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This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self …
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paper, I empirically analyze the propensity of US immigrants to return. To identify return migration, I use the method … second years, due to various causes including return migration. After eliminating all other causes of dropout, I estimate the … migrants. Thus, assimilation differentiates immigrants more in their decision to return than education or gender. In particular …
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background. But, central to such a discussion is the pace of cultural assimilation among immigrants - this under-researched topic … the UK, the more likely it is that they do. This process of assimilation is faster for those from poorer and less …
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the results. Rather, the process of migration selects individuals who are more responsive to deterrent effects than the …
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This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...
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equilibria: some countries have mostly temporary migration programs and see a low degree of cultural assimilation by the migrants …This paper examines the role of cultural factors in driving the politics and shape of migration policy. We show that … shortage in the economy. We show that countries that are poor at cultural assimilation are better positioned to take advantage …
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This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518188
In this paper we study the assimilation of immigrants into the Italian labour market using over-education as an …
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This working paper examines how U.S. migration management techniques affect the flow of undocumented migrants from … in the volume of illegal Mexican migration. Estimates suggest that the increase in border enforcement in the 1990s ….S. – Mexican wage gap would reduce both the extent of illegal Mexican migration and the degree of migrants’ detachment from their …
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This paper uses data from the 1997–2007 New Zealand Income Survey to examine the economic performance of immigrants in New Zealand. Specifically, we use a synthetic cohort approach to examine how employment rates, hourly wages, annual income and occupations for immigrants compare to those for...
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