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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critique the last decade of research on the effects of high-skill emigration from developing countries, and proposes six new directions for fruitful research. Design/methodology/approach The study singles out a core assumption underlying much of the recent...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine occupational health and safety (OHS) and workers' compensation legal entitlements and policy issues raised by the use of foreign temporary workers under the s457 visa scheme in Australia. Design/methodology/approach – Interviews were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783337
on employment is examined using an ordinary least squares model. To deal with endogeneity concerns, a two-stage least … that marriage to a native increases an immigrant's employment probability by approximately four percentage points. When … employment by about 11 percentage points. Research limitations/implications – Although various mechanisms are discussed through …
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subsequent employment status in France from 1968 to 1999. Design/methodology/approach – For that purpose, longitudinal data … probability of employment in the host country. Research limitations/implications – The dataset can only measure statistical … association between naturalization and employment, given the lack of timing information. Interpretation in terms of causality is …
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subsequent employment status in France from 1968 to 1999. Design/methodology/approach – For that purpose, longitudinal data … probability of employment in the host country. Research limitations/implications – The dataset can only measure statistical … association between naturalization and employment, given the lack of timing information. Interpretation in terms of causality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783315
on employment is examined using an ordinary least squares model. To deal with endogeneity concerns, a two‐stage least … that marriage to a native increases an immigrant's employment probability by approximately four percentage points. When … employment by about 11 percentage points. Research limitations/implications – Although various mechanisms are discussed through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783317
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of minimum wages on employment and wages in China. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper uses the difference-in-difference methodology to estimate the employment and wage impacts of the minimum wage … minimum wages. Findings – The study finds that overall, minimum wages in China do have an adverse employment effect but the …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of day labor worker centers in improving wages and working conditions of migrant casual workers in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports the results of a survey of worker center executive directors and senior...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relative employment levels of return migrants in Finland with …. Findings – Both male and female return migrants have odds of employment that are only about half those of their non … macroeconomic environment. Relative employment rates of migrants with short periods abroad and long periods in the home country are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489490
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of day labor worker centers in improving wages and working conditions of migrant casual workers in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports the results of a survey of worker center executive directors and senior...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783335