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Skill composition of immigration flows and the measurement of education-occupation mismatch
Poot, Jacques; Stillman, Steven - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 18, pp. 1-28
Recent papers have found that often immigrants are overqualified relative to native-born workers when comparing an individual’s education to the ‘average’ education in their occupation. We show that these results are sensitive to differences in the education distribution between immigrants...
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The fallacy of "job robbing" : a meta-analysis of estimates of the effect of immigration on employment
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2006
Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to political pressure to limit a further influx of foreign-born persons on the grounds that the absorption capacity of host countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349203
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The importance of heterogeneity when examining immigrant education-occupation mismatch : evidence from New Zealand
Poot, Jacques; Stillman, Steven - 2010
occupation in which they work. We find that migrants living in New Zealand for less than 5 years are on average overeducated …, while earlier migrants are on average undereducated. However, once accounting for heterogeneity, we find that both … overeducated and undereducated migrants become, with increasing years of residence in New Zealand, more similar to comparable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011537
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The impact of immigration on the employment of natives in regional labour markets : a meta-analysis
Longhi, Simonetta (contributor); Nijkamp, Peter (contributor) - 2006
Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to political pressure to limit a further influx of foreign-born persons on the grounds that the absorption capacity of host countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301662
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Migration, Relationship Capital and International Travel : Theory and Evidence
McCann, Philip - 2010
country. For many migrants, international migration triggers a series of trips to visit the home country that allow for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144297
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The Impact of Immigration on the Employment of Natives in Regional Labour Markets : A Meta-Analysis
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2021
Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to political pressure to limit a further influx of foreign-born persons on the grounds that the absorption capacity of host countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317643
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The Importance of Heterogeneity When Examining Immigrant Education-Occupation Mismatch : Evidence from New Zealand
Poot, Jacques - 2010
occupation in which they work. We find that migrants living in New Zealand for less than 5 years are on average overeducated …, while earlier migrants are on average undereducated. However, once accounting for heterogeneity, we find that both … overeducated and undereducated migrants become, with increasing years of residence in New Zealand, more similar to comparable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137556
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Internationalisation of education and returns in the labour market
Poot, Jacques; Roskruge, Matthew - 2013
higher return for migrants than for comparable native born. We also find that the highest returns are obtained among those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204511
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The importance of heterogeneity when examining immigrant education-occupation mismatch: Evidence from New Zealand
Poot, Jacques; Stillman, Steven - 2010
occupation in which they work. We find that migrants living in New Zealand for less than 5 years are on average overeducated …, while earlier migrants are on average undereducated. However, once accounting for heterogeneity, we find that both … overeducated and undereducated migrants become, with increasing years of residence in New Zealand, more similar to comparable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274604
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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
In our increasingly interconnected and open world, international migration is becoming an important socio-economic phenomenon for many countries. Since the early 1980s, many studies have been undertaken of the impact of immigration on host labour markets. Borjas (2003) noted that the estimated...
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