Using the Children of the Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), we examine the association between education at the … youth. Education at the intensive margin is measured by two widely used standardized math and reading test scores, national …

returns to schooling and over-education rates by country-of-origin. The key finding is that accounting for schooling quality … virtually eliminates native-immigrant gaps in returns to schooling and the incidence of over-education. The quality of human … capital is important for understanding the economic integration of immigrants. …

The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the United States analyzes their … earnings largely as a function of human capital variables such as education, language competence, age, length of residence and … may lose much of its explanatory power in other societies, where immigrants encounter different labor market conditions …

and/or in education. For comparison we have followed groups of immigrants by their reason for immigration, like refugees …, labor-, family- and education-immigrants and Nordic immigrants with special focus on those who do not move domestically … immigrants' reason for immigration. Immigrants who remain outside of employment and/or education is mostly to be found among …

changes in education and region of origin are accounted for, we find that the unobservable skills of newly arriving immigrants …In this paper, we show that the wage assimilation of immigrants is the result of the intricate interplay between … individual skill accumulation and dynamic equilibrium effects in the labor market. When immigrants and natives are imperfect …

changes in education and region of origin are accounted for, we find that the unobservable skills of newly arriving immigrants …In this paper, we show that the wage assimilation of immigrants is the result of the intricate interplay between … individual skill accumulation and dynamic equilibrium effects in the labor market. When immigrants and natives are imperfect …

immigrants’ education levels and probability of becoming an inventor, comparing immigrants from the EU-15 with those from other …Migration policies can have a strong impact on the selection of immigrants, who in turn can affect the host country …’s innovation development. This paper examines the effects of the liberalization of migration on the skill composition of immigrants …

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host …

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host …