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Elementary facts about immigration in Italy : what do we know about immigration and its impact?
Mariani, Rama Dasi; Pasquini, Alessandra; Rosati, Furio … - 2020
The 2D:4D digit ratio, the ratio of the length of the 2nd digit to the length of the 4th digit, is often considered a proxy for testosterone exposure in utero. A recent study by Nicolaou et al. (2018) reported an association between the lefthand 2D:4D and self-employment (in a sample of about...
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How Different are Immigrants? A Cross-Country and Cross-Survey Analysis of Educational Achievement
Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2021
This paper examines differences in educational achievement between immigrants and natives in ten countries with a high population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. The first step of the analysis shows...
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Immigrant Concentration at School and Natives' Achievement : Does the Type of Migrants and Natives Matter?
Bossavie, Laurent - 2017
' performance. This negative impact is stronger among natives with low parental education. We also report a negative effect of the … concentration of migrants with low parental education, while migrants with high parental education are found to have no impact. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950369
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Is child like parent? : educational attainment and ethnic origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
difference in favor of father's education over mother's education. …
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Is child like parent? : educational attainment and ethnic origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576974
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Occupational mismatch of immigrants in Europe : the role of education and cognitive skills
Cim, Merve; Kind, Michael Sebastian; Kleibrink, Jan - 2017
measured in terms of education, is often regarded as a waste of human capital. Such discussions, however, ignore the imperfect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632140
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Crime and immigration : do poor labor market opportunities lead to migrant crime?
Bell, Brian - 2014
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but …
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Do immigrants squeeze natives out of bad schedules? : evidence from Italy
Osea, Giuntella - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
This paper documents the effect of immigrant concentration on natives’ work schedules. I show that immigrants are more likely to work at non‐standard hours (i.e. evenings, nights and Sundays) and that a higher proportion of immigrants in the local labor market is associated with a lower...
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Costs and benefits of labor mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Countries : the case of Poland
Duszczyk, Maciej; Góra, Marek; Kaczmarczyk, Paweł - 2013
Poland is a country being exposed to emigration and immigration flows relatively recently. That, among others, results … shows moderate positive impact of immigration fitting demand mostly in agriculture, construction and household services. We … analyse an impact of immigration on the domestic labour market in Poland. The immigrants fill gaps existing due to relatively …
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Migration, crisis and adjustment in an enlarged E(M)U : the Spanish perspective
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Farré, Lídia - 2014
This paper investigates the labour market and welfare changes experienced by enlarged-EU migrants before and after 2007. For this purpose, we briefly review the Spanish socio-economic institutional background, as well as its migration policy towards enlarged-EU citizens. Then we discuss the...
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