This paper analyzes how the implicit difference in time horizons between refugees and economic immigrants affects … same level of English skills. The two immigrant groups had made substantial gains by 1990; however, refugees had made …, refugees from the 1975-1980 arrival cohort earned 20 percent more, worked 4 percent more hours, and improved their English …

This paper tests whether amnesty, a provision of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), affected the labor … market outcomes of the legalized population. Using the Legalized Population Survey (LPS) and the National Longitudinal Survey … amnesty on the legalized population relative to a comparison group. After the implementation of the amnesty program …

shocks, and, hence, the labor market effects of immigration. We employ a wage-setting approach which assumes that wages … suffers more from further immigration in Germany than in the UK. -- immigration ; unemployment ; wages ; labor markets ; panel …We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are …

This paper tests whether amnesty, a provision of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), affected the labor … market outcomes of the legalized population. Using the Legalized Population Survey (LPS) and the National Longitudinal Survey … amnesty on the legalized population relative to a comparison group. After the implementation of the amnesty program …

identify refugees from the larger group of immigrants to examine the outcomes of refugees relocated to the U.S. Among young … adults, we show that refugees that enter the U.S. before age 14 graduate high school and enter college at the same rate as … natives. Refugees that enter as older teenagers have lower attainment with much of the difference attributable to language …