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Moving up the social ladder? : wages of first- and second-generation immigrants from developing countries

Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2022

As immigrants born in developing countries and their descendants represent a growing share of the working-age population in the developed world, their labour market integration constitutes a key factor for fostering economic development and social cohesion. Using a granular, matched...

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Task specialization and the native-foreign wage gap : evidence from worker-level data

Storm, Eduard - 2021

explained wage gap. Importantly, natives specialize in high-paying interactive activities not only between but also within … die Lohnverteilung hinweg untersucht, um distributionelle Aspekte zu erfassen. Ein Vergleich der Bedeutung von …

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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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Is the lower return to immigrants' foreign schooling a postarrival problem in Canada?

Aydede, Yigit; Dar, Atul A. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 6 (2016) 4, pp. 1-25

Using the 2006 Canadian Census, this paper investigates the lower return to immigrants’ foreign education credentials after adjusting for their occupational matching in hosting labor markets. We develop two continuous indices that quantify the matching quality of the native-born in both...

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Transferability of human capital and immigrant assimilation : an analysis for Germany

Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K.; Kramer, Anica - 2014

in explaining the wage differential between natives and immigrants. …

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Transferability of human capital and immigrant assimilation : an analysis for Germany ; conference paper

Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K.; Kramer, Anica - 2013

the wage differential between natives and immigrants. …

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Estimating immigrant earnings profiles when migrations are temporary

Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2016

paper, therefore, we illustrate the estimation challenges when migrations are temporary. As in an overwhelming share of the … problem becomes inherently dynamic and requires a more structural approach to estimation, which we briefly discuss. …

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Wage assimilation of immigrants : which factors close the gap? - evidence from Germany

Lehmer, Florian; Ludsteck, Johannes - 2012

assimilation for migrants in Germany by estimating fixed effects regressions for migrants and Germans separately. Based on the … migrants compared to native Germans by generating predictions and by averaging them by year. This approach allows to decompose … adjustment due to unobserved time-varying factors and age. If all migrants are tarred with the same brush (by pooling them into …

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The returns to school-quality-adjusted education of immigrants in Germany

Quang, Huy Le; Vallizadeh, Ehsan - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15

gap in the returns to education between natives and immigrants in Germany, especially when we consider the quality of …

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The immigrant wage gap in Germany : are East Europeans worse off?

Lehmer, Florian; Ludsteck, Johannes - 2010

This study compares the outcomes of male foreign workers from different East and West European countries who entered the German labour market between 1995 and 2000, with those of male German workers. We find that the immigrant-native wage gap differs significantly between nationalities: the...

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