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This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and in particular labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380588
This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338940
-skilled labor, leading many European economists to argue for an immigration policy directed at actively recruiting highly qualified … workers from abroad. It has further been argued that an immigration policy that is tailored to attract young and economically …, the paper discusses expectations on future migration flows and the policy options of immigration countries for dealing …
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immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives' sentiments towards immigrants. It … first reviews the assimilation literature in economics and the policy approaches taken in Europe and among the traditional … immigration countries. Second, a new analysis of individual data from the OECD countries studies sentiments concerning immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336856
immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives' sentiments towards immigrants. It … first reviews the assimilation literature in economics and the policy approaches taken in Europe and among the traditional … immigration countries. Second, a new analysis of individual data from the OECD countries studies sentiments concerning immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321246
analysis suggests significant differences in the probability of downward occupational mobility by gender, immigration status … market position at the time of immigration, but are also able to reach their original occupational status much faster than …
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This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269990
This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271804
the wage differential between natives and immigrants. -- Human capital ; rate of return ; immigration ; assimilation …
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the wage differential between natives and immigrants. -- Human capital ; rate of return ; immigration ; assimilation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003924477