We study how job mobility, firms, and firm-ladder climbing can shape immigrants' labor
market success. Our context is the mass migration of former Soviet Union Jews to Israel …

This paper studies the role of firms in immigrants' labor market assimilation. We do so in the
context of a large and sudden international migration shock: the arrival of nearly one million …

The paper focuses on returnees and knowledge diaspora as important sources for human
resources development, identifying push and pull factors that also contribute significantly to …

Based on collected data, it was guesstimated that since 1970 almost two million Jews and
their relatives emigrated from the former Soviet Union (FSU). Most of this mass emigration …

Diaspora or'ethnic return'migrants have often been privileged in terms of citizenship and
material support when they seek to return to their ancestral land, yet for many, after long …

We develop and estimate a comprehensive dynamic programming (DP) model for the joint
decisions of residential location, employment location, occupational choices, and labor …

Between 1989 and 2009, more than 1.6 million Jews and their close relatives emigrated
from the former Soviet Union (FSU). Approximately 61%(about 998,000 people) went to …

This dissertation investigates the multifaceted socio-economic impacts of job loss and the
pivotal role of childhood location on long-term outcomes, through three distinct yet …

This paper provides a descriptive summary of the integration process of the large
exogenous wave of immigrants from the Former Soviet-Union (FSU) who arrived in Israel in …

Essays in Labor Economics and Innovation. Page 1 Essays in Labor Economics and
Innovation by Shmuel San A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for …