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Labor market transparency
Wadensjö, Eskil - 2013
The labor market differs from other markets in many respects. Most important is that those who supply labor also have to deliver it in person. It means firstly that the work environment and organization of work are important for those who deliver labor, since they are in the work place....
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Eastern European immigrants in the UK before and after the 2004 European enlargement
Longhi, Simonetta; Rokicka, Magdalena - 2012 - This version: 31 January 2012
The 2004 accession of Eastern European countries to the EU has generated concerns about the influx of low-skill immigrants to those countries which did not impose restrictions to immigration, namely Ireland, Sweden, and the UK. However, there is lack of recent systematic evidence on the level of...
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Impact of Labor Costs and Labor Efficiency on Emigration and New Job Creation in Poland
Wyrobek, Joanna M. - 2014
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European immigrants in the UK before and after the 2004 enlargement : is there a change in immigrant self-selection?
Longhi, Simonetta; Rokicka, Magdalena - 2012 - This version: 18 October 2012
The 2004 accession of Eastern European countries (EU8) to the European Union has generated concerns about the influx of low-skill immigrants to the Western member states (EU15). Only three countries, namely Ireland, Sweden, and the UK, did not impose restrictions to immigration from Eastern...
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Venezuelan migration in Peru : short-term adjustments in the labor market
Morales, Fernando; Pierola, Martha Denisse - 2020
workers with tertiary education in the non-service sector; b) a 1 pp decrease in the probability of having an informal job for … workers with tertiary education in the non-service sector; and c) a 3.2 percent decrease in real monthly earnings for workers … with secondary education and a formal job in the service sector. …
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Worker power, immigrant sorting, and firm dynamics
Silliman, Mikko; Willén, Alexander - 2024
This paper combines two of the most central features of modern labor markets —immigrants and unions —to examine the role of worker power in shaping immigrant sorting across firms, and how that subsequently influences the performance of firms and the careers of incumbent workers. First,...
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Does foreign language proficiency foster migration of young individuals within the European Union?
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Kuehn, Zoë - 2014
economic success goes both ways. Using data on the study of foreign languages during compulsory education in European countries …
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Secondary education and international labor mobility : evidence from the natural experiment in the Philippines
Sakai, Yoko; Masuda, Kazuya - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/10, pp. 1-22
to the 1988 free secondary education reform in the Philippines to examine the impact of years of education on the … propensity of working abroad. The results suggest that free secondary education increased the years of education for men …. Moreover, the additional years of education reduced the likelihood of working abroad by 3.2% points on average. However, an …
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Growing up in ethnic enclaves : language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children
Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018
Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in...
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Growing up in ethnic enclaves : language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children
Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018
Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904270