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Born abroad and educated here : examining the impacts of education and skill mismatch among immigrant graduates in Europe
McGuinness, Séamus; Byrne, Delma - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-30
This paper examines the wage and job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among migrants graduating … from EU-15 based universities in 2005. Female migrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher … likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived migrants incurred wage penalties which were exacerbated by additional penalties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333997
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An explanation for the lower payoff to schooling for immigrants in the Canadian labour market
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines the difference between the payoffs to schooling for immigrants and the native born in Canada, using 2001 Census data. Analyses are presented for males and females. Comparisons are offered with findings for the US. The paper uses the Overeducation/Required...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900881
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Complements or substitutes? : task specialization by gender and nativity in Spain
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Rica, Sara de la - 2009
Learning about the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives is a topic of major concern for immigrant-receiving countries. There exists an extensive literature evaluating the impact of immigration on the employment and wages of natives in the U.S. Yet, despite the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879381
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Complements or Substitutes? Task Specialization by Gender and Nativity in Spain
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina - 2009
Learning about the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives is a topic of major concern for immigrant-receiving countries. There exists an extensive literature evaluating the impact of immigration on the employment and wages of natives in the U.S. Yet, despite the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157038
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Do negative native-place stereotypes lead to discriminatory wage penalties in China's migrant labor markets?
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Connelly, Rachel; Tran, Ngoc-Han Thi - 2015
analyze the question of wage discrimination among migrants by estimating wage equations for men and women, controlling for … provinces of origin. We find no systemic differences by province of origin in the hourly wages of male and female migrants …. However, in a few specific cases, we find that migrants from a particular province earn significantly less than those from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010478982
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Gender gap dynamics among refugees and recent immigrants : different start, similar patterns?
Kosyakova, Yuliya; Salikutluk, Zerrin - 2023
In the last years, the labor market integration of immigrant women has received much attention in the migration literature. We examine gender differences in labor market integration among refugees and other new immigrants who came to Germany during a similar period from a dynamic perspective. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014438525
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Immigrant heterogeneity and the earnings distribution in the United Kingdom and United States : new evidence from a panel data quantile regression analysis
Billger, Sherrilyn M.; Lamarche, Carlos - 2010
In this paper we use a relatively new panel data quantile regression technique to examine native-immigrant earnings differentials 1) throughout the conditional wage distribution, and 2) controlling for individual heterogeneity. No previous papers have simultaneously considered these factors. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153565
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Are Asian Migrants Discriminated Against in the Labour Market? A Case Study of Australia
Junankar, P. N. Raja; Paul, Satya; Yasmeen, Wahida - 2021
This paper explores the issue of discrimination against Asian migrants in the Australian labour market using a unique … being unemployed for Asian and non-Asian migrants controlling for various characteristics including age, education, and … English language ability. More importantly, we control for the visa status of the migrants. Our results suggest that there are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319234
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An explanation for the lower payoff to schooling for immigrants in the Canadian labour market
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines the difference between the payoffs to schooling for immigrants and the native born in Canada, using 2001 Census data. Analyses are presented for males and females. Comparisons are offered with findings for the US. The paper uses the Overeducation/Required...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271271
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Complements or substitutes? Task specialization by gender and nativity in Spain
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; de la Rica, Sara - 2009
Learning about the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives is a topic of major concern for immigrant-receiving countries. There exists an extensive literature evaluating the impact of immigration on the employment and wages of natives in the U.S. Yet, despite the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276403