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From engineer to taxi driver? : language proficiency and the occupational skills of immigrants

Imai, Susumu; Stacey, Derek; Warman, Casey - 2018

We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the …

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Technical change, task allocation, and labor unions

Marczak, Martyna; Beissinger, Thomas; Brall, Franziska - 2022

We propose a novel framework that integrates the "task approach" for a more precise production modeling into the search-and-matching model with low- and high-skilled workers, and wage setting by labor unions. We establish the relationship between task reallocation and changes in wage pressure,...

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Fiscal position of immigrants in Europe : a quantile regression approach

Joxhe, Majlinda; Scaramozzino, Pasquale; Zanaj, Skerdilajda - 2021

This paper compares the net fiscal position (NFP) of immigrants versus natives using data from the European Survey on Living Conditions (EU-SILC) for the period 2007-2015. By employing a quantile regression approach, we find that European and non-European migrants have a different fiscal...

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Europe's migration experience and its effects on economic inequality

Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; Ulceluse, Magdalena M. - 2021

. We undertake an empirical analysis and find that immigration has contributed to reducing inequality within the 25 EU …

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Trick or treat? : the Brexit effect on immigrants' wellbeing in the UK

Rienzo, Cinzia - 2020

This paper is the first attempt to analyse the effect of the Brexit Referendum results on subjective well-being of immigrants living in the UK. Using the national representative UK Household Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society) data and adopting a difference-in-differences estimates, we...

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Racial diversity, immigrants and the well-being of residents : evidence from U.S. counties

Kuroki, Masanori - 2017

This paper presents empirical evidence that racial diversity and immigrant population at the local level tend to be associated with lower life satisfaction for Whites by matching individual data with the county-level population data during the period 2005-2010. The magnitudes I find suggest that...

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The long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between EU Member States

Ulceluse, Magdalena M. - 2019

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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Immigration and the health of older natives in Western Europe

Escarce, José J.; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2018

Previous research has found that immigration benefits the health of working-age natives, an effect mediated through the … labor market. We use the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration also … affects the health of natives 65-80 years old. Immigration may increase the supply and lower the price of personal and …

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Is immigration good for Europe? : long-run evidence using comprehensive well-being

O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2024

The immigrant (foreign-born) population increased by 32 million in total across 37 European countries from 1990 to 2019. Much of this movement was from east to west. Indeed, both the total and foreign-born populations declined in the former Eastern Bloc over this period. Such demographic shifts...

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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 …

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