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, although the wage catch-up is not complete until 13 to 22 years after entry into Canada. These results are revealed clearly in … quality of immigrants' labor market skills declined following changes in Canada's immigration policies in 1974 that led to a … that the variance of immigrant earnings increases with their duration of stay in Canada, and since there are no …
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complete until 13 to 22 years after entry into Canada. These results are revealed clearly in both the pseudo-longitudinal and … skills declined following changes in Canada's immigration policies in 1974 that led to a sharp increase in the proportion of … increases with their duration of stay in Canada, and since there are no differential immigrant-native changes in higher …
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Using newly digitized Canada-Vermont border crossing records from the early twentieth century, this paper identifies … key factors that may explain differences in how female and male migrants sort by human capital across destinations … sorting of female migrants. Everything else equal, destinations with institutional and social environments that limited the …
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The scope of immigrants' transnational ties and the relationship to their social position is subject to a controversial debate that suggests a dualistic picture. On the one hand, globalization theorists argue that an elite of highly educated and economically most successful professionals...
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This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...
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This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...
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The paper compares the pattern of wage assimilation of foreigners with both native immigrants and local natives in Italy, a country with large internal and international migration. This comparison, not yet exploited, yields understanding of the role played by language and knowledge of social...
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