We present new evidence on the wage and mobility of young and old workers, which is difficult to explain using standard … factor driving the lower mobility among this group. Because of the higher moving costs, older workers require a higher wage … human capital theory. Instead, we propose a simple dynamic extension of the Roy model, where worker migration and wages are …

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 …

female immigrants faced significant wage and employment gaps upon arrival, and their assimilation was slow. Using an IV … after about ten years after the peak of migration wave. …

, which both screen workers based on unobservable characteristics and also provide them with wage setting power. Labor market … institutions confer significant wage premia to native workers (3.9, 1.6, and 2.7 log points for licensing, certification, and … unionization respectively), due to screening and wage setting power. Wage premia are significantly larger for licensed and …

, which both screen workers based on unobservable characteristics and also provide them with wage setting power. Labor market … institutions confer significant wage premia to native workers (3.9, 1.6, and 2.7 log points for licensing, certification, and … unionization respectively), due to screening and wage setting power. Wage premia are significantly larger for licensed and …

This paper develops and estimates a joint hazard-longitudinal (JHL) model of the timing of migration and labor market … endogenous age of entry in estimating the returns to years since migration by allowing cross-equation correlations of random … intercepts with individual rates of wage assimilation. Commonly ignored sample selection issues due to non-random survey …

stronger for more recent cohorts. Less success in obtaining jobs with higher occupational autonomy explains half of the wage …

condition on the ethnic complexion of employees at the workplace. Instead, the wage penalty is attached to the percentage of non …

We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … compare their wage assimilation to that of ethnic German immigrants from Eastern Bloc countries and international immigrants … robust to controlling for potentially endogenous return migration and labor force participation. Controls for fixed effects …

We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … compare their wage assimilation to that of ethnic German immigrants from Eastern Bloc countries and international immigrants … robust to controlling for potentially endogenous return migration and labor force participation. Controls for fixed effects …