the wage differential between natives and immigrants. -- Human capital ; rate of return ; immigration ; assimilation …

As in the U.S. and Canada, migration is a controversial issue in Europe. This paper explores the possibility that … immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives' sentiments towards immigrants. It … immigration countries. Second, a new analysis of individual data from the OECD countries studies sentiments concerning immigration …

on the migrant?s decision of where to migrate. Moreover, the significance and size of the effects vary according to the … ; immigration ; location choice …

language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …

differences between temporary and permanent migrants. Utilizing household level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP … differences disappear, however, for temporary migrants, if their remittances are taken into account. Fixed effects estimations of …, indicating deficits in the long-term integration of permanent migrants in Germany. -- savings ; migration …

differences between temporary and permanent migrants.Our findings reveal significant differences in the savings rates between … foreign-born and German-born individuals. These differences disappear, however, for temporary migrants, if their remittances …