We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over …-effects model generates estimated employment assimilation profiles that are flatter and significantly different to those produced by …

Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime. Crucially …

We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over …-effects model generates estimated employment assimilation profiles that are flatter and significantly different to those produced by …

growth to crisis. Our findings suggest that, irrespective of the job search methods adopted, the probability of employment is … of registration at a public employment office. Search effort (measured as the number of methods adopted) seems to matter …

Our study examines the empirical link between the naturalization of immigrants and their subsequent employment status … particularly true for groups of immigrants who have a low probability of employment in the host country. …

investigate the importance of characteristics related to immigration for the labour market position of Turkish immigrants. We use … regression techniques to correct for composition effects in employment rates, tenured job rates and job prestige scores (ISEI … of labour migrants and their partners. The improvement is largely due to an improvement in educational attainment and …

lower employment rates, lower tenured job rates and lower job prestige scores than natives. In both countries, the lower … employment and tenured job rate remains large for the Netherlands, while the standardized gap in the job prestige score remains … large for Germany. Differences in past immigration policies between Germany and the Netherlands are likely to be important …

driven by local concentrations of ethnic minorities. The immigration debate, however, has arguably changed since the EU … expansions and the economic crisis of the past decade. This paper tests whether public support for immigration restriction is … suggest that support for immigration restriction is higher in regions where more immigrants are unemployed, but lower in …

impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by …