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The earnings of immigrants and the quality adjustment of immigrant human capital

Sharaf, Mesbah - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-18

The quality dimension of immigrant human capital has received little attention in the economic assimilation literature. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how human capital acquired in different source countries may be adjusted according to its quality in the Canadian labor market....

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Firms and the economics of skilled immigration

Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - 2014

to date in understanding the impact of high skilled immigration from the perspective of the firm and the open areas that … call for more research. Since much of the U.S. immigration process for skilled workers rests in the hands of employer firms …

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How do E-Verify mandates affect unauthorized immigrant workers?

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - 2014

A number of states have adopted laws that require employers to use the federal government's E-Verify program to check workers' eligibility to work legally in the United States. Using data from the Current Population Survey, this study examines whether such laws affect labor market outcomes among...

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Immigrant performance and selective immigration policy : a European perspective

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2005

benefit from a substantive immigration policy that imposes selection criteria that are more in line with economic needs, the … substantial immigration into the European Union follows largely non-economic motives. This paper discusses the economic rationale … of a selective immigration policy and provides empirical evidence about the adverse effects of current selection …

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Estimating immigrant earnings profiles when migrations are temporary

Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2016

The assumption that all migrations are permanent, which pervaded the early microdata-based research on immigrant career profiles, is not supported by the empirical evidence. Rather, many - if not most - migrations appear to be temporary. In this paper, therefore, we illustrate the estimation...

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

Lehmer, Florian; Ludsteck, Johannes - 2012

Using longitudinal employment register data this study analyzes the development of outcomes of male foreign workers from all important sending countries across time. Cohort analyses on persons entering the German labour market between 1995 and 2000 show significant differences in the...

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Immigration and entrepreneurship

Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2015

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

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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets

Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2016

We study the labor market impact of opening borders to low wage countries. The analysis exploits time and regional variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from the new member states. The results suggest an adverse impact on earnings of present...

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Can vocational education improve the wages of minorities and disadvantaged groups? : the case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...

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Immigrant performance and selective immigration policy : a European perspective

Constant, Amelie (contributor); … - 2005

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