and positive effect on their hourly wage and their level of weekly earnings. -- Network effects ; immigrants …This paper employs United States Census data to study the occupational allocation of immigrants. The data reveal that … between the occupational choice decision of recently arrived immigrants with those of established immigrants from the same …

This paper employs United States Census data to study the occupational allocation of immigrants. The data reveal that … between the occupational choice decision of recently arrived immigrants with those of established immigrants from the same … country. We also consider the earnings implications of these immigrant networks for recent arrivals. The empirical evidence …

This paper studies the occupational selection among generations of immigrants in the United States and links their … time that immigrants spend in the US and over generations. Information friction may be an explanation. …

augments a conventional human capital earnings function with information on occupations. It also estimates models of … occupational attainment. The results from both the earnings function and model of occupational attainment indicate that the limited … international transferability of human capital skills results in immigrants entering into relatively low status occupations when …

worries. While individuals are strongly pulled into selfemployment if it offers higher earnings, immigrants are additionally … self-employed Germans are not much different from the earnings of the self-employed immigrants, including those who have … become German citizens. However, immigrants suffer a strong earnings penalty if they feel discriminated against while they …

We use data on immigrants who live in the United States to study the effects of exposure to hyperinflation on …

specialized occupations. Compared to non-migrants, immigrants receive more than twice the return for using English. Returns depend … such as international experience that their non-migrant counterparts lack. As immigrants do not earn significant wage …

immigrants are more likely than natives to work in risky jobs, as they are more inclined to take on physically intensive tasks …

relationship between the occupational choice of recently arrived immigrants with those of established immigrants from the same … their compatriots enjoy a large and positive earnings effect. © 2013 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the …