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Are immigrants favorably self-selected? : an economic analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325988
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Optimal quota for sector-specific immigration
Mayr, Karin - 2008
Sectoral labor supply shortage is a cause of concern in many OECD countries and has raised support for immigration as a potential remedy. In this paper, we derive a general equilibrium model with overlapping generations, where natives require a compensating wage differential for working in one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009741042
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A joint hazard-longitudinal model of the timing of migration, immigrant quality, and labor market assimilation
Jain, Apoorva; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2017
This paper develops and estimates a joint hazard-longitudinal (JHL) model of the timing of migration and labor market … endogenous age of entry in estimating the returns to years since migration by allowing cross-equation correlations of random …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704297
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A Theory of Dual Job Search and Sex-Based Occupational Clustering
Benson, Alan - 2014
I present a theory of couples' job search whereby women sort into lower-paying geographically-dispersed occupations due to expectations of future spouses' geographically-clustered occupations and (thereby) inability to relocate for work. Results confirm men segregate into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068364
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International Trade and Labor Market Integration of Immigrants
Lodefalk, Magnus - 2020
We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate substantially less than natives in the labor market. However, trading with a foreign country is expected to increase the demand for immigrants from that country. By hiring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824643
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Labor market competition and the assimilation of immigrants
Albert, Christoph; Glitz, Albrecht; Llull, Joan - 2021
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 substitutes, increasing immigrant inflows widen the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012602108
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Labor market competition and the assimilation of immigrants
Albert, Christoph; Glitz, Albrecht; Llull, Joan - 2021
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 substitutes, increasing immigrant inflows widen the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603991
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The Kernel of the Migration Literature on Remittances
Ulrika, Maude - 2021
This paper provides the kernel of the migration literature on remittances. It started from their three most debated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234630
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Employer sanctions, and the welfare of native workers
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2012
We investigate the impact of the imposition of sanctions for employing illegal migrants on the welfare of native workers. Our analysis is based on the premise that in response to such sanctions, managers in a firm may be reassigned from supervision of production to verification of the legality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009547497
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Expected Income and Labor Market Choices of U.S. Married Couples : A Locally Weighted Regression Approach
Mroz, Thomas A. - 2013
provide more explanatory power in a simple migration model than less detailed definitions of labor markets and demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089740