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Beyond the average : ethnic capital heterogeneity and intergenerational transmission of education
Chakrabortya, Tanika; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, … - 2019
Estimating the effect of ethnic capital on human capital investment decisions is complicated by the endogeneity of immigrants' location choice, unobserved local correlates and the reflection problem. We exploit the institutional setting of a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany, that...
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Ability composition in the class and the school performance of immigrant students
Meschi, Elena; Pavese, Caterina - 2023
Using longitudinal data from the Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System (INVALSI), this …
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The evolution of labor market disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic men : 1970-2019
Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
, while the earnings disparity increases with education. Comparing Hispanic immigrants with natives reveals much of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479664
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The evolution of labor market disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic men : 1970-2019
Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
, while the earnings disparity increases with education. Comparing Hispanic immigrants with natives reveals much of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287104
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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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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 impact of compulsory education on employment and earnings in a transition economy
Liwiński, Jacek - 2018
primary school education from 7 to 8 years. At the same time, the reform did not affect the education system at post …-primary levels, that is the system of secondary and higher education. In result, all education tracks were extended by one year … reform had a negative impact on the hourly earnings of individuals with primary education. …
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On immigration and native entrepreneurship
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Jaeger, David A.; McHenry, Peter - 2021
We present a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneur-ship by being willing and able to invest in new skills. Immigrants whose human capitalis not immediately transferable to the host country face lower opportunity costs ofinvesting in new skills or methods and will be...
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The slippery slope from pluralistic to plural societies
Campigotto, Nicola; Rapallini, Chiara; Rustichini, Aldo - 2021
examining school friendship networks in five European countries with recent immigration. Our results highlight the force of …
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The fiscal impact of immigration in the EU
Christl, Michael; Bélanger, Alain; Conte, Alessandra; … - 2021
The increasing flows of immigrants in Europe over the last decade has generated a range of considerations in the policy agenda of many receiving countries. One of the main considerations for policy makers and public opinions alike is whether immigrants contribute their ”fair” share to their...
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