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This paper comparatively analyzes strategies of German Jobcenters to bring native and immigrant job seekers into … employment. It focuses on clients who receive means-tested basic income for the unemployed, based on data from the Panel Study … impact of being an immigrant on the clients' probability of reporting different kinds of offers like job referrals or courses …
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' employment prospects. Relying on detailed data from the French Labor Force Survey, we measure diversity at two geographic levels …: the neighborhood and the local labor market. The correlation between diversity and employment varies accordingly: it is … precise localization of the data. The negative effect of diversity on employment at the neighborhood level is reinforced. We …
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all, of this immigrant advantage. -- Immigration ; integration ; second generation ; Germany ; PISA … Yugoslavian, and former Soviet origin youth attending school in Germany, as well as youth attending school in the origin countries …. Controlling for family background, I find that the children of immigrants in Germany perform better than peers in every origin …
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difference can be explained by factors related to economic integration, such as the details of their employment conditions …Recent studies suggest that migrants may be less satisfied with their "new" lives than members of the host population …-Economic Panel's immigrant sample for the years 1984–2010 and find that while immigrants are less satisfied than natives, this …
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mainly the function of a buffer and of "balm to the soul". -- immigration ; religion ; integration ; Europe ; United States …This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two … habits)?; (iii) how does religiosity of immigrants affect integration: is it serving as a bridge that smoothens integration …
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), the American General Social Survey (GSS), and the International Social Survey Program (ISSP). Estimation of extended "mass …
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We examine data from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. to inform the potential for immigrant screening policies to … influence the labour market performance of skilled immigrants. Our estimates point to improvements in employment rates and … weekly earnings of male university-educated immigrants in all three countries concomitant with skilled immigration policy …
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In most OECD-countries, immigrants have lower employment and higher unemployment than natives. This paper compares nine … employment gap is bigger in countries with more generous social safety nets. Five variables have explanatory value in some … specifications: Xenophobia, employment protection laws, social expenditure, asylum applications, and the share of immigrants in the …
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This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two … habits)?; (iii) how does religiosity of immigrants affect integration: is it serving as a bridge that smoothens integration … into the local population, or as a buffer against the harsh integration process?; and (iv) are the intersections between …
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Yugoslavian, and former Soviet origin youth attending school in Germany, as well as youth attending school in the origin countries …. Controlling for family background, I find that the children of immigrants in Germany perform better than peers in every origin … all, of this immigrant advantage. …
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