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Bevölkerungs- und Wirtschaftsentwicklung in den mittel- und osteuropäischen Ländern
Astrov, Vasily; Holzner, Mario; Jestl, Stefan; … - 2019
resulting in the displacement of both domestic and other foreign workers. The study assesses the current and future migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100206
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The Brain Drain : Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the United States
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2004
This paper uses U.S. Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labor market characteristics of European-born workers living in the US. It is found that there is a positive wage premium associated with these workers, and that the highly skilled are overrepresented compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262055
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The … favorable selectivity is more intense the greater the out-of-pocket (direct) costs of migration and return migration, the … greater the effect of the higher level of ability on lowering the costs of migration, and the smaller the relative skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262350
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Migration and wage-setting: reassessing the labor market effects of migration
Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - 2009
This paper employs a wage-setting approach to analyze the labor market effects of immigration into Germany. The wage-setting framework relies on the assumption that wages tend to decline with the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This enables us to consider labor market rigidities, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265224
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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2006
There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272278
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Legal status at entry, economic performance, and self-employment proclivity: a bi-national study of immigrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2005
There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272326
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Are foreign migrants more assimilated than native ones?
Faini, Riccardo; Strøm, Steinar; Venturini, Alessandra; … - 2009
Italy, a country with large internal and international migration. This comparison, not yet exploited, yields understanding … migration and unobserved heterogeneity. The three groups of workers start their careers at the same wage level but, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276703
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The Labour Market Impact of Immigration
Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; Frattini, Tommaso - 2008
In the first part of this paper, we present a stylised model of the labour market impact of immigration. We then discuss mechanisms through which an economy can adjust to immigration: changes in factor prices, output mix and production technology. In the second part, we explain the problems of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533050
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Social Assimilation and Labor Market Outcomes of Migrants in China
Cai, Shu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020
Previous research has found identity to be relevant for international migration, but has neglected internal mobility as … in the case of the Great Chinese Migration. However, the context of the identities of migrants and their adaption in the … migration process is likely to be quite different. The gap is closed by examining social assimilation and the effect on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012313442
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Occupational regulation, institutions, and migrants' labor market outcomes
Koumenta, Maria; Pagliero, Mario; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2022
We study how licensing, certification and unionisation affect the wages of natives and migrants and their representation among licensed, certified, and unionized workers. We provide evidence of a dual role of labor market institutions, which both screen workers based on unobservable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172092