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Over 200 million people live outside their country of birth and experience large gains in material well-being by moving to where wages are higher. But the effect of this migration on health is less clear and existing evidence is ambiguous because of the potential for self-selection bias. In this...
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We examine ethnic differences in the ethnic composition of the destination neighbourhood upon leaving the parental home using administrative data for the entire birth cohort 1983 living in the Netherlands. The analysis provides little evidence of a clear intergenerational break in the location...
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This paper provides an evaluation of the status of migrant workers in Germany amidst the global financial crisis. Findings of the study are drawn from the latest available data on the labour market performance of native-German and non-German migrant workers as well as other socioeconomic...
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Brain drain has long been a common concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high-skilled emigration rates are highest. However, while economic theory suggests a number of possible benefits, in addition to costs, from skilled emigration, the evidence base on...
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quality on the immigrant selection process, rather than the quality of immigrantsメ schooling per se, that is the major driver …
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examines this issue for the UK, which has experienced a large growth in its immigrant flows and population levels in recent … claims vary considerably by immigrant group as well as by the type of benefit claimed in the UK. There is also some variation …
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Activity and employment rates for immigrant women in many industrialized countries display a great variability across …
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We examine the impact of culture on the work behavior of second-generation immigrant women in Canada. We contribute to … significant in explaining number of hours worked by second-generation women with immigrant parents. More importantly, we show that … the impact of cultural proxies is significantly larger for women with immigrant parents who share same ethnic background …
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The implications of human capital portability – including interactions between education, language skills and pre- and post-immigration occupational matching – for earnings are explored for new immigrants to Canada. Given the importance of occupation-specific skills, as a precursor we also...
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Armed conflicts, natural disasters and infrastructure projects continue to force millions into migration. This is especially true for developing countries. After World War II, about 8 million ethnic Germans experienced a similar situation when forced to leave their homelands and settle within...
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