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Immigrants' economic performance and selective outmigration: diverging predictions from survey and administrative data
Bellemare, Charles; Kyui, Natalia; Lacroix, Guy - 2021
outmigration yield very different qualitative and quantitative predictions. Survey-based estimates substantially overpredict … outmigration, in particular for lower performing immigrants. Consequently, employment and earnings of immigrants who remain in the … sources find opposite self-selection mechanisms into outmigration. Differences hold despite using the same cohort, survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012492315
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Immigrants' economic performance and selective outmigration : diverging predictions from survey and administrative data
Bellemare, Charles; Kyui, Natalia; Lacroix, Guy - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012491733
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Dynamics of the employment assimilation of first-generation immigrant men in Sweden: comparing dynamic and static assimilation models with longitudinal data
Akay, Alpaslan - 2009
We analyse the dynamics of employment assimilation of first-generation immigrant men in Sweden using a high-quality, register-based panel data set. It is discussed that when there are significant differences between employment status persistence of immigrants and natives, the standard static...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269641
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Dynamics of the employment assimilation of first-generation immigrant men in Sweden : comparing dynamic and static assimilation models with longitudinal data
Akay, Alpaslan - 2009
We analyse the dynamics of employment assimilation of first-generation immigrant men in Sweden using a high-quality, register-based panel data set. It is discussed that when there are significant differences between employment status persistence of immigrants and natives, the standard static...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931958
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Dynamics of the Employment Assimilation of First-Generation Immigrant Men in Sweden : Comparing Dynamic and Static Assimilation Models with Longitudinal Data
Akay, Alpaslan - 2009
We analyse the dynamics of employment assimilation of first-generation immigrant men in Sweden using a high-quality, register-based panel data set. It is discussed that when there are significant differences between employment status persistence of immigrants and natives, the standard static...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152954
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The Immigrant Wage Gap in Germany
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - 2008
Immigrants consist of foreigners and citizens with migration background. We analyze the wage gap between natives and these two groups in Germany. The estimates show a substantial gap for both groups with respect to natives. Discarding immigrants who completed education abroad reduces much of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298665
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
This paper explores the theoretical issues and the empirical literature regarding the selectivity of migrants. Although the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The theoretical analysis indicates a tendency toward the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262350
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Intergenerational Progress of Mexican-Origin Workers in the U.S. Labor Market
Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001
Using unique Current Population Survey data from November 1979 and 1989, this paper compares the wage structure across generations of Mexican-origin men. I find that the sizable earnings advantage U.S.-born Mexican Americans enjoy over Mexican immigrants arises not just from intergenerational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262582
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Labor Market Incorporation of Immigrants in Japan and the United States: A Comparative Analysis
Cornelius, Wayne A.; Tsuda, Takeyuki - 2002
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 employment experience in the receiving country. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262776
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Do Enclaves Matter in Immigrant Adjustment?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of immigrant/linguistic concentrations (enclaves). The reasons for the formation of these concentrations are discussed. Hypotheses are developed regarding ?ethnic goods? and the effect of concentrations on the immigrant?s language...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262798