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Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences … compared to other non-western immigrants but they still suffer from high unemployment. The study also documents that the …
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on educational achievements. In particular, based on recent PISA data sets from the UK and Germany, we investigate … suggest that the educational gap between natives and migrants is mainly due to the 'endowment effect' provided by the … socioeconomic background of parents and cultural capital at home. Some adverse 'integration effects' do exist for female migrants in …
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We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to … secondary schooling in Germany which are not migrant-specific. …
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Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as...
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Using nationally representative data in China, we find substantial positive partial correlations of both parents' education with one's wage. In addition, returns to father's education are higher in more monopsonistic and less meritocratic labor markets, including non-coastal regions, the...
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education on labour force participation and on unemployment can be attributed to literacy and numeracy (the indirect effect) and … literacy and numeracy on participation or unemployment. The direct and total effects of experience are the same. The findings …
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relative supply of high school dropouts. Nevertheless, data from the 2000 Census shows that relative wages of native dropouts … daughters have higher education and wages than the children of natives. Even children of the least educated immigrant origin …
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I use the European Community Household Panel to ask whether unemployment affects the relationship between education and … from the experience of unemployment. This result partially compensates the fact that more education reduces the incidence … of unemployment: unemployment is less likely among the better educated, but its occurrence has more sizeable effects on …
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We analyse the effects of demographic and education changes on unemployment rates in Europe. Using a panel of European … positive impact on unemployment, while bargaining coordination and employment protection reduce it. … individuals, in general, experience lower unemployment rates, changes in the population age structure appear to be positively …
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This study investigates the causal effects of education on individuals' transitions between employment and unemployment …, with particular focus on the extent to which education improves re-employment outcomes among unemployed workers. Given that … significantly increases re-employment rates of the unemployed. Particularly large impacts are found in the neighborhoods of 12 and …
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