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We compare the intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants with natives in Sweden. We find an overall convergence … in average earnings between immigrants and natives. This convergence hides a divergence in average earnings between …
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The recent international literature on immigration wage effects has shown contrasting results. Past studies have … impact to negative impacts. This paper, by contrast, explores the outcomes of highly skilled immigration on the wages of … encourages skilled immigration and has exceptionally accurate immigrant data. Our analysis makes use of unit record data and …
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achievements between immigrants and natives. However, we find that the children of Italian immigrants exhibit fairly high … opportunities than natives to achieve high schooling degrees. These findings suggest a rejection of the failed integration …
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The purpose of this paper is to study the immigrant performance in France and the impacts on the natives by drawing on … natives, and do they harm or improve the labour market situation of natives; does the presence of immigrants alter the … internal migration flows of natives; and what is the role of the business cycle and natives’ sentiments on the immigrant flows …
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This work focuses on Turkish migration, given the possibility of Turkey`s membership into the EU. Accurately predicting the amount and nature of immigrant flows that will result from the expansion of the EU has in the past proved to be difficult. A survey conducted by the authors in Turkey in...
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In the contemporary world the intensity of the immigration movements is constantly increasing. Countries which … experience great immigrant flows are facing numerous problems which should be solved. The article studies the current immigration …
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We examine the ability of male immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration … skill requirements of pre- and post-immigration occupations. We find that male immigrants to Canada were employed in source … immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the opposite. These discrepancies are both larger and more …
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Le fait de ne parler ni anglais ni français constitue souvent un obstacle important pour un emploi et un revenu rémunérateurs au Canada et, selon une étude intitulée « Effets de la proximité linguistique sur l’assimilation professionnelle des immigrants hommes » (Rapport de...
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immigration are less likely (such as Asia) may be tied to the lack of improvements in immigrant wage outcomes despite the …
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The earnings and occupational task requirements of immigrants to Canada are analyzed. The growing education levels of immigrants in the 1990s have not led to a large improvement in earnings as one might expect if growing computerization was leading to a rising return to non-routine cognitive...
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