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Why are some immigrant groups more successful than others?
Lazear, Edward P. - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700737
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Why are Some Immigrant Groups More Successful than Others?
Lazear, Edward P. - 2017
. Surprisingly, immigrants from Algeria have higher educational attainment than those from Israel or Japan. Another fact: The US … admits few migrants from Algeria. Immigration slots are rationed and as a consequence, average immigrant attainment is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953499
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Why Are Some Immigrant Groups More Successful than Others?
Lazear, Edward P. - 2017
, immigrants from Algeria have higher educational attainment than those from Israel or Japan. Also true is that there is a strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455134
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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2008
, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652710
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How different are immigrants? : A cross-country and cross-survey analysis of educational achievement
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and … the USA. The first step of the analysis shows how far countries differ regarding immigrants' educational disadvantage. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002485607
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Educational Attainment, Wages and Employment of Second-Generation Immigrants in France
Langevin, Gabin - 2013
We use data from the Trajectoires et Origines survey to analyze the labor-market outcomes of both second-generation immigrants and their French native counterparts. Second-generation immigrants have on average a lower probability of employment and lower wages than French natives. We find however...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074239
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The impact of immigration on skills, innovation and wages : education matters more than where people come from
Das, Gouranga Gopal; Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Mausumi - In: Journal of policy modeling : JPMOD ; a social science … 42 (2020) 3, pp. 557-582
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498970
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Self-employment as a stepping stone to better labor market matching : a comparison between immigrants and natives
Ulceluse, Magdalena M. - In: Journal of demographic economics : JODE 86 (2020) 4, pp. 479-501
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012384755
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Wage differences between immigrants and natives in Austria : the role of literacy skills
Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Gnan, Phillipp - 2017
This paper analyzes wage differences between natives and immigrants in Austria. First, we show that for both groups, literacy skills are an important determinant of the hourly wage. In the second step, we show that differences in proficiency with respect to literacy can explain more than three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124650
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Self-employment as a stepping stone to better labour market matching : a comparison between immigrants and natives
Ulceluse, Magdalena M. - 2018
The paper investigates whether self-employment represents a way to reduce overeducation and improve labour market matching, in a comparative analysis between immigrants and natives. Using the EU Labour Force Survey for the year 2012, and controlling for a list of demographic characteristics and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131220