We study the extent and consequences of biases against immigrants exhibited by high school teachers in Finland …. Compared to native students, immigrant students receive 0.06 standard deviation units lower scores from teachers than from … is largest in subjects where teachers have more discretion in grading. While teacher-assigned grades on the matriculation …

that are likely valued by teachers. These differentials are larger for male students and those attending urban schools … market outcomes, which are all well know elements for the economic assimilation of immigrants. …

Using a dataset which allows students to be linked to their teachers, this paper examines how educators with an … possibility that immigrant and native teachers may be assigned to different types of schools, and even within schools, to … different types of students, two estimation strategies are employed. The first estimates the immigrant teacher impact by …

capital is important for understanding the economic integration of immigrants. …

Upon arrival to a new country, many immigrants face job downgrading, a phenomenon describing workers being in jobs far … below where they would be assigned based on their skills. Downgrading leads to immigrants receiving lower returns to the … examines the determinants of skill downgrading among two types of immigrants - refugees and economic immigrants - in the German …

This paper analyzes wage differences between natives and immigrants in Austria. First, we show that for both groups … immigrants. When adding literacy skills to the wage decomposition, the discriminatory part vanishes completely, suggesting that … the wage difference between immigrants and natives in Austria can be to a large extent explained. Furthermore, we account …

This paper analyzes wage differences between natives and immigrants in Austria. First, we show that for both groups … immigrants. When adding literacy skills to the wage decomposition, the discriminatory part vanishes completely, suggesting that … the wage difference between immigrants and natives in Austria can be to a large extent explained. Furthermore, we account …

What are the perceptions of employers towards hiring immigrants and international students in Atlantic Canada? How are … those employers who report beliefs that multiculturalism is creativity-enhancing in the workplace and that immigrants are … perceptions that immigrants tend to take jobs from domestic workers, accept lower pay, have a lower retention probability, face …