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Interactions between Local and Migrant Workers at the Workplace

Epstein, Gil S. - 2010

In this paper we consider the interaction between local workers and migrants in the production process of a firm. Both local workers and migrants can invest effort in assimilation activities in order to increase the assimilation of the migrants into the firm and thereby increase their...

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Ethnicity, Assimilation and Harassment in the Labor Market

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2021

We often observe minority ethnic groups at a disadvantage relative to the majority. Why is this and what can be done about it? Efforts made to assimilate, and time, are two elements working to bring the minority into line with the majority. A third element, the degree to which the majority...

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Labour Market Status and Migration Dynamics

Bijwaard, Govert - 2009

In this empirical paper we assess how labour market transitions and out- and repeated migration of immigrants are interrelated. We estimate a multi-state multiple spell competing risks model with four states: employed, unemployed receiving benefits, out-of-the-labour market (no benefits) and...

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The Dynamics of Return Migration, Human Capital Accumulation, and Wage Assimilation

Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2022

This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model where individuals differ in ability and location preference to evaluate the mechanisms that affect the evolution of immigrants' careers in conjunction with their re-migration plans. Our analysis highlights a novel form of selective return...

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The Impact of Social Comparisons on Reciprocity

Gächter, Simon; Sefton, Martin - 2021

We investigate the effects of pay comparison information (i.e. information about what co-workers earn) and effort comparison information (information about how co-workers perform) in experimental firms composed of one employer and two employees. Exposure to pay comparison information in...

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Do Migrants Lower Workplace Wages?

White, Michael R. - 2017

Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we identify the partial correlation between workplace wages … and the percentage of migrants employed at a workplace. We find wages are lower in workplaces employing a higher … condition on the ethnic complexion of employees at the workplace. Instead, the wage penalty is attached to the percentage of non …

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Migration, Friendship Ties and Cultural Assimilation

Facchini, Giovanni - 2014

Using novel information from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1996-2011, we document that migrants with a German friend are more similar to natives than those without a local companion along several important dimensions, including engagement in social activities, concerns about the...

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Social Contacts and the Economic Performance of Immigrants : A Panel Study of Immigrants in Germany

Kanas, Agnieszka - 2011

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined the impact of social contacts on immigrant occupational status and income. In addition to general social contacts, we also analyzed the effects of bonding (i.e., co-ethnic) and bridging (i.e., interethnic) ties on economic outcomes....

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Dynamics of the Employment Assimilation of First-Generation Immigrant Men in Sweden : Comparing Dynamic and Static Assimilation Models with Longitudinal Data

Akay, Alpaslan - 2009

We analyse the dynamics of employment assimilation of first-generation immigrant men in Sweden using a high-quality, register-based panel data set. It is discussed that when there are significant differences between employment status persistence of immigrants and natives, the standard static...

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Are Foreign Migrants More Assimilated than Native Ones?

Faini, Riccardo - 2009

The paper compares the pattern of wage assimilation of foreigners with both native immigrants and local natives in Italy, a country with large internal and international migration. This comparison, not yet exploited, yields understanding of the role played by language and knowledge of social...

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