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immigrants if employers perceive them as less skilled than native-born workers - and vice versa. Studies indicate that a higher … minimum wage does not hurt immigrants, but there is no consensus on whether immigrants benefit at the expense of natives …. Studies also reach disparate conclusions on whether higher minimum wages attract or repel immigrants. …
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The labor market disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns impacted immigrant workers more severely than native-born workers in the US, Canada, Australia, and most EU countries. Immigrant workers in most of these countries were more vulnerable to the pandemic since they were more...
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries spend, on average, an equivalent of 0.4% of their gross domestic product on active and passive labor market policies. This is a non-negligible sum, especially in times of strained government budgets. Meetings with case workers -...
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immigration, contrasting evidence shows that immigrants are less likely to move into areas with higher or more frequent increases … in the minimum wage. These different findings seem to reflect different relocation decisions by immigrants who have lived … in the US for several years, who are more likely to move in response to higher minimum wages, and by new immigrants, who …
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classes (skill-, kinship-, and humanitarian-based). Developed countries are increasingly competing for high-skilled immigrants …
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Reducing youth unemployment and generating more and better youth employment opportunities are key policy challenges …
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unemployment and non-participation. Despite the severity of the Covid-19 shock, by December 2021 most key measures of labor market …
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Population aging in many developed countries has motivated some governments to provide wage subsidies to employers for hiring or retaining older workers. The subsidies are intended to compensate for the gap between the pay and productivity of older workers, which may discourage their hiring. A...
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the literature. Because immigrants decide whether and where to migrate, immigrant populations generally consist of …
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Proponents of minimum wage increases have argued that such hikes can serve as an engine of economic growth and assist low-skilled individuals during downturns in the business cycle. However, a review of the literature provides little empirical support for these claims. Minimum wage increases...
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