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Consequences of immigrating during a recession : evidence from the US Refugee Resettlement program
Mask, Joshua - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/21, pp. 1-31
Are there long-term labor consequences in migrating to the US during a recession? For most immigrants, credibly estimating this effect is difficult because of selective migration. Some immigrants may not move if economic conditions are not favorable. However, identification is possible for...
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International students, immigration and earnings growth : the effect of a pre-immigration host-country university education
Hou, Feng; Lu, Yuqian - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 7 (2017) 5, pp. 1-24
While destination-country education provides many potential advantages for immigrants, empirical studies in Australia …-educated immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group, and the key factor differentiating their post-immigration earnings from the earnings … becoming permanent residents. Furthermore, an extra year of Canadian work experience or an extra year of Canadian education …
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An empirical study on the migration among young skilled and creative people
Suciu, Marta-Christina; Florea, Cristina Andreea - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 19 (2017) 46, pp. 727-741
In the context of a knowledge and innovative-based society and economy, smart and creative cities are attracting an increasing number of young people, most of them being gifted, very talented students and high-skilled workforce, with multiple competences . These young people are pro-active and...
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Labor market integration of new immigrants in Spain
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Nollenberger, Natalia - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 4, pp. 1-15
Immigrants' employment status has worsened during the Great Recession in Spain. How much of this worsening is due to the recession, and how much to a composition effect? Using Spanish Labor Force Survey data from 2000 through 2011, we compare the employment trajectories of different cohorts of...
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Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level : migration policy lessons from Spain
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-20
What are the migration policy lessons that can be learned from the Spanish case? Unlike countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants, in Spain having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms wage or occupational assimilation (relative to their native...
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Human capital quality and the immigrant wage gap
Coulombe, Serge; Grenier, Gilles; Nadeau, Serge J. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-22
We propose a new methodology for analyzing determinants of the wage gap between immigrants and natives. A Mincerian regression framework is extended to include GDP per capita in an immigrant's country of birth as a proxy for the quality of schooling and work experience acquired in that country....
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Does stricter immigration policy affect college enrollment and public-private school choice of natives?
Gunadi, Christian - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 25, pp. 1-26
understanding of how stricter immigration policy, such as the Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA), may affect college enrollment and … higher education attending private colleges. …
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What drives the language proficiency of immigrants? : immigrants differ in their language proficiency along a range of characteristics
Isphording, Ingo Eduard - 2015
Language proficiency is a key driver of immigrant integration. It increases job opportunities and facilitates social and political participation. However, despite its vital importance, many immigrants never reach adequate proficiency in the host country language. Therefore, insights into the...
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Crime and immigration : do poor labor market opportunities lead to migrant crime?
Bell, Brian - 2014
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but …
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Legalizing undocumented immigrants : while legalization benefits most undocumented immigrants, deciding how to regularize them is challenging
Bansak, Cynthia - 2016
Addressing unauthorized immigration is controversial. Countries have adopted a variety of legalization programs …
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