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as secondary evidence. We find significant gaps between ethnic minority and majority populations in terms of labor market … minority ; migration ; unemployment ; labor force participation ; labor market …
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Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute to a more efficient allocation of resources. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration...
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, unemployment, low-skilled employment and temporary employment. We distinguish the gaps that can be explained by immigrant …
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the relative size of a minority in a given region. In particular, I argue that inter-ethnic social distance disadvantages … smaller ethnic groups in human capital acquisition and that these efficiency differentials systematically expose minority and … majority individuals to different incentives as concerns their choice of skills. As a result, minority and majority individuals …
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minority and the majority - and individuals form their human capital through social interaction in social networks. I establish … two social groups whenever sociocultural differences hinder social interaction between majority and minority individuals … labor market and a choice of heterogeneous skills in the economy, minority and majority individuals tend to acquire …
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minority and the majority - and individuals form their human capital through social interaction in social networks. I establish … two social groups whenever sociocultural differences hinder social interaction between majority and minority individuals … labor market and a choice of heterogeneous skills in the economy, minority and majority individuals tend to acquire …
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The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the EU extended the freedom of movement to workers from the twelve new member states mainly from Central Eastern Europe. This study summarizes and comparatively evaluates what we know about mobility in an enlarged Europe to date. The pre-enlargement fears of...
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