This paper brings new evidence to the existing literature on earnings differentials and returns to human capital for … immigrants and natives. It is the first paper analysing this topic using data drawn from the Italian Labour Force Survey, a large … nationally representative dataset. We show that returns to human capital are considerably lower for immigrants as compared to …

In this paper we examine whether where one acquires their human capital matters in earnings regressions. We focus on a …

-arrival earnings profiles of immigrants in the US from non-English-speaking countries according to the linguistic distance of their … immigrants from non-English-speaking countries are characterized by positive assimilation. Earnings in the immediate post …There are two complementary models of immigrants' economic and social adjustment - the positive assimilation model of …

This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 … Census. Earnings are shown to increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with … official languages enhances the effects on earnings of schooling and pre-immigration labor market experience. Language …

destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of … acquiring destination language proficiency, with an emphasis on labor market outcomes, and in particular earnings. Factors that …

This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the … human capital, for immigrants and natives, in explaining inter-occupational and intra-occupational earnings progression … show that returns to human capital are considerably lower for immigrants as compared to natives and that there is no return …

. Die Arbeit besteht aus vier eigenständigen Kapiteln, die Erkenntnisse zur Integration von Migranten und den Auswirkungen … von Migranten auf Einheimische im Zielland liefern. Gerade vor dem Hintergrund, dass der Anteil an Migranten in der … Migrationshintergrund hemmt. Kapitel 4 und 5 befassen sich mit den Effekten von Migranten auf die Gesellschaft des Ziellandes. Einmal wird …

This study finds evidence of wage divergence between immigrants and natives in Germany using a country-wide household … immigrants and natives. Individual rates of wage convergence are found to be higher for immigrants who fled warfare zones, belong … to established ethnic networks, and acquired more years of pre-migration schooling. Using a doubly robust treatment …