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This study investigates the emotional experiences of immigrants and native- born individuals in the United States …. The results reveal that when viewed through the evaluation lenses of the general US population, immigrants engage in less … assessments, immigrants are more optimistic and perceive these activities as associated with higher levels of happiness and …
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the endogenous location of immigrants, we find that low-skilled immigration to the United States has contributed to …
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the endogenous location of immigrants, we find that low-skilled immigration to the United States has contributed to …
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We compare the allocation of time of native men and women married to immigrants against their counterparts in all … immigrant men married to native daughters of immigrants from the same region get more benefits from intermarriage than other … immigrants. …
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married to immigrants with that of their counterparts in all-native couples. We find that when intermarried to a native some … why immigrant men married to native daughters of immigrants from the same region get more benefits from intermarriage than … other immigrants. …
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We evaluate the individual employment effects of four types of short-term training for immigrants and natives in the … training increase the employment chances of immigrants, whereas the other two are rather ineffective. Effect differences … between immigrants and natives predominantly result from socio-demographic composition. …
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A growing body of programme evaluation literature recognises immigrants as a disadvantaged group on European labour …
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Immigrants may complement native workers, increase productivity, allow specialization by skill in the firm and lower … immigrants. Allowing firms to have differential fixed cost in hiring immigrants we analyze the impact of an increase in local … supply of immigrants on firms' immigrant employment and firm's productivity. Using micro-level data on French firms, we show …
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also use the 1991 distribution of immigrants by nationality across European labor markets to construct a version of the … enclave-based instrument to proxy for the flow of immigrants, that is exogenous to local demand shocks. We find that native … Europeans are more likely to upgrade to more skilled and better paid occupations, when a larger number of immigrants enter their …
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