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Immigrant-native differences in welfare participation : the role of entry and exit rates
Hansen, Jörgen (contributor); Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor) - 2006
; labor market behavior ; transition ; state dependence … der Arbeit web site …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359294
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The future of work : the promise of the new digital work society
Grantham, Charles E. - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001464313
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Immigration Policy and Less-Skilled Workers in the United States: Reflections on Future Directions for Reform
Holzer, Harry J. - 2011
This paper reviews the evidence on the effects of less-skilled immigration to the U.S., and their implications for immigration reform. It begins with a review of the costs of less-skilled immigration, in terms of competition to native-born American workers; and the benefits of such immigration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331449
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Did employer sanctions lose their bite? Labor market effects of immigrant legalization
Lofstrom, Magnus; Hill, Laura; Hayes, Joseph - 2010
Taking advantage of the ability to identify immigrants who were unauthorized to work prior to obtaining Legal Permanent Resident status, we use the New Immigrant Survey to examine whether lacking legal status to work in the U.S. constrains employment outcomes of illegal immigrants. With the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269852
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H-1Bs: How do they stack up to US born workers?
Lofstrom, Magnus; Hayes, Joseph - 2011
Combining unique individual level H-1B data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and data from the 2009 American Community Survey, we analyze earnings differences between H-1B visa holders and US born workers in STEM occupations. The data indicate that H-1Bs are younger and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282139
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The civil rights act and the earnings of lower income Hispanic men in the 1960's
Duleep, Harriet; Regets, Mark - 2012
Act, this is the first study to do so for Hispanics. We follow a longitudinal sample of individuals who were in the labor … unmeasured variables such as labor force selectivity and schooling quality that may correlate with the post-1964 period; our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287632
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The economic status of Asian Americans before and after the Civil Rights Act
Duleep, Harriet; Sanders, Seth G. - 2012
In contrast to their relative standing in today's labor market, in 1960 U.S.-born men in all Asian groups earned … plausibly account for it, such as Asian/white differences in schooling, labor force participation, entrepreneurial and … effects on the 1960 wage gap and its subsequent reduction. Our findings suggest that anti-Asian labor market discrimination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287712
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Did employer sanctions lose their bite? : labor market effects of immigrant legalization
Lofstrom, Magnus; Hill, Laura; Hayes, Joseph M. - 2010
Taking advantage of the ability to identify immigrants who were unauthorized to work prior to obtaining Legal Permanent Resident status, we use the New Immigrant Survey to examine whether lacking legal status to work in the U.S. constrains employment outcomes of illegal immigrants. With the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969725
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Immigration policy and less-skilled workers in the United States : reflections on future directions for reform
Holzer, Harry J. - 2011
This paper reviews the evidence on the effects of less-skilled immigration to the U.S., and their implications for immigration reform. It begins with a review of the costs of less-skilled immigration, in terms of competition to native-born American workers; and the benefits of such immigration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008841667
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The economic status of Asian Americans before and after the Civil Rights Act
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Sanders, Seth - 2012
In contrast to their relative standing in today's labor market, in 1960 U.S.-born men in all Asian groups earned … plausibly account for it, such as Asian/white differences in schooling, labor force participation, entrepreneurial and … effects on the 1960 wage gap and its subsequent reduction. Our findings suggest that anti-Asian labor market discrimination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548642