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consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that …Public debate on immigration focuses on its effects on wages and employment, yet the discussion typically fails to … immigrants are more likely than natives to work in risky jobs. Recent studies show that as immigration rises, native workers are …
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This paper studies the effects of immigration on health. We merge information on individual characteristics from the … component of the data to analyse how immigration affects the health of both immigrants and natives over time. Upon their arrival … population. Our results suggest that immigration reduces the likelihood that residents report negative health outcomes. We show …
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We study the impact of language deficiency on the health production of childhood migrants to Australia. Our … large negative effect of English deficiency on physical health that is robust to a range of different specifications. In the … upper bounds for the true effect of English deficiency on health of one half and a full standard deviation in the health …
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Previous research has found that immigration benefits the health of working-age natives, an effect mediated through the … labor market. We use the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration also … affects the health of natives 65-80 years old. Immigration may increase the supply and lower the price of personal and …
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To our knowledge, no study has examined the effect of immigration on the health of older natives. We use the Study of … Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration affects depression among natives 65 …-80 years old. Immigration may increase the supply and lower the price of personal and household services, a term that refers to …
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The precondition for labour-market competition between immigrants and natives is that both are willing to accept jobs that do not differ in quality. To test this hypothesis, in this paper we compare the working conditions between immigrants and natives in Catalonia. Comparing immigrants' working...
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We investigate the role of social norms in accounting for differences in self-reported health as reported by men and … worse health than men, whatever the health outcome we consider – i.e. general self-assessed health but also more specific … workplace environment and study how the latter affects self-reported health for men and women separately. Our findings indicate …
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During World War II, more than one-half million tons of bombs were dropped in aerial raids on German cities, destroying about forty percent of the total housing stock nationwide. With a large fraction of the male population gone, the reconstruction process had mainly fallen on women in postwar...
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In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of occupational choice with endogenous health behavior, aging, and … longevity. Health-demanding work leads to a faster accumulation of health deficits and is remunerated with a hazard markup on … wages. Health deficit accumulation is also influenced by unhealthy consumption and health care expenditure. I calibrate the …
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The occupational choice of return migrants is important to their home country. Return migrants are likely to have acquired human capital while abroad, either through formal training or by working in a more efficient labor market. The employment of these newly acquired skills in the home country...
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