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Institutions et scolarité : le cas des francophones au Québec vs les Américains d'origine canadienne-française
Parent, Daniel - In: L' Actualité économique : revue trimest. 90 (2014) 3, pp. 147-189
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Source country differences in test score gaps : evidence from Denmark
Rangvid, Beatrice Schindler - In: Education economics 18 (2010) 3, pp. 269-295
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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants in Germany
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - 2010
the language proficiency of immigrants by exploiting the fact that the initial placement of guest-workers after WWII was … several data sets, we find a small but robust and significant negative effect of ethnic concentration on immigrants' language … presence of the effect. Immigrants with high learning costs are inclined to move to ethnic enclaves, so that the share of …
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A policy agenda for diversity and minority integration
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and economic challenge. Based on evidence presented in Kahanec and Zimmermann (2011), this policy paper proposes an agenda for diversity and minority integration in the European labor...
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How do information and experience play a role in the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities? : the case of Latin-American immigrants in Barcelona
Aliaga-Isla, Rocío; Rialp Criado, Alex - In: Latin American business review : journal of the … 13 (2012) 1, pp. 59-80
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Internationalization of immigrant-owned SMEs : the role of language
Sui, Sui; Morgan, Horatio M.; Baum, Matthias - In: Journal of world business : JWB 50 (2015) 4, pp. 804-814
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Self‐employment amongst migrant groups in England and Wales : new evidence from Census microdata
Clark, Kenneth; Drinkwater, Stephen J.; Robinson, Catherine - 2015
Self‐employment constitutes a vital part of the economy since entrepreneurs can provide not only employment for themselves but also for others. The link between self‐employment and immigration is, however, complex since self‐employment can be viewed as both a haven from the paid labour...
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The job search and education investments of immigrant families
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Connolly, Marie D.; Worswick, … - 2001
This paper examines the post-migration investments in schooling and job search of immigrant families using new longitudinal data for Australia. Higher education levels at time of arrival are associated with a greater probability of enrolling in school after migration. In households where the...
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The impacts of immigrants and institutions on bilateral tourism flows
Balli, Faruk; Balli, Hatice Ozer; Jean-Louis, Rosmy - In: Tourism management : research, policies, practice 52 (2016), pp. 221-229
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Gender wage gap and its effect on test scores of immigrant students
Yamamura, Eiji - 2016
This paper examines how gender equality influences difference in cognitive skills between genders. For closer examination of Guiso et al. (2008), restricting the sample to immigrant allows us to reduce the possibility of reverse causality. Key findings obtained through regression estimation are:...
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