This paper explores the theoretical issues and the empirical literature regarding the selectivity of migrants. Although … theoretical analysis indicates a tendency toward the favorable self-selection (supply) of migrants for labor market success. The … be expected to be less intense for non-economic migrants, such as refugees, tied movers and ideological migrants, and for …

There are various degrees of similarity between the languages of different immigrants and the language of their … study aims at quantifying the influence of linguistic distance on the language acquisition of immigrants in the US and in …

This paper compares the educational performance of the children of immigrants to the children in their parents' home …. Controlling for family background, I find that the children of immigrants in Germany perform better than peers in every origin …

established National Education Panel Study (NEPS), the empirical results indicate an increase in the probability of migrant …

. However, not all immigrants have done well. The minority from non-EU origin (about 10% of the country’s population) suffers … by the marked under-representation of the foreign-born in public sector jobs. Political participation of immigrants at … local level is modest. At school, their children are often put at a disadvantage by an education system which tends to …

For immigrants who arrive in a country at a young age it is easier to assimilate than for teenagers. This paper … investigates up to what immigration age the educational attainment of young immigrants in the Netherlands is similar to the … educational attainment of second-generation immigrants, who were born in the country having at least one immigrant parent. It …

; Arbeitszeitarrangements ; Einkommensschätzung ; Humankapital ; markt- und nicht-marktmäßige Zeitverwendung ; deutsche Zeitbudgeterhebung 2001 … Zeitverwendung, den Arbeitsbedingungen des Partners, Charakteristika des sozialen Netzwerkes, sowie haushaltsspezifische und … individuellen, endogenen Selektionsentscheidung für eine der Arbeitszeitkategorien. -- Zeitverwendung und Einkommensungleichheit …