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settlement and integration programmes to improve labour market and other outcomes that affect well-being. This chapter looks at …
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the labour market and emigration decisions, carrying out the analysis for both Swiss native and previous immigrant workers … undereducation is positively associated with the probability of emigration and return to the country of origin. In contrast, the … reverse relationship is found between overeducation and emigration, especially among non-European immigrant workers. According …
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Germany and Canada stand at polar ends of the scientific debate over language integration and ascension to citizenship …
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We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues...
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-scale outflows. While some have argued that the low level of development was partly a consequence of emigration, other work has shown … that emigration helped to improve Irish living standards. I end with the observation that the research agenda is now …
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Using uncertainty about the future returns to migration, the option value theory of migration can explain low migration rates in spite of huge wage differences. This paper presents the theory in a simple two-period framework and uses ethnic Germans in the CIS to find empirical support for it....
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We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries. Our data come from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, a random sample of firms with detailed information on owner characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly...
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We study the economic impact of becoming a taxi driver. Comparing individuals who pass the necessary written exams for a taxi driver's license to individuals who have not yet done so, we find that both immigrants and natives who enter into taxi driving have experienced negative employment...
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This project focuses on comparing the qualification structure of migrants residing in Austria as well as their over- and underqualification rates to other EU countries. The skill structure of foreign born residing in Austria has improved slightly in the last years. Austria is, however,...
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We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction … between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host countryś society, and economic assimilation as … income gap with the natives. In this way, social integration becomes a catalyst for economic assimilation. …
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