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Employment effects of language training for unemployed immigrants

Lang, Julia - In: Journal of Population Economics 35 (2021) 2, pp. 719-754

Proficiency in the host country’s language is an important factor for the successful labor market integration of immigrants. In this study, I analyze the effects of a language training program for professional purposes on the employment opportunities of participants in Germany. I apply an...

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Norwegian cohort emigration

Thonstad, Tore; Riis, Christian; Bævre, Kåre - In: Journal of Population Economics 14 (2001) 3, pp. 473-489

This paper introduces a counterfactual technique to estimate net emigration from Norwegian birth cohorts from 1846 to 1900. A main finding is that despite strong fluctuations in annual emigration, the percentage reduction of each cohort due to emigration was surprisingly stable for all cohorts...

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Hunger and migration in a rural-traditional area in the nineteenth century

Tassenaar, Vincent; Groote, Peter - In: Journal of Population Economics 13 (2000) 3, pp. 465-483

The factors that influenced migration decisions in a nineteenth century rural-traditional area of the Netherlands are …

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Time preference and labour migration in an OLG model with land and capital

Vidal, Jean-Pierre; Michel, Philippe; Crettez, Bertrand - In: Journal of Population Economics 9 (1996) 4, pp. 387-403

This paper constructs a two-country migration model in the lines of Galor (1986), in which the world population … implications of international labour migration are studied. JEL classifications: F22, J61 …

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The welfare economics of immigration control

Levine, Paul - In: Journal of Population Economics 12 (1999) 1, pp. 23-43

This paper develops a Harris-Todaro (HT) type model of East-West migration in which labour market imperfections prevent … laissez-faire migration equilibrium based on explicit calculations of potential migrants without immigration controls in the … West, with the socially optimal level of migration. The paper examines the issue of immigration control by developing a …

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Natives and migrants in the London labour market, 1929-1931

Hatton, Timothy J.; Bailey, Roy E. - In: Journal of Population Economics 15 (2002) 1, pp. 59-81

Migrants are sometimes regarded as marginal workers in metropolitan labour markets. London has long been a major destination for migrants from elsewhere in Britain and abroad. In this paper we examine the earnings and unemployment experience in 1929-1931 of male workers who migrated to London,...

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Safety at work and immigration

Bellés-Obrero, Cristina; Martin Bassols, Nicolau; Vall … - In: Journal of Population Economics 34 (2020) 1, pp. 167-221

costs and benefits of migration flows. …

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The performance of immigrants in the Norwegian labor market

Hayfron, John E. - In: Journal of Population Economics 11 (1998) 2, pp. 293-303

This paper tests the assimilation hypothesis with Norwegian data. Using both cross-section and cohort analyses, the results show that the 1970-1979 immigrant cohort experienced an earnings growth of about 11% between 1980 and 1990, when their earnings profile was compared to that of natives....

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Labor market assimilation and the self-employment decision of immigrant entrepreneurs

Lofstrom, Magnus - In: Journal of Population Economics 15 (2002) 1, pp. 83-114

This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self-employed immigrants. Separate earnings functions for the self-employed and wage/salary workers are estimated. To control for endogenous sorting into the sectors, models of the self-employment...

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Estimating the effects of immigration in one city

Suen, Wing - In: Journal of Population Economics 13 (2000) 1, pp. 99-112

This paper presents a new method of estimating the effects of immigration on the labor market that does not require variations in immigration across cities. With a two-stage CES model that aggregates immigrant groups by age cohorts and aggregates cohorts into effective labor, the econometric...

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