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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 - 2011

status and income. In addition to general social contacts, we also analyzed the effects of bonding (i.e., co-ethnic) and … occupational status and, in particular, annual income of immigrants. We also find that bridging ties with Germans lead to higher … occupational status, but not to increased income. These effects remain visible even when social contacts are measured (at least …

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Immigrant generation and income in Australia

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 1985

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The Economics of Language : An Introduction and Overview

Chiswick, Barry R. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the...

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The "negative" assimilation of immigrants : a special case

Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor); … - 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...

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Earnings and occupational attainment among immigrants

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: Industrial relations : a journal of economy & society 48 (2009) 3, pp. 454-465

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ORU analyses of immigrant earnings in Australia, with international comparisons

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009

This paper examines the way immigrant earnings are determined in Australia. It uses the overeducation/required education/undereducation (ORU) framework (Hartog, 2000) and a decomposition of the native-born/foreign-born differential in the payoff to schooling developed by Chiswick and Miller...

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The economic progress of American Jewry : from 18th century merchants to 21st century professionals

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009

This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...

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The effects of educational-occupational mismatch on immigrant earnings in Australia, with international comparisons

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: International migration review : IMR 44 (2010) 4, pp. 869-898

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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: Economics of education review 29 (2010) 6, pp. 1076-1085

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The negative assimilation of immigrants : a special case

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: ILR review : the journal of work and policy 64 (2010/11) 3, pp. 502-525

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