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Immigrant Wages in the Spanish Labour Market: Does the Origin of Human Capital Matter?

Sanromá, Esteve; Ramos, Raul; Simón, Hipólito - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The aim of this paper is to analyse the role played by the different components of human capital in the wage determination of recent immigrants within the Spanish labour market. Using microdata from the Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes 2007, the paper examines returns to human capital of...

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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...

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Human Capital and Earnings of Female Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States

Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

than women to gain admission on the basis of immigration criteria related to labor market considerations rather than family … female immigration flows. Therefore, our findings of similar patterns for men and women and of the key role played by … national origin both suggest that factors other than immigration policy per se are important contributors to the observed skill …

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Human Resource Economics and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr.

Whalen, Charles J. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

students and colleagues, explore and extend his work on employment, education and training, immigration, and local labor …

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The German Integration Panel – how to measure the influence of integration courses on migrants’ integration?

Rother, Nina - In: Migration Letters 7 (2010) 1, pp. 43-55

In 2005, Germany’s Federal Government introduced integration courses in order to enable migrants to improve their …,000 migrants were granted the right to take part in an integration course. Several methodological challenges had to be overcome …

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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

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Wage and Employment Effects of Immigration to Germany: An Analysis Based on Local Labour Markets

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Velling, Johannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

We analyse the impact of increased immigration on labour market outcomes of natives in Germany using a dataset of … county-level variables for the late 1980s. We study two measures of immigration, the change in the share of foreigners … unemployment. Taking account of the mean reversion in unemployment we find no detrimental effect of immigration. Similar results …

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The Role of Turkish Immigrants in Entrepreneurial Activities in Germany

Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2005

This paper addresses a central issue to migration the role of immigrants in entrepreneurial activity. In particular, the paper focuses on the determinants of the decision to become an entrepreneur for Turks living in Germany. The paper provides some important benchmarks, including the...

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Immigrant wages in the Spanish labour market: does the origin of human capital matter?

Sanromà, Esteban; Ramos, Raúl; Simón, Hipólito - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2009

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What determines the duration of stay of immigrants in Germany?: Evidence from a longitudinal duration analysis

Gundel, Sebastian; Peters, Heiko - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) October, pp. 769-782

Purpose – Because of the increasing importance of immigration for Germany due to the ageing population and the lack of … who are less skilled. In addition, the results give substantial information considering the design of German immigration …

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