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equal. In Southern and Western Europe, immigrants from CEE and FSU feature the highest dependent informality rate, whilst in … Eastern Europe this group is second after minorities without immigrant background. In Eastern, Southern and part of Western … Europe, immigrants not covered by EU free mobility provisions are more likely to work without contracts than otherwise …
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This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among … married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community Surveys. Among immigrants, better job opportunities, measured by … live in states with a higher divorce rate are more likely to be divorced. Thus, currently being divorced among immigrants …
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This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among … married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community Surveys. Among immigrants, better job opportunities, measured by … live in states with a higher divorce rate are more likely to be divorced. Thus, currently being divorced among immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005996
-marketsituation component, I find that the unemployment rate of immigrants would lie at 5.6 percentagepoints for zero native unemployment (the … classicalhuman capital (educational degrees and experience) between immigrants and natives.Also controlling for country …
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-marketsituation component, I find that the unemployment rate of immigrants would lie at 5.6 percentagepoints for zero native unemployment (the … classicalhuman capital (educational degrees and experience) between immigrants and natives.Also controlling for country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013218
Informal employment is a reality for roughly two-thirds of economically active youth in urban Egypt, and it has been argued to be correlated with poverty, poor working conditions, and few opportunities for advancement. This essay analyzes whether informal employment rewards job qualification...
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We analyze the process of immigrant selection and occupational outcomes of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in the US and Canada. We extend the IMG relicensing model of Kugler and Sauer (2005) to incorporate two different approaches to immigrant selection: employer nomination systems and...
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We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … immigrants to Canada were employed in source country occupations that typically require high levels of cognitive skills, but rely … and manual skills, these discrepancies are larger among immigrants with limited language fluency. …
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Existing studies show a positive relationship between entrepreneurs' business performance and their conventional human capital as measured by previous business experience and formal education. In this paper, we explore whether illegal entrepreneurship experience (IEE), an unconventional form of...
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We analyze the process of immigrant selection and occupational outcomes of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in the US and Canada. We extend the IMG relicensing model of Kugler and Sauer (2005) to incorporate two different approaches to immigrant selection: employer nomination systems and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290334