Essays about: "earnings of immigrant"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words earnings of immigrant.

  1. 1. Gender Imbalance and Educational Investments in China

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jessica Johansson; Anna Johnsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sex Ratio; Education; One Child Policy; Marriage; Signaling;

    Abstract : An unintended consequence of the One Child Policy, introduced in 1979, has been the increasing sex ratio imbalance in China. This has resulted in millions of excess males, facing difficulties in finding a spouse. READ MORE

  3. 2. Native-immigrant Earnings Differentials for Employees and Self-Employed

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

    Author : Gülsah Altin; Mohamed Shafi Shoble; [2022]
    Keywords : Immigrants; Earnings Differentials; Self-Employment;

    Abstract : Abstract  This study investigates the native-immigrant earnings differential in self-employment and wage employment in Sweden. The main research question is whether the earnings differential between immigrants and natives differs when immigrants are self-employed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Discrimination on the labor market towards immigrant women : Is there a different gender wage gap amongst immigrant women compared to natives?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Emina Peric; Rachel Stigh; [2022]
    Keywords : gender wage; native-immigrant wage gap; immigration; discrimination; women; labor market; wage differentials;

    Abstract : The gender inequality in the labor market has long been a discussed and studied topic, and today it is acknowledged that women are discriminated against and face disadvantages in earnings compared to men. This study aims to further investigate if immigrant women face additional earnings differentials due to their ethnicity, more specifically in the Norwegian labor market. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Migrant- and Gender Wage Gaps in Sweden : Evidence from a Quantile Decomposition

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Tilda Nilsson; [2021]
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    Abstract : This thesis investigates the migrant- and gender wage gaps for female immigrants in the Swedish labour market for 2005. By using Swedish microdata on income and taking advantage of decomposition methods, in particular the Blinder-Oaxaca (1973) and the Recentered Influence Function, proposed by Firpo, Fortin and Lemieux (2018), this thesis analyses the pay gaps at the mean and across the distribution. READ MORE

  6. 5. The double disadvantage effect for immigrant women : Is there an earnings differential between native women and immigrant women with similar education and human capital in the Swedish labour market?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Ellen Fridsén; Victoria Sjölander; [2018]
    Keywords : Immigrants; Earnings differentials; Education; Women; Double disadvantage;

    Abstract : The migration has increased substantially during the last years and most countries struggle to integrate immigrants into the labour market. Since we also know from previous research that women are discriminated against due to their gender we want to investigate if immigrant women are facing an additional earnings differential because of their ethnicity. READ MORE