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The Challenges of Integrating Ukrainian Economic Migrants and Refugees in Poland
Kubiciel-Lodzińska, Sabina; Solga, Brygida - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 6, pp. 326-332
In a relatively brief timeframe, Poland has witnessed a substantial increase in immigration,transitioning from … Ukraine, the need to implementintegration measures has become even more critical. However, the problem is that there isno … refugees, is undertaken by individual Polish cities and regions.One of them is the Opolskie Voivodeship, a region with a high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014459454
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The challenges of integrating Ukrainian economic migrants and refugees in Poland
Kubiciel-Lodzińska, Sabina; Solga, Brygida - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 58 (2023) 6, pp. 326-332
In a relatively brief timeframe, Poland has witnessed a substantial increase in immigration,transitioning from … Ukraine, the need to implementintegration measures has become even more critical. However, the problem is that there isno … refugees, is undertaken by individual Polish cities and regions.One of them is the Opolskie Voivodeship, a region with a high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444270
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Border enforcement and selection of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Lozano, Fernando; Lopez, Mary J. - 2010
more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older … and highly educated undocumented immigrant women relative to men; 2) A change in the skill composition of immigrant women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959209
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Contractual dualism, market power and informality
Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2011
Two stylized representations are often found in the academic and policy literature on informality and formality in developing countries. The first is that the informal (or unregulated) sector is more competitive than the formal (or regulated) sector. The second is that contract enforcement is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310689
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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
, although only among a number of other determinants. For Germany, legal status at entry is important; former refugees and those … migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069009
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Border enforcement and selection of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Lozano, Fernando Antonio; Lopez, Mary J. - 2010
more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older … and highly educated undocumented immigrant women relative to men; 2) A change in the skill composition of immigrant women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275695
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The Wages of Women in England, 1260-1850
Humphries, Jane; Weisdorf, Jacob - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014
This paper presents a wage series for unskilled English women workers from 1260 to 1850 and compares it with existing … evidence for men.  Our series cast light on long run trends in women's agency and wellbeing, revealing an intractable, indeed … widening gap between women and men's remuneration in the centuries following the Black Death.  This informs several debates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004171
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Unions and Upward Mobility for Women Workers
Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2008
This report uses national data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) to show that unionization raises the wages of the typical woman worker by 11.2 percent compared to their non-union peers. The study goes on to show that unionization also increases the likelihood that a woman worker will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048507
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Unions and Upward Mobility for Latino Workers
Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2008
This report uses national data from 2004 to 2007 to show that unionization raises the wages of the typical Latino worker by 17.6 percent compared to their non-union peers. The study goes on to show that unionization also increases the likelihood that a Latino worker will have health insurance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048516
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The Wages of Women in England, 1260-1850
Humphries, Jane; Weisdorf, Jacob - Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford - 2014
This paper presents a wage series for unskilled English women workers from 1260 to 1850 and compares it with existing … evidence for men. Our series cast light on long run trends in women’s agency and wellbeing, revealing an intractable, indeed … widening gap between women and men’s remuneration in the centuries following the Black Death. This informs several recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823435