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Macroeconomic Instability, Migration, and the Option Value of Education
Katz, Eliakim; Rapoport, Hillel - 2001
We explore the relation between variability in the rate of return to human capital and investment in education in the context of migration. Specifically, we show that if migration is a possibility, such variability in the rate of return to human capital can induce residents of developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204711
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Ethnic Discrimination and the Migration of Skilled Labor
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2001
find that immigration restrictions set by receiving countries have the paradoxical effect of creating migration flows which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204713
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Parental leave and the glass ceiling in Sweden
Albrecht, James W.; Skogmann Thoursie, Peter; Vroman, … - 2015
In this paper, we update and extend "Is There a Glass Ceiling in Sweden?" (Albrecht et al. 2003) by documenting the extent to which the gender log wage gap across the distribution in Sweden has changed over the period 1998-2008. We then examine the Swedish glass ceiling in 2008 in more detail by...
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Informal incentives and labor markets
Fahn, Matthias; Murooka, Takeshi - 2022
results are consistent with empirical evidence on immigration and a gender pay gap, and provide new testable implications. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278184
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Discrimination in Latin America: An elephant in the room?
Chong, Alberto; Ñopo, Hugo - 2007
This paper surveys evidence on discrimination in Latin America and shows that there is a widespread perception of discrimination, especially against the poor, the uneducated and those who lack connections. The channels through which discrimination occurs may be built on the basis of economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278236
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The labor market experience and impact of undocumented workers
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Quispe-Agnoli, Myriam - 2008
Using administrative data from the state of Georgia, the authors find that average wages among documented workers are lower in industries that employ undocumented workers and that a greater share of undocumented workers in those industries further lowers wages. In addition, undocumented workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292246
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Immigration and Majority Voting on Income Redistriubtion - Is there a Case for Opposition from Natives?
Mayr, Karin - 2003
This paper examines the effect of immigration on the level of income redistribution via majority voting on the income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294599
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The fiscal impact of immigrants in Austria - A generational accounting analysis
Mayr, Karin - 2004
1998 as well as the inter-temporal fiscal impact of immigration to Austria. Immigrants affect inter-temporal fiscal balance …. The overall fiscal effect of immigration is found positive, under the assumption that the age and fiscal characteristics … payments during working age. However, immigration is not likely to achieve inter-temporal fiscal balance, even if immigration …
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Optimal quota for sector-specific immigration
Mayr, Karin - 2008
Sectoral labor supply shortage is a cause of concern in many OECD countries and has raised support for immigration as a … compensating wage differential for working in one sector rather than in another. We identify price and wage effects of immigration … majority vote on immigration into a given sector as well as the social optimum. The main findings are that i) the old determine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294883
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Emigration of Immigrants and Measures of Immigrant Assimilation: Evidence from Sweden.
Edin, Per-Anders; LaLonde, Robert J.; Åslund, Olof - 2000
of immigrants. We use longitudinal data on immigration to Sweden 1970-1990 to examine the extent and pattern of immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321782