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Rethinking the Area Approach: Immigrants and the Labor Market in California, 1960-2005.
Peri, Giovanni - Economics Department, University of California-Davis - 2010
employment (rather than wage) response by skill to immigration in a state, I can estimate the substitutability … of the Mexican Population to predict immigration by skill level within California. Looking at immigration to California …, in turn, explains the counter-intuitive fact that there is a zero correlation between immigration and wage and employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008464947
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The Labor Market Costs of Conflict: Closures, Foreign Workers, and Palestinian Employment and Earnings
Miaari, Sami H.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this paper, we measure the implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Palestinian employment and earnings. We quantify the conflict by the frequency of temporary closures of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the number of overseas foreign workers in the Israeli labor market. Data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822079
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The importance of heterogeneity when examining immigrant education-occupation mismatch: evidence from New Zealand
Poot, Jacques; Stillman, Steven - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
Many immigrants are overqualified in their first job after arrival in the host country. Education-occupation mismatch can affect the economic integration of immigrants and the returns to education and experience. The extent of this problem has been measured in recent years by means of micro...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317952
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The Importance of Heterogeneity When Examining Immigrant Education-Occupation Mismatch: Evidence from New Zealand
Poot, Jacques; Stillman, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Many immigrants are overqualified in their first job after arrival in the host country. Education-occupation mismatch can affect the economic integration of immigrants and the returns to education and experience. The extent of this problem has been measured in recent years by means of micro...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678681
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Mass Migration to Israel and Natives' Transitions from Employment
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper studies the impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives’ probability of moving from employment to non-employment in a segmented labour market that is defined by various combinations of schooling, occupation, industry, district of residence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791190
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The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Israel
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
substitutes for native workers, we expect that the impact of immigration will be largest immediately upon the immigrants’ arrival … substitutes for natives because of their lack of local human capital, the initial effect of immigration is small, and the effect …, we do not find any effect of immigration on employment, neither in the short nor in the long run. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791476
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Mass Migration to Israel and Natives’ Transitions from Employment
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, M. Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper studies the impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives’ probability of moving from employment to non-employment in a segmented labor market that is defined by various combinations of schooling, occupation, industry, district of residence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566552
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The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Israel
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, M. Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
for native workers, we expect that the impact of immigration will be largest immediately upon the immigrants’ arrival, and … substitutes for natives because of their lack of local human capital, the initial effect of immigration is small, and the effect … other hand, we do not find any effect of immigration on employment, neither in the short nor in the long run. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233757
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Rethinking the Area Approach: Immigrants and the Labor Market in California, 1960-2005.
Peri, Giovanni - Economics Department, University of California-Davis - 2009
employment (rather than wage) response by skill to immigration in a state, I can estimate the substitutability … of the Mexican Population to predict immigration by skill level within California. Looking at immigration to California …, in turn, explains the counter-intuitive fact that there is a zero correlation between immigration and wage and employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458601
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Why do firms recruit internationally? Result from the IZA International Employer Survey 2000
Winkelmann, Rainer - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2002
The paper studies the demand for foreign university graduates at the firm level. Using a unique dataset on recruitment policies of firms in four European countries, the determinants of demand for internationally mobile highly skilled employees are established. I investigate the number, origin,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005756602