Occupational Recognition and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes
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چکیده
We analyze how the formal recognition of foreign qualifications affects immigrants’ labor market outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on a novel German data set that links respondents’ survey information to their administrative records, allowing us observe immigrants at monthly intervals before, during, and after application for occupational recognition. find 3 years obtaining recognition, earn 19.8% higher wages are 24.5 percentage points more likely be employed than in control group. further document leads full convergence earnings those native counterparts.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Labor Economics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1537-5307', '0734-306X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/710702