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Bulgaria - Country Study on International Skilled Migration
Beleva, Iskra; Kotzeva, Mariana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
evaluations of the impact of skilled emigration on the labour market and economic development of the country impeded the … the emigration and skilled emigration, in particular is relatively new event for the country. Because of this most of the … existing studies in this area are concentrated mainly on the intentions for emigration. Bearing in mind that the intentions for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257926
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Three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland: putting into perspective the influence of economic discrimination and of host society culture
Kohler, Pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse … causation between these two dimensions of the integration process, and the role of host society culture. Whereas each dimension … dimensions of migrant integration, their interaction as well as the influence of the broader social context. Chapter 1 explores …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111800
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Lifetime Network Externality and the Dynamics of Group Inequality
Kim, Young Chul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The quality of one's social network significantly affects his economic success. Even after the skill acquisition period, the social network influences economic success through various routes such as mentoring, job searching, business connections, or information channeling. In this paper I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540992
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Heterogeneity in the Importance of English-Speaking Ability in Determination of Employment Status by Demographic Subgroups in the United States
Afful, Efua Amoonua - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Previous literature indicates that language skills are an important determinant of success in the labor market. Using data from the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year sample, this paper shows that there is heterogeneity in the importance of English-speaking ability by gender, race and...
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Labour Market Institutions and Labour Market Performance in the European Union
Michal, Tvrdon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The presented article deals with labour market institutions and labour market performance in the European Union. The first chapter is devoted to theoretical and methodological background of labour market performance. Theoretical literature has created a set of institutional aspects such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790073
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Emigration, Wage Inequality and Vanishing Sectors
Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Saibal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Emigration leads to finite changes in structure of production and sectors vanish because they cannot pay higher wages …. Does emigration of one type of labor hurt the other non-emigrating type in this set up? We demonstrate various scenarios … the existing results in the literature. In particular emigration can lead to a drastic change in the degree of inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587493
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Todo el mundo es país. Rapporto col proprio lavoro e percezione della discriminazione nella popolazione immigrata
Pietravalle, Lorenzo; Savioli, Marco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Relevant incoming immigration flows to Italy are novel for a country that has been source of emigrants for a long time. Immigrants are often discriminated against in housing, education, health and work. The perceptive aspect (how much immigrants actually feel discriminated) reveals the inner...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240780
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The Return Motivations of Legal Permanent Migrants: Evidence from Exchange Rate Shocks and Immigrants in Australia
Abarcar, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Why do legal permanent migrants return to their home countries? How do home country conditions influence this decision? This paper uses exogenous home country exchange rate shocks arising from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis to distinguish return motivations of a national sample of Australian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011250907
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The Long Term Impacts of Migration in British Cities: Diversity, Wages, Employment and Prices
Nathan, Max - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
British cities are becoming more culturally diverse, with migration a main driver. Is this growing diversity good for urban economies? This paper explores, using a new 16-year panel of UK cities. Over time, net migration affects both local labour markets and the wider economy. Average labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869290
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A social proximity explanation of the reluctance to assimilate
Fan, C. Simon; Stark, Oded - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Quite often, migrants appear to exert little effort to absorb the mainstream culture and to learn the language of their host society, even though the economic returns (increased productivity and enhanced earnings) to assimilation are high. We show that when interpersonal comparisons affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021976