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Entry into working life: Spatial mobility and the job match quality of higher-educated graduates
Venhorst V.; Cörvers F. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2015
-selection of migrants with an IV approach, this effect is no longer significant. We also find that, for our alternative job …
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Entry into working life: Spatial mobility and the job match quality of higher-educated graduates
Venhorst V.; Cörvers F. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2015
-selection of migrants with an IV approach, this effect is no longer significant. We also find that, for our alternative job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266661
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Are Asian Migrants Discriminated Against in the Labour Market? A Case Study of Australia
Junankar, P. N.; Paul, Satya; Yasmeen, Wahida - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper explores the issue of discrimination against Asian migrants in the Australian labour market using a unique … being unemployed for Asian and non-Asian migrants controlling for various characteristics including age, education, and … English language ability. More importantly, we control for the visa status of the migrants. Our results suggest that there are …
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Anatomy of the Czech Labour Market:From Over-Employment to Under-Employment in Ten Years?
Flek, Vladislav; Galuscak, Kamil; Gottvald, Jaromir; … - Česká Národní Banka - 2004
In this volume we investigate the macroeconomic aspects of labour market behaviour and its microfoundations. In the first part we deal with aggregate labour market trends and issues relevant to macroeconomic policy. The second part analyses in more detail labour flexibility, namely labour market...
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The Employment and Earnings of Migrants in Great Britain
Andrews, Martyn; Clark, Ken; Whittaker, William - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using nationally representative, longitudinal data from the first 14 waves of the British Household Panel Survey we examine the labour market returns to inter-regional migration in Great Britain. Controlling for endogeneity, heterogeneity and self-selection, we find substantial long-run wage...
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A Warm Embrace or the Cold Shoulder: Wage and Employment Outcomes in Ethnic Enclaves
Pedace, Roberto; Rohn, Stephanie - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2008
This paper examines how immigrant enclaves influence labor market outcomes. We examine the effect of ethnic concentration on both immigrant earnings and employment in high immigration states using the non-public use, 1-in-6 sample of the 2000 U.S. Census. Although we find that there is some...
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HUMAN CAPITAL TRAPS? ENCLAVE EFFECTS USING LINKED EMPLOYER-HOUSEHOLD DATA
Sousa, Liliana D. - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2013
This study uses linked employer-household data to measure the impact of immigrant social networks, as identified via neighborhood and workplace affiliation, on immigrant earnings. Though ethnic enclaves can provide economic opportunities through job creation and job matching, they can also...
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The Impact of Czech Commuters on the German Labour Market
Moritz, Michael - In: Prague Economic Papers 2011 (2011) 1, pp. 40-58
In the process of European integration, regions close to a border are especially affected by labour market liberalisation. Using data from the IAB employment subsample (IABS) and the employment register (BeH) for the period before and after the opening of the border between Germany and the Czech...
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Does Switching to a Western German Employer Still Pay Off?
Alm, Bastian; Engel, Dirk; Weyh, Antje - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 234 (2014) 5, pp. 546-571
This paper deals with the medium-term effects of job mobility on the average wage growth of job-movers in eastern Germany. The analysis is based on all employees subject to social insurance contributions working in eastern Germany in 2004. Using a statistical matching procedure combined with a...
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Wage Differentials and Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico
Gong, Xiaodong; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
We analyze wage differentials mobility between the formal and informal sector in urban Mexico, using panel data on five quarters drawn from Mexico’s Urban Employment Survey. We develop a dynamic random effects panel data model. It consists of two separate wage equations for the two sectors and...
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