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study the effect high skill immigration on productivity. Using a unique data set on manufacturing firms, I investigate …
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This paper documents the effect of immigrant concentration on natives’ work schedules. I show that immigrants are more likely to work at non‐standard hours (i.e. evenings, nights and Sundays) and that a higher proportion of immigrants in the local labor market is associated with a lower...
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Canadian Census data for 1981 - 2006 is used to document substantial differences in the destination locations of immigrants and interprovincial migrants. These differences have increased over time as have differences in the characteristics of the two migrant groups. Differences in age,...
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proxy for knowledge flows and regressed on immigration and other control variables; the effect of immigration on patent … citations is found to be positive and statistically significant. Additionally, the coefficient on immigration is found to be …
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natives and that there is no return to pre-immigration work experience, suggesting imperfect transferability of human capital …
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during this high immigration period. Furthermore, the recession appears to have exclusively reduced job injury rates, but not …
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society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard …
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We evaluate the individual employment effects of four types of short-term training for immigrants and natives in the German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and unique administrative data, we apply propensity score...
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This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive – whether...
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The theory of factor demand has important implications for the study of the impact of immigration on wages. This paper … theory can be used to check the plausibility of the many contradictory claims that appear throughout the immigration …
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