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of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all … geographical and cultural, immigration policies and migrant networks. Differentiating immigrants by their educational attainments …, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …
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same skills than natives. The level of downgrading could depend on the type of immigrant and numerous factors. This study …
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of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all … geographical and cultural, immigration policies and migrant networks. Differentiating immigrants by their educational attainments …, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …
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immigration on natives' hourly wages and employment was examined, by using microdata for Germany. Native workers' educational … admission of immigrants into Germany has contributed to the country being the second largest immigration destination in the … world, and this has resulted in both negative and positive outcomes for the natives. In this essay, the effect of …
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decades, it is important to know both how migrants integrate into the destination countries and how immigration affects … increases intergenerational income mobility among natives and by showing that immigration may, under specific circumstances …-contained chapters that contribute to the understanding of the performance of migrants in the host society and the impact of migrants on …
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This paper develops and estimates a joint hazard-longitudinal (JHL) model of the timing of migration and labor market assimilation – two processes that have been assumed to be independent in the existing literature. The JHL model accounts for the endogenous age of entry in estimating the...
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through immigration increases the aggregate unemployment rate by less than 0.1 percentage points and reduces average wages by …
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, then, reflect both regional pay and employment differentials. In such a context, migrants tend to move to regions that best … its in-migrants. A higher employment inequality in Eastern as compared to Western Germany may, thus, be the missing link … to explain the fact that East-West migrants tend to be rather unskilled. …
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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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