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Estimating immigrant earnings profiles when migrations are temporary

Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2016

The assumption that all migrations are permanent, which pervaded the early microdata-based research on immigrant career profiles, is not supported by the empirical evidence. Rather, many - if not most - migrations appear to be temporary. In this paper, therefore, we illustrate the estimation...

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Does educational mismatch affect emigration behaviour?

Wanner, Philippe; Pecoraro, Marco; Tani, Massimiliano - 2021

This paper uses linked Swiss administrative and survey data to examine the relationship between educational mismatch in the labour market and emigration decisions, carrying out the analysis for both Swiss native and previous immigrant workers. In turn, migrants' decisions separate returning home...

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Migration on the rise, a paradigm in decline : the last half-century of global mobility

Clemens, Michael A. - 2022

The past several decades have witnessed a rebirth of global labor mobility. Workers have begun to move between countries at rates not seen since before World War One. During the same period, economists' study of international migration has been framed by a particular textbook model of location...

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The effects of refugee immigration on income inequality in Germany : a case study

Manthei, Gerrit - 2020

immigration rates in Europe, particularly from outside the continent. However, the linkage between refugee immigration and income … and to what extent refugee immigration affects income inequality. The first step is a literature review, the second the … discussion of the theoretical implications of the model, it is then applied to Germany’s refugee immigration situation in 2015 …

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The labor market effects of refugee waves : reconciling conflicting results

Clemens, Michael A.; Hunt, Jennifer - 2017

An influential strand of research has tested for the effects of immigration on natives' wages and employment using … reinforces the existing consensus that the impact of immigration on average native-born workers is small, and fails to …

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The effect of occupational visas on native employment : evidence from labor supply to farm jobs in the Great Recession

Clemens, Michael A. - 2017

positive outside it. Job-specific estimates of this kind are useful alongside more generalized evaluations of immigration … because immigration policy often regulates access to specific occupations. …

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The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves : Reconciling Conflicting Results

Clemens, Michael A. - 2017

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The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves : Reconciling Conflicting Results

Clemens, Michael A. - 2017

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Skill downgrading among refugees and economic immigrants in Germany : evidence from the Syrian refugee crisis

Nikolov, Plamen; Salarpour Goodarzi, Leila; Titus, David - 2022

Upon arrival to a new country, many immigrants face job downgrading, a phenomenon describing workers being in jobs far below where they would be assigned based on their skills. Downgrading leads to immigrants receiving lower returns to the same skills than natives. The level of downgrading could...

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Economic impact of STEM immigrant workers

Baum, Christopher F.; Lööf, Hans; Stephan, Andreas - 2018

STEM-focused industries are critical to the innovation-driven economy. As many firms are running short of STEM workers, international immigrants are increasingly recognized as a potential for high-tech job recruitment. This paper studies STEM occupations in Sweden 2011-2015 and tests hypotheses...

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