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The role of income and immigration policies in attracting international migrants

Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2012

destinations developed by Grogger and Hanson (2011) by allowing for unobserved individual heterogeneity between migrants and non-migrants …

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The portability of new immigrants' human capital : language, education and occupational matching

Goldmann, Gustave; Sweetman, Arthur; Warman, Casey - 2011

The implications of human capital portability - including interactions between education, language skills and pre- and post-immigration occupational matching - for earnings are explored for new immigrants to Canada. Given the importance of occupation-specific skills, as a precursor we also...

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Employment convergence of immigrants in the EU : differences across genders, regions of origin and destination

Hámori, Szilvia - 2009

In light of the importance of immigrants labour market integration in the host countries, this study examines the employment convergence between foreign-born and native-born in the European Union (EU) based on the EU Labour Force Survey (EU LFS). The evidence points to numerous differences in...

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The structure of Canada's immigration system and Canadian labour market outcomes

Sweetman, Arthur; Warman, Casey - 2012 - Version: January 15, 2012

Two distinct issues are addressed. First, we explore earnings and employment outcome differences across categories of the immigrant selection system and directly link the points system to these outcomes, which is relatively rare in Canadian research. Second, the appropriateness of alternative...

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Social contacts and the economic performance of immigrants : a panel study of immigrants in Germany

Kanas, Agnieszka; Chiswick, Barry R.; Lippe, Tanja van der - 2011

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined the impact of social contacts on immigrant occupational status and income. In addition to general social contacts, we also analyzed the effects of bonding (i.e., co-ethnic) and bridging (i.e., interethnic) ties on economic outcomes....

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The portability of new immigrants' human capital : language, education and occupational matching

Goldmann, Gustave; Sweetman, Arthur; Warman, Casey - 2011

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Reservation wages of first and second generation migrants

Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2010

This paper analyzes the reservation wages of first and second generation migrants. Based on recently collected and rich … reservation wages increase from first to second generation migrants. Two extensions of the basic job search model, namely an …

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Qualification structure, over- and underqualification of the foreign born in Austria and the EU

Huber, Peter; Nowotny, Klaus; Bock-Schappelwein, Julia - 2010

This project focuses on comparing the qualification structure of migrants residing in Austria as well as their over … slightly in the last years. Austria is, however, characterised by a high share of medium skilled migrants and a low share of … highly skilled migrants. In addition among the pool of migrants in the EU from a given country, Austria generally selects the …

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The job search and education investments of immigrant families

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Connolly, Marie D.; Worswick, … - 2001

This paper examines the post-migration investments in schooling and job search of immigrant families using new longitudinal data for Australia. Higher education levels at time of arrival are associated with a greater probability of enrolling in school after migration. In households where the...

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Intergenerational transmissions and the school-to-work transition of 2nd generation immigrants

Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Rosholm, Michael; Smith, Nina; … - 2001

We analyse the extent of intergenerational transmission through parental capital, ethnic capital and neighbourhood effects on several aspects of the school-to-work transition of 2nd generation immigrants and young ethnic Danes. The main findings are that parental capital has strong positive...

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