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Les gains des immigrants au Canada: 1970-1990.
Grenier, G. - Département d'Économie / Department of Economics, … - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005147004
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National Origin Wage Differentials in France: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Aeberhardt, Romain; Pouget, Julien - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper attempts to explain national origin wage differentials in France. Our data come from a matched employer-employee wage survey performed in 2002. Business survey data are matched to many individual-level variables collected in a household survey. The sample of professionals is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822501
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H-1Bs: How Do They Stack Up to US Born Workers?
Lofstrom, Magnus; Hayes, Joseph - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Combining unique individual level H-1B data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416939
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Does it Matter Who I Work For and Who I Work With? The Impact of Owners and Coworkers Birthplace and Race on Hiring and Wages
Garcia-Perez, Monica I. - Economics Department, St. Cloud State University - 2011
This paper investigates the effect of firm owners and coworkers on hiring patterns and wages. Firstly, I explore the potential mechanisms generating their interrelation. Using a search model where social networks reduce search frictions, I develop the theoretical implications of social ties...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152967
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Health Perpetuation: The impact of parent region of born on children use of health care and health status
Garcia-Perez, Monica I. - Economics Department, St. Cloud State University - 2012
outcomes almost completely ignored by the health and immigration literature. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152969
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A Matching Model on the Use of Immigrant Social Networks and Referral Hiring
Garcia-Perez, Monica I. - Economics Department, St. Cloud State University - 2012
Using a simple search model, with urn-ball derived matching function, this paper investigates the effect of firm owner’s and coworkers’ nativity on hiring patterns and wages. In the model, social networks reduce search frictions and wages are derived endogenously as a function of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152970
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - CESifo - 2015
is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257678
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Wage Assimilation of Immigrants in Spain
Jiménez-Ridruejo, Zenón; Arribas, Carlos Borondo - Asociación Española de Economía y Finanzas … - 2011
In this study we quantify the effect of the years of residence in Spain on the earnings of immigrants. We take sex, origin, education and age into account. The results are clearly positive, the longer the length of residence the more earnings, confirming the hypothesis of wage assimilation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914771
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Immigration and the Occupational Choice of Natives: a Factor Proportions Approach
Ortega, J.; Verdugo, G. - Banque de France - 2011
This paper evaluates the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives in France over the period 1962 … immigrant share across education/experience cells and over time to identify the impact of immigration. In the Borjas (2003 …) specification, we find that a 10% increase in immigration increases native wages by 3%. However, as the number of immigrants and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009228695
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735636