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refugee employment gaps are large in the first years when labour market access is difficult. After a period of seven years the … between employment gaps across population subgroups of immigrant groups and natives by gender, age and education level. …
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effect of the inflows of immigrants on their career, employment and wages. We use the 1991 distribution of immigrants by …
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We exploit the regional variation in negative attitudes towards immigrants to Sweden in order to analyse the consequences of the attitudes on immigrants welfare. We find that attitudes towards immigrants are of importance: they both affect their labour market outcomes and their quality of life....
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affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector has positive spillovers, inducing employment increases in the other …
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are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector has positive spill-overs, inducing employment to increase in …
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This paper studies the relationship between immigration and offshoring by examining whether an influx of foreign workers reduces the need for firms to relocate jobs abroad. We exploit a Danish quasi-natural experiment in which immigrants were randomly allocated to municipalities using a...
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low skilled individuals. In terms of employment and earnings, coefficients are in general negative but non …
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. We will revisit key stylized facts about gender gaps in employment and wages in a few high-income countries. We then … discuss and build on one gender-neutral force behind the rise in female employment, namely the rise of the service economy …, which is also closely related to the polarization of female employment and to the geographic distribution of jobs, which is …
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Do general amnesty programs lead to reductions in the crime rate among immigrants? We answer this question by exploiting cross-sectional and time variation in the number of immigrants legalized generated by the enactment of repeated amnesty programs between 1990 and 2005 in Italy. We address the...
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The paper investigates the determinants of ethnic heterogeneity of the Italian provinces. Among other factors, the paper tests empirically whether gradual improvements in distant communication boost the generation of ethnically heterogeneous provinces. Consequently to easier communication,...
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