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A comparative analysis of the labour market performance of university‐educated immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States : does policy matter?
Clarke, Andrew; Ferrer, Ana M.; Skuterud, Mikal - 2018
We examine data from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. to inform the potential for immigrant screening policies to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798252
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Does migration motive matter for migrants' employment outcomes? : the case of Belgium
Lens, Dries; Marx, Ive; Vujić, Sunčica - 2018
Belgian LFS Ad Hoc Module on the labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants, we compare the … employment outcomes of labour migrants (with and without a job prior to migration), family reunion migrants, student migrants and … refugees with those of the native-born. In line with previous studies, we establish that refugees and family reunion migrants …
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Educational attainment and labor market performance : an analysis of immigrants in France
Akgüç, Mehtap; Ferrer, Ana M. - 2015
Using a recent survey of immigrants to France, we provide a detailed analysis of the educational attainment and labor market performance of various sub-population groups in France. Our results indicate that immigrants to France are less educated than the native born and that these differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498504
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Identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants
Carillo, Maria R.; Lombardo, Vincenzo; Venittelli, Tiziana - 2021
This paper explores the relationship between social identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants. Using survey data from Italy, we provide robust evidence that immigrants with stronger feelings of belonging to the societies of both the host and home country have higher employment rates,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392708
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Identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants
Carillo, Maria R.; Lombardo, Vincenzo; Venittelli, Tiziana - 2021
This paper explores the relationship between social identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants. Using survey data from Italy, we provide robust evidence that immigrants with stronger feelings of belonging to the societies of both the host and home country have higher employment rates,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497035
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The effect of employer enrollment in E-Verify on low-skilled U.S. workers
Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - 2020
U.S. employers can check whether the workers they hire are legally eligible for employment using E-Verify, a free electronic system run by the federal government. We use confidential data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide the first examination of whether increases in...
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The heterogeneous employment outcomes of first- and second- generation immigrants in Belgium
Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - 2020
This paper provides a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the employment performance of first- and second-generation immigrants in Belgium compared to that of natives. Using detailed quarterly data for the period 2008-2014, we find not only that first-generation immigrants face a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179132
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The Labor Market Performance of Immigrants in Germany
Beyer, Robert - 2016
The paper uses a large survey (GSOEP) to analyze the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It finds that new immigrant workers earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for immigrants from advanced countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996034
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Labour Market Status and Migration Dynamics
Bijwaard, Govert E. - 2009
Netherlands, which implies that all migrants are (self)-employed at the time of arrival. We find that many migrants leave the … the dynamics. Microsimulations of synthetic cohorts reveal that many migrants experience unemployment spells, but ten … only increase the unemployment among migrants but also departure from the country. Scenarios also indicate that an increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154986
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English skills and early labour market integration of humanitarian migrants
Cheng, Zhiming; Wang, Ben Zhe; Jiang, Zhou; Taksa, Lucy; … - 2020
in English and labour market outcomes among humanitarian migrants. Having better general or speaking skills in English is … speaking skills has been the least improved domain for humanitarian migrants' who have participated in an English training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293794