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 …

We argue that the arrival of immigrants with low reservation wages can strengthen the
monopsony power of firms. Firms can exploit" cheap" migrant labor by offering lower wages …

I den här rapporten beskriver vi flyktingar och flyktinganhörigas arbetsmarknadsetablering
på Sveriges tre största lokala arbetsmarknader: Stockholm-Solna, Göteborg och Malmö …

Immigrants and their native-born children often face considerable wage penalties relative to
natives, but less is known about whether this inequality arises through differences in …

This paper sheds new light on the barriers to migrants' labor market assimilation. Using
administrative data for Germany from 1997-2016, we estimate dynamic difference-in …

This paper combines two of the most central features of modern labor markets—immigrants
and unions—to examine the role of worker power in shaping immigrant sorting across firms …

Pay inequality stems both from firm pay-setting and from workers' individual characteristics.
Some workers are employed at firms that generate more value or that pass a larger share of …

Immigration is often hailed as a solution to the demographic crisis of high-income countries.
The influx of foreign labor can relieve labor shortages in particular sectors and occupations …

Immigrants to high-income countries often face considerable and persisting labor market
difficulties upon arrival, yet their native-born children often experience economic progress …

This thesis consists of three essays on the legal and economic integration of recent refugees
in the Netherlands. In Chapter 1, we investigate how assignment location, specifically urban …