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Native-immigrant gaps in educational and school-to-work transitions in the second generation : the role of gender and ethnicity
Baert, Stijn; Heiland, Frank; Korenman, Sanders - 2014
We study how native-immigrant (second generation) differences in educational trajectories and school-to-work transitions vary by gender. Using longitudinal Belgian data and adjusting for family background and educational sorting, we find that both male and female second-generation immigrants,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463408
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Do ethnic minorities 'stretch' their time? Evidence from the UK time use survey
Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
This paper investigates the effect of ethnicity on time spent on overlapped household production, work and leisure activities employing the 2000-2001 UK Time Use Survey. We find that, unconditionally, white females manage to stretch their time the most by an additional 233 minutes per day and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269801
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Do ethnic minorities 'stretch' their time? Evidence from the UK time use survey
Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
This paper investigates the effect of ethnicity on time spent on overlapped household production, work and leisure activities employing the 2000-2001 UK Time Use Survey. We find that, unconditionally, white females manage to stretch their time the most by an additional 233 minutes per day and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271380
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People Skills and the Labor-Market Outcomes of Underrepresented Groups
Borghans, Lex - 2014
In this article, the authors show that people skills are important determinants of labor-market outcomes, including occupational choice and wages. Technological and organizational changes have increased the importance of people skills in the workplace. The authors particularly focus on how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055338
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Native-Immigrant Gaps in Educational and School-to-Work Transitions in the Second Generation : The Role of Gender and Ethnicity
Baert, Stijn - 2015
We study how native-immigrant (second generation) differences in educational trajectories and school-to-work transitions vary by gender. Using longitudinal Belgian data and adjusting for family background and educational sorting, we find that both male and female second-generation immigrants,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030862
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Work and Money : Payoffs by Ethnic Identity and Gender
Constant, Amelie F. - 2009
Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being … suggested by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to parameterize a person's ethnic identity, using individual … individuals end up varies among immigrants even from the same country. Moreover, the quest for ethnic identity affects women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158071
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Work and Money : Payoffs by Ethnic Identity and Gender
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being … suggested by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to parameterize a person's ethnic identity, using individual … individuals end up varies among immigrants even from the same country. Moreover, the quest for ethnic identity affects women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202411
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Do ethnic minorities “stretch” their time? : evidence from the UK time use survey
Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
This paper investigates the effect of ethnicity on time spent on overlapped household production, work and leisure activities employing the 2000-2001 UK Time Use Survey. We find that, unconditionally, white females manage to "stretch" their time the most by an additional 233 minutes per day and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959642
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Do ethnic minorities “stretch” their time? : evidence from the UK time use survey
Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
This paper investigates the effect of ethnicity on time spent on overlapped household production, work and leisure activities employing the 2000-2001 UK Time Use Survey. We find that, unconditionally, white females manage to "stretch" their time the most by an additional 233 minutes per day and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962954
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Gender and race heterogeneity : the impact of increases in students with limited English on native students' performance
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2013
The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight decline in performance solely for students at the top...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229481