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The Educational Attainment of Immigrants : Changes Over Time
Cohen, Yinon; Zach, Tzippi; Chiswick, Barry R. - 1998
Using data pooled across four Current Population Surveys from 1979 to 1988, this paper analyzes the differences in the level and inequality of schooling across immigrant cohorts that differ by period of arrival and region of origin. The decline in schooling attainment of immigrants observed in...
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High Skilled Immigration in the International Arena
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This conceptual paper, prepared for a United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Migration and Development, is concerned … historical background of high-skilled international migration, the paper examines the reasons for the recent growth in demand for … high-skilled workers in the technologically advanced nations. If then examines the impact of high-skilled migration on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822208
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How Immigrants Fare Across the Earnings Distribution: International Analyses
Chiswick, Barry R.; Le, Anh T.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper applies the quantile regression methodology to the study of the determinants of the distribution of earnings among the native born and immigrants in the United States and Australia. The analysis for immigrants is performed separately for those from Englishspeaking and non-English...
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The "Negative" Assimilation of Immigrants: A Special Case
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Research on the economic or labor market assimilation of immigrants has to date focused on the degree of improvement in their economic status with duration in the destination. This pattern has been found for all the immigrant receiving countries, time periods and data sets that have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822231
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The Critical Period Hypothesis for Language Learning: What the 2000 US Census Says
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
of an estimating equation based on 64 age-at-migration dichotomous variables. It shows that self-reported English … language speaking proficiency among immigrants declines more-or-less monotonically with age at migration, and this relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822851
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Religiosity and Migration: Travel into One's Self versus Travel across Cultures
Aleksynska, Mariya; Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper examines differences in religious behaviors of the native born and immigrants in Europe, measured as self-reported religiosity, frequency of praying, and frequency of church attendance. Using the European Social Survey, we first show that, on average, religiosity of immigrants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024590
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Social Contacts and the Economic Performance of Immigrants: A Panel Study of Immigrants in Germany
Kanas, Agnieszka; Chiswick, Barry R.; van der Lippe, Tanja - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined the impact of social contacts on immigrant occupational status and income. In addition to general social contacts, we also analyzed the effects of bonding (i.e., co-ethnic) and bridging (i.e., interethnic) ties on economic outcomes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147496
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Immigration: High Skilled vs. Low Skilled Labor?
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This policy analysis paper explores the implications for the host country population of alternative immigration policies. The two immigration options considered are a policy based on admitting primarily high-skilled workers and another that has the effect of admitting primarily low-skilled...
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Negative and Positive Assimilation By Prices and By Quantities
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper considers the labor market assimilation of immigrants in terms of earnings and employment (employment probability, unemployment probability, and hours worked per week). Using the 2006 Australian Census of Population and Housing the analyses are performed separately by gender, and...
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The impact of surplus skills on earnings: Extending the over-education model to language proficiency
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: Economics of Education Review 36 (2013) C, pp. 263-275
This paper examines whether the framework developed in the educational mismatch field of research can be generalized to language skills. It uses data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database and both “Worker Self-Assessment” and “Realized Matches” procedures to quantify...
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