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Do attitudes towards immigrants matter?
Waisman, Gisela (contributor); Larsen, Birthe (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003590873
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The effect of host society culture on migrant wage discrimination : approaching the Roestigraben
Kohler, Pierre - 2012
differences between migrants and natives are larger in the German region. Building on this, the paper begins with a comparison of … show returns to factors of wage-earning migrants are lower in the German region for a preponderant majority of migrant … approach confirm that host society culture is one of the determinants of wage discrimination endured by migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009526017
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Ethnic identity and work
Constant, Amelie - 2014
Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418958
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Immigrants' "ability" and welfare as a function of cultural diversity : effect of cultural capital at individual and local level
Tubadji, Annie; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014
This paper presents an operationalization of a mixed Bourdieu–Mincer-type model that seeks to find evidence for individual and local cultural capital effects on human capital 'ability'. We aim to compare these effects for native workers and immigrants (as well as between immigrants themselves)...
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Public Opinion, Racial Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes
Majlesi, Kaveh; Prina, Silvia; Sullivan, Paul - 2022
The effect of negative shifts in public opinion on the economic lives of minorities is unknown. We study the role of … racial bias in the U.S. labor market by investigating sudden changes in public opinion about Asians following the anti … unemployed afterwards. Consistent with a role for public opinion affecting labor market outcomes, we find that the effects are …
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Do immigrant workers depress the wages of native workers? : short-term wage effects of immigrants are close to zero : and in the long term immigrants can boost productivity and wag...
Peri, Giovanni - 2014
demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417057
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Do immigrants improve the health of native workers? : immigration crowds native workers out of risky jobs and into less strenuous work, with consequent benefits to their health
Giuntella, Osea - 2014
Public debate on immigration focuses on its effects on wages and employment, yet the discussion typically fails to … consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that …. Recent studies show that as immigration rises, native workers are pushed into less demanding jobs. Such market adjustments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422425
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Can immigrants ever earn as much as native workers? : immigrants initially earn less than natives; the wage gap falls over time, but for many immigrant groups it never closes
Anderson, Kathryn H. - 2015
Immigrants contribute to the economic development of the host country, but they earn less at entry and it takes many years for them to achieve parity of income. For some immigrant groups, the wage gap never closes. There is a wide variation across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431716
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How relevant is the origin of human capital for immigrant wages? Evidence from Spain
Sanromá, Esteban; Ramos, Raúl; Simón, Hipólito - In: Journal of applied economics 18 (2015) 1, pp. 149-172
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Receiving countries' perspectives : the case of Sweden
Gerdes, Christer; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2014
Sweden has made its labour market more open for labour immigration since the mid1990s: becoming member of the common … immigration. The labour immigration expanded for example after the enlargement in 2004 but not so much as in for example the … United Kingdom and Ireland. Other forms of immigration have been more important. On the other hand, the migration has been …
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