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Gender, source country characteristics and labor market assimilation among immigrants: 1980 - 2000
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Papps, Kerry L. - 2008
. Findings for another indicator of traditional gender roles, source country fertility rates, are broadly similar, with … assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor … United States to the source country. Men's labor supply assimilation profiles are unaffected by source country female labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268925
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Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants : 1980-2000
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Papps, Kerry L. - 2021
. Findings for another indicator of traditional gender roles, source country fertility rates, are broadly similar, with … assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor … United States to the source country. Men's labor supply assimilation profiles are unaffected by source country female labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324945
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The effects of paternity leave on fertility and labor market outcomes
Farré, Lídia; González, Libertad - 2017
This paper studies the effects of a father quota in the parental leave period on households' labor market and fertility … leave delayed higher-order births and reduced subsequent fertility among older women (by about 15%). These results suggest a … limited scope for the father quota to alter household behaviors beyond the parental leave period and reduce gender inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694838
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Does immigration crowd natives into or out of higher education?
Jackson, Osborne - 2015
This paper investigates the impact of immigration on the college enrollment of U.S. natives. Many studies have focused …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430951
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The abolition of immigration restrictions and the performance of firms and workers : evidence from Switzerland
Beerli, Andreas; Ruffner, Jan; Siegenthaler, Michael; … - 2020
We study a reform that granted European cross-border workers free access to the Swiss labor market and had a stronger effect on regions close to the border. The greater availability of cross-border workers increased foreign employment substantially. Although many cross-border workers were highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265423
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A Theory of Social Forces and Immigrant Second Language Acquisition
DeVoretz, Don J.; Werner, Christiane - 2000
The preponderance of minimal second language acquisition by immigrants worldwide is striking. This paper proposes a theoretical model, which analyzes the underlying forces that contribute to this outcome of minimal secondary language acquisition by immigrants in such diverse immigrant-receiving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272933
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A theory of social forces and immigrant second language acquisition
DeVoretz, Don J.; Werner, Christiane - 2000
The preponderance of minimal second language acquisition by immigrants worldwide is striking. This paper proposes a theoretical model, which analyzes the underlying forces that contribute to this outcome of minimal secondary language acquisition by immigrants in such diverse immigrant-receiving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318595
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Refugee migration and the labor market : lessons from 40 years of post-arrival policies in Denmark
Nielson Arendt, Jacob; Dustmann, Christian; Ku, Hyejin - 2022
effects of different immigration and integration policies on the outcomes of refugee immigrants. In this article, we first … describe the Danish experience with refugee immigration over the past four decades. We then review different post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013176893
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Refugee migration and the labor market : lessons from 40 years of post-arrival policies in Denmark
Nielson Arendt, Jacob; Dustmann, Christian; Ku, Hyejin - 2022
effects of different immigration and integration policies on the outcomes of refugee immigrants. In this article, we first … describe the Danish experience with refugee immigration over the past four decades. We then review different post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013346948
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The importance of mothers-in-law's employment for their daughter-in-law's labour market outcomes in West Germany : results and mechanisms
Schmitz, Sophia; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2021
Social norms have been put forward as prominent explanations for the changing labour supply decisions of women. This paper studies the intergenerational formation of these norms, examining how they affect subsequent female labour supply decisions, taking into account not only the early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497397