
Two radically different descriptions of immigrant earnings trajectories in the U.S. have emerged. One asserts that immigrant men following the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act have low initial earnings and high earnings growth. Another asserts that post-1965 immigrants have low initial...
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