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Medium and long run economic assimilation of Venezuelan migrants to Peru

Torres, Javier; Beverinotti, Javier; … - 2024

In a span of six years, the proportion of Venezuelans in Perú has surged nearly fourfold, rising from virtually zero to over 4% of the population. This study delves into the dynamics of medium- and long-term labor market integration in Perú, combining data from the Venezuelan Population...

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Wage differences between immigrants and natives in Austria : the role of literacy skills

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Gnan, Phillipp - 2017

This paper analyzes wage differences between natives and immigrants in Austria. First, we show that for both groups, literacy skills are an important determinant of the hourly wage. In the second step, we show that differences in proficiency with respect to literacy can explain more than three...

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Barriers to immigrant assimilation evidence on grading bias in Ecuadorian high schools

Rangel, Marcos A.; Marotta, Luana; Van der Werf, Cynthia; … - 2024

We investigate the assimilation of immigrant youth in Ecuador. Focusing on formal schooling and employing administrative data from high schools, we document subtle ways by which assessment biases against students with an immigrant background play a significant role in this assimilation process....

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Wages, Amenities and Negative Attitudes

Waisman, Gisela; Larsen, Birthe - 2012

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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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill

Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - 2012

We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during the experience of unemployment. Within a search and matching model, we show that all natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector...

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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill. Extended version

Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - 2015

We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during an unemployment experience. Within a search and matching framework, we show that both natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one...

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Immigration and national wages : clarifying the theory and the empirics

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni - 2008

This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas … account for the short run and long run adjustment of capital in response to immigration. Using our estimates and Census data … we find that immigration (1990-2006) had small negative effects in the short run on native workers with no high school …

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Immigration and offshoring : two forces of globalisation and their impact on employment and the bargaining power of occupational groups

Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sandra M. - 2020

impact of immigration and different measures of offshoring on the labour demand and demand elasticities of native workers in … important and occupation-specific direct and indirect effects of immigration and offshoring. Both offshoring - particularly … services offshoring - and immigration have negative direct employment effects on all occupations, but native clerks and manual …

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International migration and regional housing markets : evidence from France

Albis, Hippolyte d’; Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane - 2017

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Negative Attitudes, Network and Education

Bennett, Patrick; La Cour, Lisbeth; Larsen, Birthe; … - 2015

This paper explores potential explanations behind the educational gap between young natives and immigrants using two measures, negative attitudes towards immigrants and networking, which may influence natives and immigrants differently. The paper considers, both theoretically and empirically,...

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