the stock-sampling and the possible maximum duration for the transitions from unemployment, household care and disability …

unemployment, household care and disability to employment. Then we decompose the differences in expected duration between the …

-marketsituation component, I find that the unemployment rate of immigrants would lie at 5.6 percentagepoints for zero native unemployment (the …In Germany, immigrant unemployment is not only higher than native unemployment; italso reacts more to changes in the … situation on the labor market. Decomposing the gapbetween native and immigrant unemployment into a baseline and a labor …

Switzerland has experienced a substantial influx of immigrants over the last 50 years after World War II, which has led … labour market performance of immigrants. Two main results emerge from our study. First, as a result of the shortcomings of … the Swiss migration policy, immigrants tend to have a negative impact on the Swiss economy. Second, the analysis of the …

destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …

This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of … destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor … market consequences of that proficiency, as expressed in their earnings. Immigrants tend to take language differences across …

, consistently reporting high rates of discrimination against minority applicants - including immigrants -, irrespective of time …For almost 50 years field experiments have been used to study ethnic and racial discrimination in hiring decisions … statistical discrimination. To this end, we draw on the fact that the groups considered in correspondence tests and the contexts …

For almost 50 years field experiments have been used to study ethnic and racial discrimination in hiring decisions …, consistently reporting high rates of discrimination against minority applicants, irrespective of time, location, or minority groups … emphasis on the contrast between the first and second generation of immigrants, as well as specific immigrant groups across …

Ethnic and racial discrimination in the hiring process is a common and documented problem. Scientists from different … backgrounds and numerous countries have tried to measure the extent of this form of discrimination, mostly by using field … discrimination in more general terms as well as reviewing the studies already conducted that focus on ethnic or racial discrimination …