We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … immigrants to Canada were employed in source country occupations that typically require high levels of cognitive skills, but rely … and manual skills, these discrepancies are larger among immigrants with limited language fluency. …

This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who …

The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the United States analyzes their … may lose much of its explanatory power in other societies, where immigrants encounter different labor market conditions … social networks by immigrants to find jobs has a significant impact on wages in both countries, the effect is positive in …

Recent studies have shown that there are significant earnings differentials between immigrants and natives in …-economic endowments or to discrimination. We use the well-known econometric technique, developed by Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973), to … determine the extent of discrimination. As data on earnings are available only for employed, we adopt a two-stage Heckman …

integration. In the present study, we investigate whether this prosocial engagement lowers the hiring discrimination against them …

traits. Such prejudice does not necessarily lead to wage discrimination. Whether or not it does depends on the nature of the … Project (RUMiC) to explore whether native-place wage discrimination affects migrant workers in China's urban labor markets. We … analyze the question of wage discrimination among migrants by estimating wage equations for men and women, controlling for …

of immigrants from Norway, Poland, Turkey, and Iran is brought forth. The comparative approach shows that immigrants in …

Labour market assimilation of Danish first generation male immigrants is analysed based on two panel data sets covering … the population of immigrants and 10% of the Danish population during 1984-1995. Wages and employment probabilities are … due to missing wage information. The results show that immigrants assimilate partially to Danes, but the assimilation …

precarious contracts. The empirical results suggest that immigrant-native gaps are larger in countries with more immigrants … immigrants' chances of holding temporary contracts. A stricter regulation of temporary contracts increases immigrants' risk of …