skills and labor market information acquired prior to immigration. In particular, the model focuses on the effects on … employment and unemployment of schooling, labor market experience, marital status and the agricultural sector, in addition to …

theoretical analysis indicates a tendency toward the favorable self-selection (supply) of migrants for labor market success. The … differentials in the lower-wage origin relative to the higher-wage destination. Favorable selectivity for labor market success can … criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on …

This paper is an analysis of the English-language proficiency and labor market earnings of adult male Soviet Jewish … successful linguistic and labor market adjustment, regardless of their period of entry into the United States. …

occupation's requirements, and this matching does tend to occur in the labor market. …

. Overeducation is found to be more common among recent labor market entrants, while undereducation is more likely among older workers …, greater pre-immigration labor market experience is associated with poorer job matches, presumably due to the less than perfect …

, there is a large increase in the effect on earnings of pre-immigration labor market experience for the foreign born, but … little change in either the payoff to labor market experience for the native born, or in the premium for post-arrival labor … market experience for the foreign born. The estimates of the models of occupational attainment show that years of schooling …