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Economic impact of STEM immigrant workers
Baum, Christopher F.; Lööf, Hans; Stephan, Andreas - 2018
STEM-focused industries are critical to the innovation-driven economy. As many firms are running short of STEM workers, international immigrants are increasingly recognized as a potential for high-tech job recruitment. This paper studies STEM occupations in Sweden 2011-2015 and tests hypotheses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129939
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The effect of occupational visas on native employment : evidence from labor supply to farm jobs in the Great Recession
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
The effect of foreign labor on native employment within an occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation … implies that the effect of migrant labor supply on native employment is close to zero within this occupation, and may be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607330
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New evidence on mobility and wages of the young and the old
Hansen, Jörgen; Lkhagvasuren, Damba - 2015
human capital theory. Instead, we propose a simple dynamic extension of the Roy model, where worker migration and wages are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308399
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The performance of immigrants in the German labor market
Beyer, Robert - 2017
This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598931
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What happens to the careers of European workers when immigrants "take their jobs"?
Cattaneo, Cristina; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Peri, Giovanni - 2013
the period 1995-2001, in order to identify the effect of inflows of immigrants on their career, employment, location and … market. They are also more likely to start a self-employment activity. As a consequence of this upward mobility their income … increases or stays the same in response to immigration. We find no evidence of an increased likelihood to leave employment or to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721330
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What happens to the careers of European workers when immigrants "take their jobs"?
Cattaneo, Cristina; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Peri, Giovanni - 2014
effect of the inflows of immigrants on their career, employment and wages. We use the 1991 distribution of immigrants by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010357967
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What Happens to the Careers of European Workers When Immigrants 'Take Their Jobs'?
Cattaneo, Cristina - 2013
the period 1995-2001, in order to identify the effect of inflows of immigrants on their career, employment, location and … market. They are also more likely to start a self-employment activity. As a consequence of this upward mobility their income … increases or stays the same in response to immigration. We find no evidence of an increased likelihood to leave employment or to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084663
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Skill downgrading among refugees and economic immigrants in Germany : evidence from the Syrian refugee crisis
Nikolov, Plamen; Salarpour Goodarzi, Leila; Titus, David - 2022
Upon arrival to a new country, many immigrants face job downgrading, a phenomenon describing workers being in jobs far below where they would be assigned based on their skills. Downgrading leads to immigrants receiving lower returns to the same skills than natives. The level of downgrading could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285855
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Development level of hosting areas and the impact of refugees on natives' labor market outcomes
Aracı, Doğu Tan; Demirci, Murat; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2021
development level rises. For instance, the negative effects of the refugee shock on employment and labor force participation of … refugees on employment of men is negative for the least developed regions, it is positive for highly developed regions. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012495036
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Development level of hosting areas and the impact of refugees on natives' labor market outcomes
Aracı, Doğu Tan; Demircioğlu, Murat; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2021
development level rises. For instance, the negative effects of the refugee shock on employment and labor force participation of … refugees on employment of men is negative for the least developed regions, it is positive for highly developed regions. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507087