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discrimination and skill wage inequality in the Chinese labor market. Based on data from the 2014 China Family Panel Studies (CFPSs … industries. We also find employment discrimination resulting from skill differences in state-owned and non-state-owned sectors. A …
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destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …
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This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 …
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This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of … destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor … market consequences of that proficiency, as expressed in their earnings. Immigrants tend to take language differences across …
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This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 …
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This study finds evidence of wage divergence between immigrants and natives in Germany using a country-wide household … immigrants and natives. Individual rates of wage convergence are found to be higher for immigrants who fled warfare zones, belong … contributes substantially to closing the wage gap with natives. The treatment effect is heterogeneous, favoring immigrants who are …
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This paper is a review of the literature in economics up to the early 1980s on the issue of estimating the earnings return to schooling and labor market experience. It begins with a presentation of Adam Smith's (1776) analysis of wage determination, with the second of his five points on...
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This paper is a review of the literature in economics up to the early 1980s on the issue of estimating the earnings return to schooling and labor market experience. It begins with a presentation of Adam Smith's (1776) analysis of wage determination, with the second of his five points on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014448139
This paper studies the occupational selection among generations of immigrants in the United States and links their … time that immigrants spend in the US and over generations. Information friction may be an explanation. …
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