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We use the confidential files of the 1991-2006 Canadian Census, combined with information from O*NET on the skill requirements of jobs, to explore whether Canadian immigrant women behave as secondary workers, remaining marginally attached to the labour market and experiencing little career...
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wage of French women, but led to a sizable decline in their employment rate. In contrast, immigration had little impact on … the employment rate of men, but led to a sizable drop in the male wage. We show that the near-zero correlation between …
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This paper investigates the role of work experience in migrant mothers’ current employment in Germany. Unlike previous … for migrant mothers compared to migrant fathers and non-migrant mothers. We conclude that current employment is … significantly fueled by former employment; thus policies should be designed such that they help women to “get on the right track”. …
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This paper investigates the role of work experience in migrant mothers' current employment in Germany. Unlike previous … for migrant mothers compared to mi-grant fathers and non-migrant mothers. We conclude that current employ-ment is … significantly fueled by former employment; thus policies should be designed such that they help women to "get on the right track". …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587608
We use the confidential files of the 1991-2006 Canadian Census, combined with information from O*NET on the skill requirements of jobs, to explore whether Canadian immigrant women behave as secondary workers, remaining marginally attached to the labour market and experiencing little career...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047864
Despite having one of the most celebrated labor market integration policies, the native-immigrant employment gap in … the employment gap between male immigrants and natives. The results show that the traditional human capital theory only …, large unexplained employment gaps still persists between immigrants and natives and between migrant categories. Our analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476506
Despite having one of the most celebrated labor market integration policies, the native-immigrant employment gap in … the employment gap between male immigrants and natives. The results show that the traditional human capital theory only …, large unexplained employment gaps still persists between immigrants and natives and between migrant categories. Our analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990867
This paper investigates wage differentials between immigrants and natives in Italy along the entire wage distribution and try to account for them using information on observed characteristic of both populations. Analyses are based on data from the 2009 survey on "Income and Living Conditions of...
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This paper addresses the role of social connections in helping women migrants to settle in the UK.We focus on micro …
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zero to positive correlation with changes in native wages and native employment, in aggregate and by skill group. We …
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