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Labour Market Status and Migration Dynamics
Bijwaard, Govert E. - 2009
Netherlands, which implies that all migrants are (self)-employed at the time of arrival. We find that many migrants leave the … the dynamics. Microsimulations of synthetic cohorts reveal that many migrants experience unemployment spells, but ten … only increase the unemployment among migrants but also departure from the country. Scenarios also indicate that an increase …
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Inter- and Intra-Marriage Premiums Revisited : It's Probably Who You are, Not Who You Marry!
Nekby, Lena - 2010
For immigrants, intermarriage with natives is assumed to have an assimilating role due to the enhancement of local human capital such a union creates in the form of improved knowledge about host country institutions, language and customs as well as access to native spouses' networks and...
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Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants in Europe
Aleksynska, Mariya - 2010
This paper documents assimilation of immigrants in European destinations along cultural, civic, and economic dimensions, distinguishing by immigrants' generation, duration of stay, and origin. Based on the European Social Survey, it suggests that assimilation may have multiple facets, and take...
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The Labour Market Integration of Refugee and Family Reunion Immigrants : A Comparison of Outcomes in Canada and Sweden
Bevelander, Pieter - 2012
This paper assesses the employment and earnings trajectories of refugee and family reunion category immigrants in Canada and Sweden using two national level sources of data. The Canadian Immigration Database (IMDB) is a file that links the intake record of post 1979 immigrants with annual...
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Pitfalls of Immigrant Inclusion into the European Welfare State
Kahanec, Martin - 2012
This paper's main purpose is to gauge immigrants' demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. The data from an online primary survey of experts from organizations working on immigrant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112785
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The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
Algan, Yann - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK have all become, perhaps unwittingly, countries with...
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Immigrants' Assimilation Process in a Segmented Labor Market
Alcobendas, Miguel - 2009
While much of the literature on immigrants' assimilation has focused on countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants and with flexible labor markets, very little is known on how immigrants adjust to other types of host economies. With its severe dual labor market, and an...
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I'll Marry You If You Get Me a Job : Marital Assimilation and Immigrant Employment Rates
Furtado, Delia - 2009
Marriage to a native has a theoretically ambiguous impact on immigrant employment rates. Utilizing 2000 U.S. Census data, this paper empirically tests whether and how marriage choice affects the probability that an immigrant is employed. Results from an ordinary least squares model controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765216
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Dual Citizenship Rights : Do They Make More and Better Citizens?
Mazzolari, Francesca - 2021
In the 1990s, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Brazil passed dual citizenship laws granting their expatriates the right to naturalize in the receiving country without losing their nationality of origin. I estimate the effects of these new laws on naturalization rates and...
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Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Germany : The Importance of Heterogeneity and Attrition Bias
Fertig, Michael; Schurer, Stefanie - 2021
Heterogeneity in the ethnic composition of Germany's immigrant population renders general conclusions on the degree of economic integration difficult. Using a rich longitudinal data-set, this paper tests for differences in economic assimilation profiles of four groups of foreign-born immigrants...
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