In this paper, I analyze intergenerational mobility of immigrants and natives in Germany. Using the German … Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP), I find intergenerational elasticities that range from 0.19 to 0.26 for natives and from 0.37 to 0 … Germany than in the U.S. However, as in the U.S., I find greater mobility among German natives than among immigrants. Moreover …

. We then try to get at the causal effect of the age at immigration by estimating a model in which child rank is explained … 10, the relation between age at immigration and income is flat, but starting at age 11, each year is associated with 3 …

for enlarged-EU migrants after 2007, in relation to other migrants and natives. After investigating the effects of …

We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the …

post-immigration occupational matching -- for earnings are explored for new immigrants to Canada. Given the importance of …. However, surprisingly, neither matching nor language skills have any impact on the return to pre-immigration work experience … appreciable direct impact on earnings, and to mediate the return to pre-immigration education but not labour market experience. …

This paper starts with a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide a comprehensive analysis … their children relative to natives. We show that immigrants – in particular those from non-EU countries – are severely … disadvantaged in most countries, even if we compare them to natives with the same measurable skills. We conclude with a discussion …

This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing … discuss the disadvantage of immigrants and their children relative to natives. We show that immigrants – in particular those … from non-EU countries – are severely disadvantaged in most countries, even if we compare them to natives with the same …

We examine the ability of male immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration … skill requirements of pre- and post-immigration occupations. We find that male immigrants to Canada were employed in source … immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the opposite. These discrepancies are both larger and more …