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' origin, the literature has traditionally treated male and female immigrants as a homogenous group when examining the impact …
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The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...
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' origin, the literature has traditionally treated male and female immigrants as a homogenous group when examining the impact …
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With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Asians became the victims of a sudden increase in racial discrimination as … disproportionally hurt after January 2020, particularly among Asian immigrants, declining by 17 percent when compared to non … immigrants' self-employment exits, increased necessity entries, and reductions in opportunity entries – patterns suggestive of …
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Because of the many advantages of homeownership for immigrants and for the communities where immigrants reside, a … of immigrants in Spain, we find that permanent residents from the EU15 enjoy the highest homeownership rates, even after … countries outside the EU15, temporary residents and undocumented immigrants are, respectively, 12 percentage-points, 29 …
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towards legal and undocumented immigrants from the same sample of natives. Using a recent San Diego County survey, we examine … preferences towards immigration appear to significantly differ by gender as well as according to immigrants' legal status. In … integration and economic assimilation of undocumented immigrants possibly related to the alleged prejudice factor …
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We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...
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This paper presents new evidence on the role of gender segregation within industry, occupation, establishment, and occupation-establishment cells in explaining gender wage differentials of full-time salaried workers in Spain during 1995 and 2002. Using data from the Spanish Wage Structure...
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This paper presents new evidence on the role of gender segregation within industry, occupation, establishment, and occupation-establishment cells in explaining gender wage differentials of full-time salaried workers in Spain during 1995 and 2002. Using data from the Spanish Wage Structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822337
cornerstone of labor market policy. We analyze causal effects on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment by …-parametric identification. The data cover the population and include multiple unemployment spells for many individuals. The results indicate a … diminishes after some weeks. When taking account of the time spent in the program, the effect on the mean unemployment duration …
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