Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 326
Cover Image
Employment gaps between refugees, migrants and natives : evidence from Austrian Register based labour market data
Jestl, Stefan; Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sebastian; … - 2019
-humanitarian migrants, European third country immigrants and natives. We draw on a register based panel dataset covering the complete labour … refugee employment gaps are large in the first years when labour market access is difficult. After a period of seven years the … unconditional gap between refugees and natives declines to 30 percentage points, similar to the one of non-humanitarian migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153921
Cover Image
Nudging the agents : does it reduce discrimination against migrants in the house rental market?
Zanoni López, Wladimir; Díaz, Lina; Díaz, Emily; … - 2023
This study examines the impact of a behavioral intervention on reducing discrimination against Venezuelan migrants in … migrants represent the second-largest migratory group globally, with over seven million individuals seeking refuge primarily in … artifactual field experiment involved providing information to REAs that highlighted the extra efforts Venezuelan migrants must …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014546318
Cover Image
Refugees' integration into the Austrian labour market : dynamics of occupational mobility and job-skills mismatch
Leitner, Sandra M.; Landesmann, Michael - 2020
This paper analyses the employment experiences of the recent wave of Middle Eastern refugees (from Syria, Iraq … initial (sharp) downgrade in their occupational status when they accepted their first employment, compared with the occupation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294869
Cover Image
Which factors explain the rising ethnic heterogeneity in Italy? : an empirical analysis at province level
Cattaneo, Cristina - 2014
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336545
Cover Image
Understanding the role of immigrants' legal status : evidence from policy experiments
Fasani, Francesco - 2014
Programs aimed at reducing the presence of unauthorised immigrants are often at the core of the migration policy debate in host countries. In recent years, a growing body of empirical literature has attempted to understand the effect of lacking legal status on immigrants' outcomes and behaviour....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472833
Cover Image
Marching to good laws : the impact of war, politics, and international credit on reforms in Ukraine
Kochnev, Artem - 2021
The paper investigates determinants of investments in state capacity and institutional change in contemporary Ukraine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424667
Cover Image
Gender gaps in employment, wages, and work hours : assessment of COVID-19 implications
Tverdostup, Maryna - 2021
empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic … experienced a major decline in their employment rate and workhours, as well as gender segregation in the most affected industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544966
Cover Image
The effect of stressors and resilience factors on mental health of recent refugees in Austria
Leitner, Sebastian; Landesmann, Michael; Kohlenberger, … - 2019
Given the exposure to stressors in their home countries, during their migration and in the phase after arrival, refugees are particularly vulnerable to mental health problems. At the same time, their access to adequate healthcare and other social infrastructure might be hampered by factors such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153910
Cover Image
Advocatus, et non latro? : testing the supplier-induced-demand hypothesis for Italian courts of justice
Buonanno, Paolo; Galizzi, Matteo M. - 2010
We explore the relationship between litigation rates and the number of lawyers, in a typical supplier-induced demand (SID) frame. Drawing on an original panel dataset for the 169 Italian courts of justice between 2000 and 2007, we first document that the number of lawyers is positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729436
Cover Image
Development of mental distress of refugees in Austria during their economic and social integration in 2017-2022
Leitner, Sebastian - 2023
Refugees are more likely to develop mental diseases as most of them have been exposed to potentially traumatic events and fundamental stressors in their home countries, during migration and after resettling in the host countries. This diminishes their prospects for social and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014427544