Showing 1 - 10 of 3,065
This article uses micro-data from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey to analyze the acquisition of Spanish language skills for immigrants in Spain. The motivation of the paper is threefold. Language skills are important for an individual's labour market performance, Spain offers an important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463425
variation in labour market outcomes by country of origin and a Fairlie decomposition yields that education is an important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586192
While destination-country education provides many potential advantages for immigrants, empirical studies in Australia …-educated immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group, and the key factor differentiating their post-immigration earnings from the earnings … becoming permanent residents. Furthermore, an extra year of Canadian work experience or an extra year of Canadian education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011707387
early 20th century, I study immigration’s cross-generation effect on the native-born. I examine the causal impact of …-level immigration exposure. I show that childhood exposure to immigrants increases natives’ occupation ranks in adulthood, and children … of high-skilled fathers enjoy more benefits than their peers. The results suggest that immigration intensifies cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014256630
What are the migration policy lessons that can be learned from the Spanish case? Unlike countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants, in Spain having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms wage or occupational assimilation (relative to their native...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725376
natives' opinion toward immigration exploiting reforms in compulsory education in Europe in the 1960s through the 1990s. Our … assessment of immigration's role in host countries. Our findings suggest that education as a policy instrument can increase …We use European Social Survey and Labour Force Survey data to estimate the causal effect of education on European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488132
This chapter deals with several salient issues about immigrants to the US and their education. These issues include a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023739
irrelevance of education for socio-economic position of immigrants once the country of origin has been controlled for. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376490
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is the first large-scale immigration reform to affect undocumented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737511
We examine the role of education in fostering the economic integration of immigrants. Although immigrants in Europe are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455647