large initial differences in employment and earnings across labor, family, refugee, student, and EU migrants. Second, these …

We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the …

previous literature. We distinguish between two types of migrants: labor and family migrants given their different labor market …. Controlling for the selective out-migration and endogeneity of labor supply, we find that labor out-migrants are positively … selected but family out-migrants are negatively selected. Furthermore, the findings underscore the importance of taking into …

highlights a need for complementary immigration and integration policies. …

of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all … geographical and cultural, immigration policies and migrant networks. Differentiating immigrants by their educational attainments …, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …