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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018

market outcomes do not benefit significantly from naturalization. Naturalization reduces the risks of unemployment and …

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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018

market outcomes do not benefit significantly from naturalization. Naturalization reduces the risks of unemployment and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011899228

First fired, first hired? : business cycles and immigrant labor market transitions

Xu, Huanan - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 19, pp. 1-36

monthly transitions among employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. Immigrants are found to be first fired and first … hired over the business cycle, and the aggregate unemployment gap is caused by immigrants’ higher rates in the unemployment …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974426

Minimum wages and the labor market effects of immigration

Edo, Anthony; Rapoport, Hillel - 2018

This paper exploits the non-linearity in the level of minimum wages across U.S. States created by the coexistence of federal and state regulations to investigate the labor market effects of immigration. We find that the impact of immigration on the wages and employment of native workers within a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904885

Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018

market outcomes do not benefit significantly from naturalization. Naturalization reduces the risks of unemployment and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904906

Canadian immigration experience : any lessons for Europe?

DeVoretz, Don J.; Laryea, Samuel A. - 1999

This paper reviews and analyzes the effects of Canada's post World War II immigration policies with the perspective of what European policy makers can learn from this experience. Impact of Immigration on natives' employment and earnings, as well as, immigrants' labor market experiences are...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313952

Do high-skilled immigrants find jobs faster than low-skilled immigrants? : conference paper

Hochfellner, Daniela; Wapler, Rüdiger - 2014 - Preliminary version: 27th February 2014

This paper investigates the role that pre-immigration skills play in immigrants job-finding processes in Germany. We first show theoretically that the job-finding rate for the high-skilled varies depending on their search strategy: if they are prepared to look for both unskilled as well as...

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The dynamics of immigrant welfare and labor market behavior

Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2001

This paper analyzes transitions into and out of 3 different labor market states, social assistance, unemployment and … that immigrants are more likely to receive both social assistance and unemployment compensation than natives. Immigrants … unemployment insurance in a year, given participation in the previous year. The empirical results suggest that refugee immigrants …

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The labour market performance of young return migrants after the crisis in CEE countries : the case of Estonia

Tverdostup, Maryna; Masso, Jaan - 2015

This paper extends the earlier literature on the effects of return migration by studying selection and labour market performance in terms of the wages of young returnees in particular. The topic is motivated by young people's various labour market issues and their high exposure to the...

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How urbanization affects employment and social interactions

Satō, Yasuhiro; Zenou, Yves - 2014

We develop a model where the unemployed workers in the city can find a job either directly or through weak or strong ties. We show that, in denser areas, individuals choose to interact with more people and meet more random encounters (weak ties) than in sparsely populated areas. We also...

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