Upon arrival in a host country, immigrants often have lower obesity rates (as measured for instance by BMI—body mass … the flow of immigrants into host countries with higher obesity rates, it is important to understand the consequences of … and the use of public services. In particular, policies could find ways to improve immigrants’ access to health care for …

precarious contracts. The empirical results suggest that immigrant-native gaps are larger in countries with more immigrants … immigrants' chances of holding temporary contracts. A stricter regulation of temporary contracts increases immigrants' risk of …

We examine peer effects in welfare use among immigrants to Sweden by exploiting a governmental refugee placement policy …

immigrants and natives in Sweden - how the method can be applied to correct any measure of segregation for differences between …

This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to … immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self … the self-employed Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, ex- Yugoslavs, Polish or other East Europeans, including those immigrants …

national survey of the SEO and the Population statistics ofthe CBS. Firstly, the directeffect of immigrants on local labour … wages of less skilled natives and a small positive effecton the wages of high skilledworkers as new immigrants are less … skillednatives are a little adverselyaffected by immigrants. …

Using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study shows that immigrants living in segregated … areas where most neighbors are immigrants from the same country of origin as the surveyed person and segregated areas where … most neighbors are immigrants from other countries of origin. The results suggest that housing discrimination rather than …

The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina …