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Migrant networks and job search outcomes : evidence from displaced workers
Colussi, Tommaso - 2013 - First draft: December 2011, This version: June 2013
This paper investigates how the job search outcomes of displaced migrants are affected by the labor market outcomes of past co-workers of the same nationality. For this exercise I use matched employer-employee micro data on the universe of private-sector employees in Italy between 1975 and 2001....
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Migration from Africa, the Middle East and European neighbouring countries to the EU : an augmented gravity modelling approach
Mara, Isilda; Landesmann, Michael - 2021
The South-North migration corridor, i.e. migration flows to the EU from Africa, the Middle East and EU neighbouring … countries in the East, have overtaken the East-West migration corridor, i.e. migration flows from Central and East European … countries to the EU15 and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). This is likely to dominate migration flows into the EU …
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Interrelationships between human capital, migration and labour markets in the Western Balkans : an econometric investigation
Mara, Isilda; Landesmann, Michael - 2021
determinants and human capital on migration and vice versa. The period under analysis is 2005-2019 and considers mobility from five …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485454
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142373
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142374
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142379
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The Impact of Immigration on Firm-Level Offshoring
Olney, William W.; Pozzoli, Dario - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142384
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Should I Stay or Must I Go? Temporary Protection and Refugee Outcomes
Kilström, Matilda; Larsen, Birthe; Olme, Elisabet - 2018
We study a Danish reform in 2002 that lowered the ex ante probability of refugees receiving permanent residency by prolonging the time period before they were eligible to apply for permanent residency. Assignment to the new rules was completely determined by the date of the asylum application...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142386
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Gender gaps and the structure of local labor markets
Petrongolo, Barbara; Ronchi, Maddalena - 2020
In this paper we discuss some strands of the recent literature on the evolution of gender gaps and their driving forces. 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243240
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Employment gaps between refugees, migrants and natives : evidence from Austrian Register based labour market data
Jestl, Stefan; Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sebastian; … - 2019
This paper analyses labour market integration in Austria of non-European refugees originating from middle and low income countries for the period 2009-2018. We assess their probability of being employed in comparison to non-humanitarian migrants, European third country immigrants and natives. We...
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