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Public Support for Immigration Restriction in the United Kingdom: Resource Scarcity, Ethnicity or Poor Origins?
Markaki, Yvonni - In: National Institute Economic Review 229 (2014) 1, pp. 31-31
regions where more natives are unemployed for longer than a year. Both the origin and ethnicity of the immigrant population …
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Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration
Schüller, Simone; Chakraborty, Tanika - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
Immigrants tend to live in clusters within host countries. Does clustering in ethnic enclaves explain the persistent differences in skill, employment rates, and earnings between immigrants and the native population? Empirical studies consistently find that residing in an enclave can increase...
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Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration
Schüller, Simone - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Immigrants are typically not evenly distributed within host countries; instead they tend to cluster in particular neighborhoods. But does clustering in ethnic enclaves help explain the persistent differences in employment rates and earnings between immigrants and the native population? Empirical...
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Improving well-being in New Zealand through migration
Carey, David - 2019
New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that...
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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696201
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What stops poor girls from going to college? : skill development and access to higher education in a developing country
Molina, Oswaldo; Santa María, Diego; Yamada, Gustavo - 2018
Although recent evidence suggests that the aggregate gender gap in access to Higher Education in Peru has been closed … behind these gender differences in access to Higher Education. Specifically, we assess whether larger socioeconomic … also provide strong evidence of gender-specific short-term barriers in access to post-secondary schooling: while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959711
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Multidimensional skills on LinkedIn profiles : measuring human capital and the gender skill gap
Dorn, David; Schoner, Florian; Seebacher, Moritz; … - 2025
accumulation can be fully accounted for by reduced work hours associated with motherhood. The resulting gender differences in … skills are systematically related to measures of human-capital investment such as education and work experience. The number … gender gap in skills. While women and men report nearly equal numbers of skills shortly after college graduation, women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015402639
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Multidimensional skills on LinkedIn profiles : measuring human capital and the gender skill gap
Dorn, David; Schoner, Florian; Seebacher, Moritz; … - 2025
accumulation can be fully accounted for by reduced work hours associated with motherhood. The resulting gender differences in … skills are systematically related to measures of human-capital investment such as education and work experience. The number … gender gap in skills. While women and men report nearly equal numbers of skills shortly after college graduation, women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015396804
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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507364
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What Stops Poor Girls from Going to College? Skill Development and Access to Higher Education in a Developing Country
Molina, Oswaldo; Santa María, Diego; Yamada, Gustavo - 2018
Although recent evidence suggests that the aggregate gender gap in access to Higher Education in Peru has been closed … behind these gender differences in access to Higher Education. Specifically, we assess whether larger socioeconomic … also provide strong evidence of gender-specific short-term barriers in access to post-secondary schooling: while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984612