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Intermarriage between a native and immigrant can affect the household’s supply of labor hours. Spouse selectivity on … education, native spouses supply more market labor. Intermarriage may also skew bargaining power in favor of native husbands in …
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Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but …
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In this paper, I assess the employment and income effect of divorce for women in West Germany between 2000 and 2005 …. With newly available administrative data that allows me to adopt a causal approach, I find strong negative employment … effects with respect to marginal employment and strong positive effects with respect to regular employ-ment. However, in sum …
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births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This …
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Using the 2006 Census, we create a continuous index that quantifies the relatedness between 1375 fields of study and 520 occupations for native-born workers and use it as the benchmark reflecting the "common" matching quality in Canadian labor markets that internationally educated immigrant...
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immigration, contrasting evidence shows that immigrants are less likely to move into areas with higher or more frequent increases …
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for education, language, and employment. Such policies can also reduce barriers to entry, encourage naturalization, and …
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demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …
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The policy debate surrounding the employment of immigrant workers in U.S. agriculture centers around the extent to … unauthorized immigrant farmworkers have a significant impact on the employment of native farmworkers. …
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