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unemployment. Human capital was less strongly linked to employment status for immigrant men than for native-born white men …. Immigrants had some initial difficulty finding work, but their employment and unemployment rates quickly attained levels …
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This report analyzes the employment and unemployment experiences of adult foreign-born men, both among themselves and … dependent variables are analyzed, weeks worked (employment) in 1989, unemployment status in the reference week in 1990, and a … proxy measure of unemployment compensation benefits received in 1989. The theoretical model focuses on the job search …
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probability, unemployment probability, and hours worked per week). Using the 2006 Australian Census of Population and Housing the … ; unemployment …
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This paper analyzes the employment and unemployment experiences of adult foreign-born men, both among themselves and in … model focuses on the effects on employment and unemployment of schooling, labor market experience, marital status and the …, unemployed status in the reference week in 1990, and a proxy measure of unemployment compensation benefits received in 1989. As …
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This report analyzes the employment and unemployment experiences of adult foreign-born men, both among themselves and … dependent variables are analyzed, weeks worked (employment) in 1989, unemployment status in the reference week in 1990, and a … proxy measure of unemployment compensation benefits received in 1989. The theoretical model focuses on the job search …
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Using longitudinal data on immigrants in the Netherlands fromthe survey 'Social Position and Use of Public Facilities by Immigrants' (SPVA) for the years 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, we examined the impacts of social contacts and Dutch language proficiency on adult foreign-born men's earnings,...
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This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of intercontinental migration over the past four centuries. It begins with a review of the history of primarily trans-Atlantic migration to the New World during the period of Colonial settlement. The contract and coerced migration...
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This paper examines the relationship between language use and labor market activities (participation and earnings) in a developing economy where many speak an indigenous language. The application is to men and women age 15 and over in Bolivia?s department capital cities, using the 1993 Encusesta...
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