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that the skill mix of newly arriving immigrants strongly responded to this shift in the demand for skills. Exploiting the … experienced a considerably stronger relative in influx of highly skilled immigrants. Taken together, these results strongly … suggest that immigrants responded to skill-biased changes in economic opportunities. Complementing these findings, we document …
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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 …
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do immigrants fare with respect to wages, employment, and occupational choices; are immigrants in competition with the … natives, and do they harm or improve the labour market situation of natives; does the presence of immigrants alter the … has not taken place to a full extent. Overall, immigrants hardly affect the wages and employment levels of natives, and …
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that the skill mix of newly arriving immigrants strongly responded to this shift in the demand for skills. Exploiting the … experienced a considerably stronger relative influx of highly skilled immigrants. Taken together, these results strongly suggest … that immigrants responded to skill-biased changes in economic opportunities. Complementing these findings, we document …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865976
do immigrants fare with respect to wages, employment, and occupational choices; are immigrants in competition with the … natives, and do they harm or improve the labour market situation of natives; does the presence of immigrants alter the … has not taken place to a full extent. Overall, immigrants hardly affect the wages and employment levels of natives, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319769
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295419
Switzerland has experienced a substantial influx of immigrants over the last 50 years after World War II, which has led … labor 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321398
immigrants are increasingly highly skilled since the 1980s. This paper analyses the determinants of changes in the skill … composition of immigrants using a framework suggested by Grogger & Hanson (2011). We focus on Switzerland, which continuously … showed very high immigration rates and dramatic changes in the skill composition of immigrants. In addition, the recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010437204
immigrants are increasingly highly skilled since the 1980s. This paper analyses the determinants of changes in the skill … composition of immigrants using a framework suggested by Grogger & Hanson (2011). We focus on Switzerland, which continuously … showed very high immigration rates and dramatic changes in the skill composition of immigrants. In addition, the recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010478715
This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011637944