creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina, there has been a significant increase in immigrants …-language learner (ELL) student population and over 60 % of immigrants are from Latin America and the Caribbean. While past research …

to the 1988 free secondary education reform in the Philippines to examine the impact of years of education on the … propensity of working abroad. The results suggest that free secondary education increased the years of education for men …. Moreover, the additional years of education reduced the likelihood of working abroad by 3.2% points on average. However, an …

children born at the beginning and the end of the year to identify the causal effect of education on migration at low levels of …

This paper evaluates how the July 2005 London terrorist attacks affected Muslim teenagers' education plans and … continue in full-time education. I examine panel data on educational attitudes from the "Next Steps" Survey in England and use … negatively affected the education plans of Muslims, but not those of any other major religious group. The probability of planning …

A common finding throughout the Canadian immigration literature is that, despite having high levels of education …, recent immigrants endure substantial earnings disadvantages upon arrival that persist throughout their working career. This … paper investigates the role of 'qualitative' education-job matches in explaining these poor labor market outcomes. Using a …

Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self …-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many … upward economic mobility among low-skilled immigrants. More broadly prioritizing high-skilled immigrants may prove to be more …

immigrants if employers perceive them as less skilled than native-born workers--and vice versa. Studies indicate that a higher … minimum wage does not hurt immigrants, but there is no consensus on whether immigrants benefit at the expense of natives …. Studies also reach disparate conclusions on whether higher minimum wages attract or repel immigrants. …

and political participation. However, despite its vital importance, many immigrants never reach adequate proficiency in … designing measures to improve language acquisition. Empirical evidence shows that immigrants differ in their ability to learn …

. Focusing on low-skilled immigrants, this paper empirically examines the effect of minimum wages on location decisions within …