reject the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis (IAH), which predicts that immigrants with shorter durations in 1983 should have …We create a longitudinal data set by matching immigrants in Israel’s censuses for 1983 and 1995. These panel data … assimilation. We show that since the return to destination-specific skills increased during this period because of the very large …

There are two complementary models of immigrants' economic and social adjustment - the positive assimilation model of … immigrants from non-English-speaking countries are characterized by positive assimilation. Earnings in the immediate post … Chiswick (1978, 1979), and the negative assimilation model of Chiswick and Miller (2011). The negative assimilation model is …

We study how job mobility, firms, and firm-ladder climbing can shape immigrants' labor market success. Our context is … differential pay-setting within firms both explain important shares of immigrant-native wage gap levels and dynamics. Immigrants …

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 …

We study how job mobility, firms, and firm-ladder climbing can shape immigrants' labor market success. Our context is …. Immigrants are persistently more mobile than natives and faster at climbing the firm ladder. We uncover a novel, sizable job …

Research on the economic or labor market assimilation of immigrants has to date focused on the degree of improvement in … cohort effects, “negative” assimilation (a decline in earnings with duration) is found for immigrants in the US from the … transferability of skills. This paper addresses whether positive assimilation will be found if skills are very highly transferable …

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 … immigrants from non-English-speaking countries are characterized by positive assimilation. Earnings in the immediate post … Chiswick (1978, 1979), and the negative assimilation model of Chiswick and Miller (2011). The negative assimilation model is …

This study finds evidence of wage divergence between immigrants and natives in Germany using a country-wide household … panel from 1984 to 2014. We incorporate the possibility of wage divergence into a two-period model of economic assimilation … immigrants and natives. Individual rates of wage convergence are found to be higher for immigrants who fled warfare zones, belong …

This study finds evidence of wage divergence between immigrants and natives in Germany using a country-wide household … panel from 1984 to 2014. We incorporate the possibility of wage divergence into a two-period model of economic assimilation … immigrants and natives. Individual rates of wage convergence are found to be higher for immigrants who fled warfare zones, belong …