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for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of … after immigration, followed by family-based visa recipients, with refugees having the lowest proficiency. These differences … disappear by 3 – years after immigration for speaking skills, but they persist for reading and writing skills. The variables …
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for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of … after immigration, followed by family-based visa recipients, with refugees having the lowest proficiency. These differences … disappear by 3 1/2 years after immigration for speaking skills, but they persist for reading and writing skills. The variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410920
for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of … after immigration, followed by family-based visa recipients, with refugees having the lowest proficiency. These differences … disappear by 3 ½ years after immigration for speaking skills, but they persist for reading and writing skills. The variables …
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For the first time since the Second World War, the total number of refugees amounts to more than 50 million people. Only a minority of these refugees seek asylum, and even fewer resettle in developed countries. At the same time, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack of...
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Refugee migration has increased considerably since the Second World War, and amounts to more than 50 million refugees. Only a minority of these refugees seek asylum, and even fewer resettle in developed countries. At the same time, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510499
Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand …
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We study the effect of a firm winning an additional H-1B visa on the firm’s outcomes, by comparing winning and losing firms in the Fiscal Year 2006 and 2007 H-1B visa lotteries. We match administrative data on the participants in these lotteries to the universe of approved U.S. patents, and to...
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for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of … after immigration, followed by family-based visa recipients, with refugees having the lowest proficiency. These differences … disappear by 3 1/2 years after immigration for speaking skills, but they persist for reading and writing skills. The variables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320571
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We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the …
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