This paper examines the role of ethnic networks in disability program take-up among workingage immigrants in the United … States. We find that even when controlling for country of origin and area of residence fixed effects, immigrants residing …

This paper examines the role of ethnic networks in disability program take-up among working-age immigrants in the … United States. We find that even when controlling for country of origin and area of residence fixed effects, immigrants …

It is widely debated whether immigrants who live among co-ethnics are less willing to integrate into the host society … immigrants’ inter-ethnic contact networks and social activities, we are able to identify the causal effect of ethnic … concentration on social integration. The exogenous placement of immigrants “switches off” observable and unobservable differences in …

Using matched employer-employee data, we analyse the impact of immigrants on natives' employment in Portugal. Using … different model specifications, we show that the natives and immigrants are 'complements' at most occupation levels, in the … the skills spectrum are not affected by the presence of immigrants as well. …

A growing body of programme evaluation literature recognises immigrants as a disadvantaged group on European labour …

Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self …-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many … upward economic mobility among low-skilled immigrants. More broadly prioritizing high-skilled immigrants may prove to be more …