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The Employment, Unemployment and Unemployment Compensation Benefits of Immigrants

Hurst, Michael E.; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000

This report analyzes the employment and unemployment experiences of adult foreign-born men, both among themselves and … dependent variables are analyzed, weeks worked (employment) in 1989, unemployment status in the reference week in 1990, and a … proxy measure of unemployment compensation benefits received in 1989. The theoretical model focuses on the job search …

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Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success

Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002

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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The economics of language: an introduction and overview

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2008

This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the...

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Negative and Positive Assimilation By Prices and By Quantities

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2013

probability, unemployment probability, and hours worked per week). Using the 2006 Australian Census of Population and Housing the …

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Educational Attainment: Analysis by Immigrant Generation

Chiswick, Barry R.; DebBurman, Noyna - 2003

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the largely ignored issue of the determinants of the educational attainment of adults by immigrant generation. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, differences in educational attainment are analyzed by immigrant generation...

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Parents and Children Talk : The Family Dynamics of English Language Proficiency

Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2004

This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency among immigrants by explicitly incorporating dynamics among family members – mother, father and children. Single equation, bivariate, and four-state (multivariate) probit analyses are employed. Immigrant...

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Where Immigrants Settle in the United States

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2004

This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of immigrants. Immigrants are highly geographically concentrated. Compared to the native born they are...

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The Linguistic and Economic Adjustment of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in the United States, 2000 : A Preliminary Report

Chiswick, Barry R.; Wenz, Michael - 2004

This paper is an analysis of the English-language proficiency and labor market earnings of Soviet Jewish immigrants to the United States from 1965 to 2000, using the 2000 Census of Population. Comparisons are made to similar analyses using the 1980 and 1990 Censuses. A consistent finding is that...

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Are There Gender and Country of Origin Differences in Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes across European Destinations?

Adsera, Alicia; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2004

differences, however, vary greatly across countries with migrants in Germany and Portugal faring best relative to natives, and …

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Immigrants' Language Skills: The Australian Experience in a Longitudinal Survey

Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002

This paper is concerned with the determinants of English language proficiency (speaking, reading and writing) among immigrants. It presents a model of immigrant destination language acquisition based on economic incentives, exposure to the destination language, and efficiency in second language...

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