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The impact of immigration on the employment dynamics of European regions
Edo, Anthony; Özgüzel, Cem - 2023
This paper provides the first evidence on the regional impact of immigration on native employment in a cross …-run estimates show adverse employment effects in response to immigration, while these effects disappear in the longer run. Second …, low-educated native workers experience employment losses due to immigration, whereas high-educated ones are more likely to …
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Do English skills affect Muslim immigrants' economic and social integration differentially?
Yuksel, Mutlu; Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Guven, Cahit - 2019
This paper estimates the returns to English-speaking fluency on the socioeconomic outcomes of childhood immigrants. We further investigate whether Muslim childhood immigrants face additional hurdles in economic and social integration into the host country. Motivated by the critical age...
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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Chiswick, Barry R.; Houseworth, Christina A. - 2019
This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...
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Does Culture Affect Divorce Decisions? Evidence from European Immigrants in the US
Furtado, Delia - 2011
This paper explores the role of culture in determining divorce decisions by examining country of origin differences in divorce rates of immigrants in the United States. Because childhood-arriving immigrants are all exposed to a common set of US laws and institutions, we interpret relationships...
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Do English Skills Affect Muslim Immigrants' Economic and Social Integration Differentially?
Yuksel, Mutlu - 2019
This paper estimates the returns to English-speaking fluency on the socioeconomic outcomes of childhood immigrants. We further investigate whether Muslim childhood immigrants face additional hurdles in economic and social integration into the host country. Motivated by the critical age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868798
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Chapter 3. The Adjustment of Immigrants in the Labor Market
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 105-182). 2015
This chapter explores immigrant labor market adjustment by first describing methodological and theoretical considerations central to the analysis of earnings growth and occupational mobility. When no restrictions are placed on entry earnings or earnings growth, an inverse relationship between...
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EU enlargement and (temporary) migration : effects on labour market outcomes in Germany
Hammer, Luisa; Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2022
EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May … distribution; and a permanent positive effect on full-time employment. …
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Education as a tool for the economic integration of migrants
De Paola, Maria; Brunello, Giorgio - 2016
We examine the role of education in fostering the economic integration of immigrants. Although immigrants in Europe are – on average – slightly less educated than native individuals, there is a large heterogeneity across countries. We discuss evidence on student performance in international...
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Immigrant educators and students' academic achievement
Seah, Kelvin - 2016
Using a dataset which allows students to be linked to their teachers, this paper examines how educators with an immigrant background affect the academic achievements of secondary school students in the United States. To account for the possibility that immigrant and native teachers may be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011500627
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Skills and inclusive growth in Sweden
Pareliussen, Jon K.; Bussi, Margherita; André, Christophe - 2015
A highly skilled workforce is crucial to sustain competitiveness and contain the rise in income inequality. Recent surveys of adult skills and educational performance suggest that younger cohorts are doing less well than their predecessors. Many immigrants struggle both in school and in the...
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