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Ethnic networks and location choice of immigrants
Maani, Sholeh A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
, ethnic networks will be important considerations in managing immigration selection, language proficiency requirements, and …
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Do guest worker programs give firms too much power?
Norlander, Peter - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)
Guest worker programs allow migrants to work abroad legally, and offer benefits to workers, firms, and nations. Guest workers are typically authorized to work only in specific labor markets, and are sponsored by, and must work for, a specific firm, making it difficult for guest workers to switch...
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School tracking and intergenerational social mobility
Pekkarinen, Tuomas - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
The goal of school tracking (assigning students to different types of school by ability) is to increase educational efficiency by creating more homogeneous groups of students that are easier to teach. However, there are concerns that, if begun too early in the schooling process, tracking may...
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Income inequality and social origins
Cappellari, Lorenzo - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Income inequality has been rising in many countries. Is this bad? One way to decide is to look at the change in incomes across generations (intergenerational mobility) and, more generally, at the extent to which income differences among individuals are traceable to their social origins....
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School tracking and intergenerational social mobility
Pekkarinen, Tuomas - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
The goal of school tracking (assigning students to different types of school by ability) is to increase educational efficiency by creating more homogeneous groups of students that are easier to teach. However, there are concerns that, if begun too early in the schooling process, tracking may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984684
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Income inequality and social origins
Cappellari, Lorenzo - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)
Income inequality has been on the rise in many countries. Is this bad? One way to decide is to look at the degree of change in incomes across generations (intergenerational mobility) and, more generally, at the extent to which income differences among individuals are traceable to their social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266235
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School tracking and intergenerational social mobility
Pekkarinen, Tuomas - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
The goal of school tracking (assigning students to different types of school by ability) is to increase educational efficiency by creating more homogeneous groups of students that are easier to teach. However, there are concerns that, if begun too early in the schooling process, tracking may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764633
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The welfare magnet hypothesis and the welfare take-up of migrants
Giulietti, Corrado - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Contrary to the welfare magnet hypothesis, empirical evidence suggests that immigration decisions are not made on the … more intensively than natives, the gap is mostly attributable to differences in social and demographic characteristics … between immigrants and non-immigrants rather than to immigration status per se. Moreover, evidence in some countries suggests …
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Crime and immigration
Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime. Crucially …
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Do immigrant workers depress the wages of native workers?
Peri, Giovanni - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …
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