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Intergenerational transmissions and the school-to-work transition of 2nd generation immigrants

Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Rosholm, Michael; Smith, Nina; … - 2001

the entry into the labour market, but it has a much smaller impact on the duration of the first employment spell and on …

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Social capital and immigrants' labour market performance

Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimiliano; Vaira Lucero, Matias - 2013

effect of social capital on migrants' employment outcomes and wages, especially for women. Distinguishing employment into … results suggest that promoting opportunities to create social capital has a beneficial effect on migrants' integration in the …

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Social Capital and Immigrants' Labour Market Performance

Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimiliano; Vaira-Lucero, Matias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

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Social networks and the labour market mismatch

Kalfa, Eleni; Piracha, Matloob - 2015

This paper assesses the extent to which social contacts and ethnic concentration affect the education-occupation mismatch of natives and immigrants. Using Australian panel data and employing a dynamic random effects probit model, we show that social capital exacerbates the incidence of...

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The early effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market outcomes of natives and migrants in the UK

Morando, Greta - 2021

It has been found that migrants and natives are affected differently by fluctuations in the business cycle. This paper … using UK data, it finds that unemployment has increased for both natives and migrants as has, consequently, the benefits … which are aimed to support non-employed households. The rise in these outcomes is particularly important for EU migrants. EU …

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Labour market progression of Canadian immigrant women

Adserà, Alícia; Ferrer, Ana M. - 2014

We use the confidential files of the 1991-2006 Canadian Census, combined with information from O*NET on the skill requirements of jobs, to explore whether Canadian immigrant women behave as secondary workers, remaining marginally attached to the labour market and experiencing little career...

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Gender, selection into employment, and the wage impact of immigration

Borjas, George J.; Edo, Anthony - 2021

wage of French women, but led to a sizable decline in their employment rate. In contrast, immigration had little impact on … the employment rate of men, but led to a sizable drop in the male wage. We show that the near-zero correlation between …

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Russian migrants to Russia : assimilation and local labor market effects

Lazareva, Olga - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-25

during 1990 - 2002. I use this natural experiment to study labor market assimilation of migrants and their effect on the … employment and wages of the local population. I show that male immigrants were fully integrated into the labor market, while … female immigrants faced significant wage and employment gaps upon arrival, and their assimilation was slow. Using an IV …

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Skilled migrants and labour market integration : how important is the selection process?

Van de Ven, Justin; Voitchovsky, Sarah - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-28

(supply-driven) independent skilled migrants at the same time that (demand-driven) employer-sponsored migration was expanded …. We find that this combination of policy adjustments substantively improved short-term employment outcomes amongst skilled … migrants six months after taking up permanent residency. …

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On the right track? : the role of work experience in migrant mothers' current employment probability

Boll, Christina; Lagemann, Andreas - 2021

This paper investigates the role of work experience in migrant mothers’ current employment in Germany. Unlike previous … for migrant mothers compared to migrant fathers and non-migrant mothers. We conclude that current employment is … significantly fueled by former employment; thus policies should be designed such that they help women to “get on the right track”. …

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