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Labour Market Outcomes of Second Generation Immigrants: How Heterogeneous Are They Really?
Schurer, Stefanie - 2008
The second and third generation of immigrants have been the centre of a lively debate about the economic integration of immigrants into their host societies, but there is little empirical evidence on the German case. In this study I comprehensively portray the labour market outcomes of second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264729
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Task specialization and the native-foreign wage gap: Evidence from worker-level data
Storm, Eduard - 2021
for imperfect substitution of native and foreign workers in the production function and consequently small migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803892
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Labour Market Outcomes of Second Generation Immigrants: How Heterogeneous Are They Really?
Schurer, Stefani - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2008
The second and third generation of immigrants have been the centre of a lively debate about the economic integration of immigrants into their host societies, but there is little empirical evidence on the German case. In this study I comprehensively portray the labour market outcomes of second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009018037
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Occupational mismatch of immigrants in Europe: The role of education and cognitive skills
Cim, Merve; Kind, Michael Sebastian; Kleibrink, Jan - 2017
Occupational mismatch is a wide-spread phenomenon among immigrants in many European countries. Mismatch, predominantly measured in terms of education, is often regarded as a waste of human capital. Such discussions, however, ignore the imperfect comparability of international educational degrees...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632298
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Speaking the same language: The effect of foreign origin teachers on students' language skills
Höckel, Lisa Sofie - 2020
This study investigates whether foreign origin teachers causally affect their students language skills in secondary school. Exploring within-student variation in assignment to teachers, I find that teachers who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants significantly increase the reading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012255128
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Marginal returns to citizenship and educational performance
Gathmann, Christina; Vonnahme, Christina; Busse, Anna; … - 2021
Citizenship is the most important right a host country can bestow on its immigrant population. Yet, little is known which citizenship policies work and who actually benefits from them. To answer these questions, we estimate the marginal returns to citizenship on children's school performance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012642674
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Starting off on the right foot: Language learning classes and the educational success of immigrant children
Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Schilling, Pia - 2022
This study is the first empirical analysis to identify the causal effect of a separate preparatory language learning class on the academic success of newly immigrated primary school-aged children in comparison to their direct integration into regular classrooms. Employing unique administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013438609
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Returns to Local and Foreign Language Skills – Causal Evidence from Spain
Isphording, Ingo - 2013
This study examines the returns to foreign and local language skills of immigrants in the Spanish labor market. Different sources of endogeneity are addressed by deriving a set of novel instruments for language proficiency through a measure of linguistic dissimilarity. Using cross-sectional data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290798
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Returns to Local and Foreign Language Skills – Causal Evidence from Spain
Isphording, Ingo - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2013
This study examines the returns to foreign and local language skills of immigrants in the Spanish labor market. Different sources of endogeneity are addressed by deriving a set of novel instruments for language proficiency through a measure of linguistic dissimilarity. Using cross-sectional data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617560
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Migration response to an immigration shock: Evidence from Russia's aggression against Ukraine
Zuchowski, David - 2023
Russia's attacks against Ukraine have triggered massive and unexpected migration movements. In this paper, I examine … the impact of the inflow of Ukrainians that resulted from Russia's aggression in 2014 on local migration patterns in … internal and international out-migration of the Polish population. I provide supportive evidence that the decrease in out-migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014456424