immigrants to the U.S. whose entry wages fall short of those of comparable natives because their human capital accumulated in … immigrants by examining changes across cohorts in their labor market skills, as measured by their English proficiency …, educational attainment and wages. The results show that, across successive cohorts of female immigrants, English proficiency at …

This paper investigates changes in the use of generic skills in Britain's workplaces, and examines which generic skills … may be having an impact on wages over and above traditional human capital indicators such as education and work experience …. We use instruments borrowed and adapted from commercial psychology to derive quantitative measures of generic skills used …

entrepreneurship as a subject of research becomes even more complex. The increase in numbers of immigrants in most advanced economies …. More precisely, the self-employment structure of immigrants to Germany changed tremendously since the 1970s. For instance …, in the early 1970s only 40,000 immigrants were registered performing self-employment activities, and their businesses …

knowledge and skills that appear to be a prerequisite for business success. …

confounding factors to explain differences in immigrants’ outcomes in the mortgage market. Using loan-level data from the Spanish …

Request increase in miners' wages. - No attention, up to the present, has been paid by mine managers of big companies …

Boost in wages Potlatch forest workers to get 10 per cent gain Benefit to 2,300 toilers Increase comes at christmas …