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Immigration, obesity and labor market outcomes in the UK
Averett, Susan; Argys, Laura M.; Kohn, Jennifer L. - 2012
We estimate the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes in the UK. There is only one other paper that has estimated these dual effects on a sample of immigrants to the US. We use the British Household Panel Survey, which contains information on height and weight for 2004...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534891
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Immigration, Obesity and Labor Market Outcomes in the UK
Averett, Susan L. - 2014
We estimate the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes in the UK. There is only one other paper that has estimated these dual effects on a sample of immigrants to the US. We use the British Household Panel Survey, which contains information on height and weight for 2004...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066244
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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK have all become, perhaps unwittingly, countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905696
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The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
Algan, Yann - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK have all become, perhaps unwittingly, countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155002
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Skilled migration policy and the labour market performance of immigrants
Tani, Massimiliano - 2017
1990s and data collected by the Longitudinal Survey of Migrants to Australia. The statistical techniques employed in the … an ineffective policy tool to influence migrants' labour market outcomes. However, the economic relevance of making an … effective use of migrants' skills provides scope for close coordination between immigration and employment policy to ensure that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785580
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English Skills and Early Labour Market Integration of Humanitarian Migrants
Cheng, Zhiming - 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/10012822460
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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
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Barriers for highly qualified A8 immigrants in the UK labour market
Sirkeci, Ibrahim; Acik, Necla; Saunders, Bradley; … - In: Work, employment and society : a journal of the British … 32 (2018) 5, pp. 906-924
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159795
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International migration and the economics of language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2014
international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … linguistic enclaves, (2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the …, Canada, Australia, the UK, Germany, Israel and Spain. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230532
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Chapter 5. International Migration and the Economics of Language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 211-269). 2015
destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025478