Showing 1 - 10 of 123
The economic literature starting with Borjas (2001) suggests that immigrants are more flexible than natives in responding to changing sectoral, occupational, and spatial shortages in the labor market. In this paper, we study the relative responsiveness to labor shortages by immigrants from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110855
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742779
Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating …, we explore how temporary migrants differ from permanent migrants in their labor supply decisions and behavior. Upon … correcting for endogeneity bias, temporary migrants are found to work more hours than permanent ones. This result supports the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003938982
Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating …, we explore how temporary migrants differ from permanent migrants in their labor supply decisions and behavior. After … correcting for endogeneity bias, male temporary migrants are found to work more hours than permanent ones. The effect for females …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786192
The economic literature starting with Borjas (2001) suggests that immigrants are more flexible than natives in responding to changing sectoral, occupational, and spatial shortages in the labor market. In this paper, we study the relative responsiveness to labor shortages by immigrants from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595845
manage its internal mobility and inflows of international migrants. Using a unique expert opinion survey, we document that … Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to be expected. A review of current immigration policies shows that … procedures is a formidable challenge. This task involves the need to improve Europe's image among potential migrants, especially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009303832
manage its internal mobility and inflows of international migrants. Using a unique expert opinion survey, we document that … Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to be expected. A review of current immigration policies shows that … procedures is a formidable challenge. This task involves the need to improve Europe's image among potential migrants, especially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314270
manage its internal mobility and inflows of international migrants. Using a unique expert opinion survey, we document that … Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to be expected. A review of current immigration policies shows that … procedures is a formidable challenge. This task involves the need to improve Europe's image among potential migrants, especially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014185650
manage its internal mobility and inflows of international migrants. Using a unique expert opinion survey, we document that … Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to be expected. A review of current immigration policies shows that … procedures is a formidable challenge. This task involves the need to improve Europe's image among potential migrants, especially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131933
Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute to a more efficient allocation of resources. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361361