regulatory conditions on immigrant-native gaps across four outcomes; unemployment, monthly earnings, underemployment, and … precarious contracts. The empirical results suggest that immigrant-native gaps are larger in countries with more immigrants …. Evidence also indicates that a stricter regulation of regular contracts increases the immigrant-native earnings gap and …

destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of … acquiring destination language proficiency, with an emphasis on labor market outcomes, and in particular earnings. Factors that …

market consequences of that proficiency, as expressed in their earnings. Immigrants tend to take language differences across … residence. This model is shown to be robust for the several immigrant receiving countries studied. Earnings among immigrants are …This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of …

immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self …This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to … Treiman prestige scale scores increase their earnings, for self-employed immigrant men it is the longevity of the business …

This paper investigates determinants and wage effects of educational mismatch for both natives and immigrants in … Germany. Using the GSOEP panel data from 1991 to 2013, I find that conditional on educational attainment immigrants face a … higher incidence of overeducation compared to their native counterparts. Among immigrants German language skills as well as …

regression, we inspect the earnings effects of job mismatches for immigrants in Australia. This first application of the method … earnings distribution. Immigrants from non-English speaking countries experience lower earnings returns and a substantial … penalty based on regression at the mean, at the highest earnings quantile, both Australian-born and immigrants from non …

As immigrants born in developing countries and their descendants represent a growing share of the working ….5% for first- and second-generation immigrants, respectively. However, controlling for a wide range of observables (e.g. age … first-generation immigrants born in developing countries still experience a sizeable adjusted wage gap (2.7%), there is no …

As immigrants born in developing countries and their descendants represent a growing share of the working ….5% for first- and second-generation immigrants, respectively. However, controlling for a wide range of observables (e.g. age … first-generation immigrants born in developing countries still experience a sizeable adjusted wage gap (2.7%), there is no …

market. Our difference-in-difference model estimates whether the earnings difference between individuals with high and low … grades differs between central and local exams. We find that the earnings premium for a one standard-deviation increase in …