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lines suggested by Bianchi, Buonanno and Pinotti (2012). Our results suggest that immigration has a positive and significant … be driven by higher-skilled workers. The results for training are less clear, but suggest that higher-skilled immigration … may have a positive impact on the training of native workers. We discuss the implications for post-Brexit immigration …
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This paper analyzes earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Sweden over 1985-2016. The deep recession in the early 1990s marks a historic turning point with a massive increase in earnings inequality and earnings volatility, and the impact of the recession and the recovery from it lasted for...
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appears negative. These contradictory findings suggest that the impact of immigration on native wages varies significantly … from the O*NET skill taxonomy, we create more homogeneous skill groups, enabling a precise analysis of immigration's impact … between native wages and immigrant shares. In contrast, when groups are based on education-experience, the relationship …
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individual heterogeneity in wages and speaking fluency. We find that both have important consequences for the estimated effect of …
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Upon arrival to a new country, many immigrants face job downgrading, a phenomenon describing workers being in jobs far below where they would be assigned based on their skills. Downgrading leads to immigrants receiving lower returns to the same skills than natives. The level of downgrading could...
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This paper investigates the effects of immigration on the wages of native workers in Germany. The analysis …. However, the effects of immigration on the wages of natives are numerically very small. Separability tests show that the use …
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This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
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house price and wage data as well as detailed information on the Swiss population to study the effects of immigration on the … location choice of incumbent households. Immigration influences a household's location choice through three distinct channels …: house price changes, labor market competition, and households' sentiment regarding immigration. We find evidence of all …
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We study the short-term trajectories of employment, hours worked, and real wages of immigrants in Canada and the U … growth in employment and wages in the U.S. than in Canada. We further compare longitudinal and cross-sectional trajectories …
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We study the short-term trajectories of employment, hours worked, and real wages of immigrants in Canada and the U … growth in employment and wages in the U.S. than in Canada. We further compare longitudinal and cross-sectional trajectories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387158