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This paper explores the issue of discrimination against Asian migrants in the Australian labour market using a unique … panel data set, the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA). This paper estimates models of the probability of … significant “unexplained differences” for males that may be ascribed to “discrimination” against Asian migrants. However, the …
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labour mobility, labour deprivation due to long-term unemployment, skill mismatch and emerging signs of inflexibility in wage … in more detail labour flexibility, namely labour market flows, long-term unemployment and labour force deprivation. The … third part addresses wage flexibility and relative wages, with special attention paid to regional unemployment elasticity of …
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skills during the experience of unemployment. Within a search and matching model, we show that all natives and immigrants are … sector. <p>Discrimination may induce immigrants to train more or less than natives, depending on the sector where it is …We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing …
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The effects of discrimination of immigrants on the labour market are studied within a search and wage …-bargaining setting including a risk of losing skills during the experience of unemployment. The negative effects of discrimination in the … form of higher unemployment and lower wages spread to all workers, immigrants and natives, in all sectors of the economy …
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Since ethnic clustering is common in Germany, a better understanding of its effects on the integration of immigrants … is benefi cial or detrimental for immigrants’ integration. In this paper, the effect of residential clustering on the … labour market outcome of first-generation immigrants in Germany is analysed empirically. It, thus, contributes to the …
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Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country=s labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...
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immigrants are characterized by above average age and by professional occupations. On the other hand, labor markets for young … workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …
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immigrants are characterized by above average age and by professional occupations. On the other hand, labor markets for young … workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …
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, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …immigration for natives' labour market outcomes, as well as issues linked to immigrants' integration in the host … country labour market. Changes in the share of immigrants in the labour force may have a distributive impact on natives' wages …
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major challenges for policy makers in Finland. The recession of the early 1990s showed that high unemployment can leave long …, greater flexibility in wage setting, ensuring earlier activation of unemployed and reforming unemployment and social benefits … to better support work incentives. Finland has an unusual combination of elevated unemployment replacement rates and late …
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