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This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The...
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This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to … immigrants are differences in marital behavior as well as language abilities, ethnic identification and religious distribution. A …. These indicators are also presented. All of these indicators are depicted in comparison between natives and immigrants …
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This paper examines the difference between the payoffs to schooling for immigrants and the native born in Canada, using … immigrants' human capital, and under-education to favourable selection in immigration. The results show that immigrants have a …
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continuum of tasks in each sector and we augment it to include immigrants with heterogeneous productivity in tasks. We use this … pushed natives toward more communication-intensive tasks while it has pushed immigrants away from them. …
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. This paper examines whether this differential is related to the quality of the schooling immigrants acquired abroad. The … is associated with a higher payoff to schooling among immigrants in the US labor market. This higher payoff is associated … migration among those from countries with better quality school. In other words, it is the impact of origin country school …
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There are two complementary models of immigrants' economic and social adjustment - the positive assimilation model of … applicable for immigrants from countries that are very similar in terms of the transferability of skills, culture, and labor … market institutions to the host country, and has been tested previously primarily using migration among the English …
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This paper examines the chances for immigrants on the European job market. The data represents a one percent sample of … well as the (country-specific) human capital, language skills and the immigrants’ participation in education. …
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occupational status and, in particular, annual income of immigrants. We also find that bridging ties with Germans lead to higher …
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This paper examines differences in religious behaviors of the native born and immigrants in Europe, measured as self … average, religiosity of immigrants is higher than that of the native born, even among those without a religious affiliation …, income, marital status, and notably denominations, partly account for the overall differences. Religiosity of immigrants …
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-employment rates observed for some groups with a long established history of migration to the UK (especially men born in Pakistan) and …-economic characteristics, it is found that migration-related influences, such as English language proficiency and period of arrival in the UK …
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