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The Effects of Naturalization on Immigrants` Employment Probability (France, 1968-1999)

Fougère, Denis; Safi, Mirna - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Naturalization is usually regarded as an important sign of civic and political integration amongst immigrants, but it can also be seen as a factor of their economic integration. The aim of this study is to analyze the naturalization phenomenon in France and examine its link with the immigrants`...

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Measuring the importance of labor market networks

Hellerstein, Judith K.; McInerney, Melissa; Neumark, David - 2008

work, using recently-constructed matched employer-employee data at the establishment level. We explicitly measure the … importance of network effects for groups broken out by race, ethnicity, and various measures of skill, for networks generated by …

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Ethnicity and labor market outcomes

Constant, Amelie (ed.); Tatsiramos, Konstantinos (contributor) - 2009 - 1. ed.

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Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK

Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - 2000

This paper uses two recent UK surveys to investigate labour market performance, the determinants of language proficiency, and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. Our results show that language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as...

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How important is access to jobs? Old question - improved answer

Åslund, Olof; Östh, John; Zenou, Yves - 2006

We study the impact of job proximity on individual employment and earnings. The analysis exploits a Swedish refugee dispersal policy to get exogenous variation in individual locations. Using very detailed data on the exact location of all residences and workplaces in Sweden, we find that having...

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How important is access to jobs? Old questions - improved answer

Åslund, Olof; Östh, John; Zenou, Yves - 2006

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How Important is Access to Jobs? Old Question - Improved Answer

Åslund, Olof; Östh, John; Zenou, Yves - 2006

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Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market:Effects of Post-Tiananmen Immigration Policy

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline; Kerr, Emily - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012

1989 and later gave them authorization to work legally. The ChineseStudent Protection Act, passed in October 1992, made … immigrants who arrived too late to benefit.The results suggest that getting legal work status and then a green card has a …

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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands : Catching Up and the Irrelevance of Education

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences between immigrants by source country. Non-western immigrants never reach parity with native Dutch. Even second generation immigrants never fully catch up...

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The Effect of Minimum Wages on Immigrants´ Employment and Earnings

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

This study examines how minimum wage laws affect the employment and earnings of low-skilled immigrants and natives in the U.S. Minimum wage increases might have larger effects among low-skilled immigrants than among natives because, on average, immigrants earn less than natives due to lower...

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