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Qualification structure, over- and underqualification of the foreign born in Austria and the EU
Huber, Peter; Nowotny, Klaus; Bock-Schappelwein, Julia - 2010
This project focuses on comparing the qualification structure of migrants residing in Austria as well as their over …- and underqualification rates to other EU countries. The skill structure of foreign born residing in Austria has improved … slightly in the last years. Austria is, however, characterised by a high share of medium skilled migrants and a low share of …
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Slowdown in immigration, labor shortages, and declining skill premia
Mandelman, Federico S.; Yu, Yang; Zanetti, Francesco; … - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015066963
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Mobile internet, skills and structural transformation in Rwanda
Caldarola, Bernardo; Grazzi, Marco; Occelli, Martina; … - 2022
This paper examines the relationship between mobile internet, employment and structural transformation in Rwanda. Thanks to its ability to enable access to a wide range of ICT technologies, internet coverage has the potential to affect the dynamics and the composition of employment...
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Flight of the H-1B : inter-firm mobility and return migration patterns for skilled guest workers
Depew, Briggs; Norlander, Peter; Sorensen, Todd - 2013
Critics of the H-1B program for high-skilled workers argue that the program restricts immigrant job mobility and lacks a vehicle for adjusting the number of visas during a recession. We study the job mobility of highly-skilled Indian IT guest workers and provide new evidence on their inter-firm...
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Two-way migration between similiar countries
Kreickemeier, Udo; Wrona, Jens - 2015
We develop a model to explain two-way migration of high-skilled individuals between countries that are similar in their economic characteristics. High-skilled migration results from the combination of workers whose abilities are private knowledge, and a production technology that gives...
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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
Although many OECD countries use skilled migration to boost economic performance, there is surprisingly little direct empirical evidence concerning what effects historical initiatives in this area have had. This study estimates the effects of Australia's recent shift toward a "hybrid approach"...
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Losing our minds? : new research directions on skilled emigration and development
Clemens, Michael A. - In: International journal of manpower 37 (2016) 7, pp. 1227-1248
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Slowdown in immigration, labor shortages, and declining skill premia
Mandelman, Federico S.; Yu, Yang; Zanetti, Francesco; … - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014577845