reject the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis (IAH), which predicts that immigrants with shorter durations in 1983 should have … assimilation. We show that since the return to destination-specific skills increased during this period because of the very large … immigration, the assimilation curve changed its shape in a way that made it difficult to estimate even using panel data. …

There are two complementary models of immigrants' economic and social adjustment - the positive assimilation model of … Chiswick (1978, 1979), and the negative assimilation model of Chiswick and Miller (2011). The negative assimilation model is …-speaking developed countries. This paper generalizes the negative/positive assimilation models through analyzing the post …

This paper considers the labor market assimilation of immigrants in terms of earnings and employment (employment … country (ESDC). Among men in general, 'negative assimilation' is found for immigrants from the ESDC, and positive assimilation … for other origins. Among women, the pattern of assimilation in earnings and employment is more positive than among their …

Research on the economic or labor market assimilation of immigrants has to date focused on the degree of improvement in … transferability of skills. This paper addresses whether positive assimilation will be found if skills are very highly transferable … internationally. It outlines the conditions for “negative” assimilation in the context of the traditional immigration assimilation …

This paper considers the labor market assimilation of immigrants in terms of earnings and employment (employment … country (ESDC). Among men in general, 'negative assimilation' is found for immigrants from the ESDC, and positive assimilation … for other origins. Among women, the pattern of assimilation in earnings and employment is more positive than among their …

There are two complementary models of immigrants’ economic and social adjustment – the positive assimilation model of … Chiswick (1978, 1979), and the negative assimilation model of Chiswick and Miller (2011). The negative assimilation model is …-speaking developed countries. This paper generalizes the negative/positive assimilation models through analyzing the post …

reject the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis (IAH), which predicts that immigrants with shorter durations in 1983 should have … assimilation. We show that since the return to destination-specific skills increased during this period because of the very large … immigration, the assimilation curve changed its shape in a way that made it difficult to estimate even using panel data. …

Using an immigrant assimilation framework, this paper develops a model of the occupational mobility of immigrants and …

Research on the economic or labor market assimilation of immigrants has to date focused on the degree of improvement in … transferability of skills. This paper addresses whether positive assimilation will be found if skills are very highly transferable … internationally. It outlines the conditions for negative assimilation in the context of the traditional immigration assimilation model …