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The effect of enclave residence on the labour force activities of immigrants in Canada
Tu, Jiong - 2010
immigrants' labour force participation rate and employment probability. For recent immigrants who arrived in Canada within the … positively related to their employment probability in all censuses. However, living in an enclave has no significant effect on …
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Employment convergence of immigrants in the European Union
Hamori, Szilvia - 2009
employment convergence between foreign-born and native-born in the European Union (EU), by gender and broad region of origin …
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The transmission of women's fertility, human capital and work orientation across immigrant generations
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Liu, Albert Yung-Hsu - 2008
Using 1995 - 2006 Current Population Survey and 1970 - 2000 Census data, we study the intergenerational transmission of fertility, human capital and work orientation of immigrants to their US-born children. We find that second-generation women's fertility and labor supply are significantly...
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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US?: selective features of immigration to four major OECD countries
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264459
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I'll marry you if you get me a job: marital assimilation and immigrant employment rates
Furtado, Delia; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos - 2009
Marriage to a native has a theoretically ambiguous impact on immigrant employment rates. Utilizing 2000 U.S. Census … suggest that marriage to a native increases an immigrant's employment probability by approximately four percentage points. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269277
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Chinese immigrants in the US labor market: Effects of post-tiananmen immigration policy
Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline; Kerr, Emily - 2012
examine employment and earnings among Chinese immigrants who were likely beneficiaries of the U.S. government's actions … measures - highly-educated immigrants from mainland China experienced significant employment and earnings gains during the 1990 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282428
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Secularism or catholicism? The religious composition of the United States to 2043
Skirbekk, Vegard; Goujon, Anne; Kaufmann, Eric - 2008
We project the religious composition of the United States to 2043, considering fertility differences, migration, intergenerational religious transmission and conversion by 11 ethnoreligious groups. If fertility and migration trends continue, Hispanic Catholics will experience rapid growth,...
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The Changing Profile of Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Evidence from California and Mexico
Cornelius, Wayne A.; Marcelli, Enrico A. - 2000
Using recent data from southern California and Mexico we challenge the notion that the demographic profile of post-1970 Mexican migrants to the United States has remained constant. We find that more recent cohorts of migrants: (1) are more likely to settle permanently in the United States, (2)...
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of several data sets (the International Social Survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282226
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The Economics of Co-ethnic Employment; Incentives, Welfare Effects and Policy Options
den Butter, Frank A.G.; Masurel, Enno; Mosch, Robert - 2004
Co-ethnic employment refers to the stylised fact of many labour markets that there is an over-representation of workers … constitute the major reasons for co-ethnic employment by lowering information and co-ordination costs. In the short run, co …-ethnic employment leads to more jobs for employees, easy access to labour for ethnic minority firms, strengthening of the group values …
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