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Immigrant wages in the Spanish labour market : does the origin of human capital matter?

Sanromá, Esteban; Ramos, Raúl; Simón, Hipólito - 2009

and in the wage premium associated to the legal status as a function of the immigrants' area of origin. -- Immigration …

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Legal status at entry, economic performance, and self-employment proclivity : a bi-national study of immigrants

Constant, Amelie (contributor); … - 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....

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Wage and employment effects of immigration to Germany : evidence from a skill group approach

Bonin, Holger (contributor) - 2005

immigrant labor supply shock on native competitors. -- labor market effects of immigration ; skill groups ; wage elasticity …

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The wage impact of immigration in Germany : new evidence for skill groups and occupations

Steinhardt, Max Friedrich - 2009

The paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the adequate technique to identify the impact of immigration …. Initially the regression analysis on the basis of education-experience cells reveals that the impact of immigration on native … classification criterion may lead to an underestimation of the impact of immigration. -- Labour market impact of migration ; skill …

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The effect of host society culture on migrant wage discrimination : approaching the Roestigraben

Kohler, Pierre - 2012

. -- immigration ; migration ; labour market ; culture ; political preferences ; wage discrimination ; Switzerland …

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Immigrants and entrepreneurship : business ownership is higher among immigrants, but promoting self-employment is unlikely to improve outcomes for less skilled immigrants

Lofstrom, Magnus - 2014

Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry...

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Immigrant adjustment in Israel : literacy and fluency in Hebrew and earnings

Chiswick, Barry R.; Repetto, Gastón - 2000

family structure also matter. Earnings are found to increase with level of schooling, duration in Israel, pre-immigration …

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Do E-Verify mandates improve labor market outcomes of low-skilled native and legal immigrant workers?

Bohn, Sarah; Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - 2015

We examine the impact of state level legislation against the hiring of unauthorized immigrants on employment opportunities among competing low-skilled workers. Our focus is on the role of E-Verify mandates and specifically, we test for effects of the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) on...

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Immigration and entrepreneurship

Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2013

is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an …

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Skill mismatches in the EU : immigrants vs. natives

Nieto, Sandra; Matano, Alessia; Ramos, Raúl - 2013

The objective of this paper is to analyse and explain the factors behind the observed differences in skill mismatches (vertical and horizontal) between natives and immigrants in EU countries. Using microdata from the 2007 wave of the Adult Education Survey (AES), different probit models are...

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