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International migration and the economics of language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2014
, Canada, Australia, the UK, Germany, Israel and Spain. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230532
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Why Do Italy? A Comparative Analysis of Bangladeshi Migrants into Five European Countries
Mannan, Dr Kazi Abdul; Krueger, A. O. - 2020
go to that country, followed by the UK, Germany, France and Spain. The study probably will help better understand the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014092289
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Chapter 5. International Migration and the Economics of Language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 211-269). 2015
This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor market consequences of that proficiency, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025478
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Regional Mobility and Unemployment Transitions in the UK and Spain
Lindley, Joanne; Upward, Richard; Wright, Peter W - 2003
process. Specifically, we compare the geographical mobility of the workforce in the UK and Spain, and examine the extent to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083377
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The Regional Anatomy of School Dropouts in Spain : The Role of the Industry Structure of Local Labour Markets
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2020
A number of studies have examined the impact of local labor market conditions on school dropout. However, none of them have considered the role of the industry structure. We construct data for a panel of Spanish regions and identify the effect of local labor markets using a variation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834576
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Mismatch in the graduate labour market among immigrants and second-generation ethnic minority groups
Byrne, Delma; McGuinness, Séamus - 2009
This paper uses graduate survey data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and wage effects of over-education and overskilling among immigrant and ethnic minority graduates from UK universities. The paper empirically demonstrates that immigrant and second-generation ethnic minority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880545
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Examining the relationships between labour market mismatches, earnings and job satisfaction among immigrant graduates in Europe
McGuinness, Séamus; Byrne, Delma - 2014
This paper uses graduate survey data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and wage/job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among immigrants graduating from EU 15 based universities in 2005. Female immigrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403441
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Is graduate under-employment persistent? : evidence from the United Kingdom
Mosca, Irene; Wright, Robert E. - 2011
This paper examines the persistence of under-employment amongst UK higher education graduates. For the cohort of … underemployment is not a short-term phenomenon and is systematically related to a set of observable characteristics. It is also found … that under-employment 6 months after graduation is positively related to under-employment 42 months after graduation, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523539
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Workers' Countries of Birth on Over-Education
Jacobs, Valentine - 2019
This paper examines the relationship between immigration and over-education, taking advantage of access to rich matched employer-employee data for the Belgian private sector for the period 1999-2010. Covering more than 1.2 million workers, the data enable the authors to: i) measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860502
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The heterogeneous effects of workers’ countries of birth on over-education
Jacobs, Valentine; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2019
This paper examines the relationship between immigration and over-education, taking advantage of access to rich matched employer-employee data for the Belgian private sector for the period 1999-2010. Covering more than 1.2 million workers, the data enable the authors to: i) measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126834