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Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985-2016

Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas - 2021

This paper analyzes earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Sweden over 1985- 2016. The deep recession in the early 1990s marks a historic turning point with a massive increase in earnings inequality and earnings volatility, and the impact of the recession and the recovery from it lasted...

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Immigrant parents' attributes versus discrimination: New evidence in the debate about the creation of second generation educational outcomes in Israel

Perlmann, Joel; Elmelech, Yuval - 2010

There is much interest in explaining the persistent ethnic gaps in education among Israeli Jews; specifically, the much lower attainments of those from Asian and African countries compared to the rest - Mizrahim vs. Ashkenazim, respectively. Some explanations (especially early ones) have...

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Bridges or buffers? Motives behind immigrants' religiosity - A comparative study of Europe and the United States

Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2013

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 immigrants'...

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Housing inequality in the United States: a decomposition analysis of racial and ethnic disparities in homeownership

DeSilva, Sanjaya; Elmelech, Yuval - 2009

, as well as the distinct immigration experiences and spatial patterns that shape racial and ethnic inequality in … homeownership. The unique (merged) dataset enables the authors to distinguish assimilation (length of residence) from immigration … the importance of immigration and spatial context in determining Asian and Mexican homeownership rates, and emphasize the …

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Determinants of minority: white differentials in child poverty

Elmelech, Yuval - 2005

arrangements, parental work patterns, and immigration attributes shape racial and ethnic variation in child poverty. Results from … especially consequential for black and Puerto-Rican economic circumstances. Child immigration generation and parental length of …

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Now and forever? Initial and subsequent location choices of immigrants

Åslund, Olof - 2001

This paper exploits a natural experiment to study the influence of regional factors on initial and subsequent location choices among immigrants. The results suggest that immigrants to Sweden are attracted to regions with high representation from the individual's birth country and large overall...

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Do when and where matter? Initial labor market conditions and immigrant earnings

Åslund, Olof; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2003

This paper investigates the long-term effects on immigrant earnings and employment from labor market conditions encountered upon arrival. We find substantial effects both of the state of the national labor market and of local unemployment rates. Comparing refugees entering Sweden in a severe and...

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Ethnic enclaves and the economic success of immigrants - evidence from a natural experiment

Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000

Recent immigrants tend to locate in ethnic enclaves within metropolitan areas. The economic consequence of living in such enclaves is still an unresolved issue. We use an immigrant policy initiative in Sweden, when government authorities distributed refugee immigrants across locales in a way...

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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training

Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2012

We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009-2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects...

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Income inequality and health: Lessons from a refugee residential assignment program

Grönqvist, Hans; Johansson, Per; Niknami, Susan - 2012

This paper examines the effect of income inequality on health for a group of particularly disadvantaged individuals: refugees. Our analysis draws on longitudinal hospitalization records coupled with a settlement policy where Swedish authorities assigned newly arrived refugees to their first area...

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