concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labour force, and discussions about the necessary policy responses …. Integrated labour and migration policies are needed. The employment chances of the low-skilled are limited. Whereas Europe could …

concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labour force, and discussions about the necessary policy responses …. Integrated labour and migration policies are needed. The employment chances of the low-skilled are limited. Whereas Europe could …

linguistic enclaves,(2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the … (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency,(3) the consequences for immigrants of …

language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and … determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants. This is based on Exposure, Efficiency and Economic Incentives …This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that …

This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of immigrant/linguistic concentrations (enclaves). The … effect of concentrations on the immigrant's language skills, as well as the effects on immigrant earnings of destination … language skills and the linguistic concentration. These hypotheses are tested using PUMS data from the 1990 U.S. Census on …

Are there long-term labor consequences in migrating to the US during a recession? For most immigrants, credibly … estimating this effect is difficult because of selective migration. Some immigrants may not move if economic conditions are not … favorable. However, identification is possible for refugees as their arrival dates are exogenously determined through the US …

About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and … irregular migrants for multiple origin and destination countries. Refugees and female irregular migrants are positively self … irregular migrants are self-selected. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World …

examines the determinants of skill downgrading among two types of immigrants - refugees and economic immigrants - in the German … labor markets between 1984 and 2018. We find that refugees downgrade more than economic immigrants, and this discrepancy …Upon arrival to a new country, many immigrants face job downgrading, a phenomenon describing workers being in jobs far …

Compared to other immigrants to the United States, recent Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union have achieved … high levels of English language proficiency and earnings. They experience disadvantages in both dimensions at arrival, but … earnings of other immigrants. This pattern is seen in the most recent data, the American Community Survey, 2005 to 2009, which …