on first-generation immigrants who arrived in the United States under 6 years old. Following the epidemiological approach …, those early-arrival immigrants grew up under the same US laws, markets, and institutions, so any dissimilarity in the … individuals who are homeowners by country of origin, and the immigrants' choice of home-ownership. Results are maintained after …

matching, in a comparative analysis between immigrants and natives. Using the EU Labour Force Survey for the year 2012, and … likelihood of being overeducated decreases for self-employed immigrants, with inconclusive results for selfemployed natives. The … results shed light on the extent to which immigrants adjust to labour market imperfections and barriers to employment and …

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 …

economic conditions. By focusing on immigrants in the US, we can consider the influence of work norms in a person's home … more sensitive to economic downturns among immigrants from countries where people place less importance on work. We also …

worsened the condition of immigrants in terms of wealth holdings, home ownership, and financial fragility. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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