We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate … immigrants from that country. By hiring immigrants, a firm may access foreign knowledge and networks needed to overcome …, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We …

depending on the geographical settlement patterns of immigrants. Both mechanisms make natives and migrants appear as imperfect …

criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on … immigrants to be favorably selected, although this is less intense under the later criteria. The overall favorable selectivity of … immigrants, therefore, depends on the favorable selectivity of the supply of immigrants and the criteria used to ration …

We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction … between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host countryś society, and economic assimilation as … in turn prompts him to form more destination-specific human capital in order to increase his earnings and narrow the …

The preponderance of minimal second language acquisition by immigrants worldwide is striking. This paper proposes a … by immigrants in such diverse immigrant-receiving countries as Canada, Germany, Israel and the United States. It is … arrival. In all cases and in all spheres, it is argued that, for the majority of immigrants, the weakest level of second …

literature which studies the effect of the immigrants' characteristics, such as age, gender, education, religion, age at arrival …, stock of immigrants in the host country, etc., on their ethnic identity (such as the Ethnosizer). In addition, this paper …

, and ethnic selfidentification, the method classifies that individual into one of four states: assimilation, integration …, separation or marginalization. A large body of literature has emerged examining the effects of immigrants' characteristics (age …

We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction … between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host country’s society, and economic assimilation as … in turn prompts him to form more destination-specific human capital in order to increase his earnings and narrow the …

In this empirical paper we assess how labour market transitions and out- and repeated migration of immigrants are … benefits, out-of-the-labour market (no benefits) and abroad. For the analysis we use data on recent labour immigrants to The … risks ; immigrant assimilation …