achieved human capital do not significantly influence immigrant wages in Hamamatsu. Instead, ascribed human capital (e ….g., gender, ethnicity) has a much greater impact on immigrant wages in Japan than in the United States. Although the use of … social networks by immigrants to find jobs has a significant impact on wages in both countries, the effect is positive in …

. Relatively inflexible wages and generous unemployment insurance in Australia suggest that immigrants there might improve … of the labor market progress experienced by Australian immigrants. Wages are less rigid in Canada and the United States …