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Alice Bloch - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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refugees in the uk labour market the conflict between economic integration and policy led labour market restriction
Journal of Social Policy, 2008Co-Authors: Alice BlochAbstract:This article draws on data from a survey of 400 refugees and shows low levels of labour market activity. The minority of refugees who are working are in secondary sector jobs with little opportunity for progression.Moreover, refugees with high levels of skills who are working are not in jobs commensurate with their skills and qualifications. The article examines the human capacity and personal characteristics that have an impact on refugee employment, and finds the greatest difference in employment is between men and women, although English Language Fluency and training are also very important. Employment is a major part of the refugee integration strategy, and employment initiatives focus on capacity- uilding rather than discrimination or reversing restrictive policies. The article concludes that strategies need to focus on individual employability as well as measures to overcome personal and structural barriers to the labour market.
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refugees in the uk labour market the conflict between economic integration and policy led labour market restriction
Journal of Social Policy, 2008Co-Authors: Alice BlochAbstract:This article draws on data from a survey of 400 refugees and shows low levels of labour market activity. The minority of refugees who are working are in secondary sector jobs with little opportunity for progression.Moreover, refugees with high levels of skills who are working are not in jobs commensurate with their skills and qualifications. The article examines the human capacity and personal characteristics that have an impact on refugee employment, and finds the greatest difference in employment is between men and women, although English Language Fluency and training are also very important. Employment is a major part of the refugee integration strategy, and employment initiatives focus on capacity- uilding rather than discrimination or reversing restrictive policies. The article concludes that strategies need to focus on individual employability as well as measures to overcome personal and structural barriers to the labour market.
Paul W. Miller - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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immigrant earnings Language skills linguistic concentrations and the business cycle
Journal of Population Economics, 2002Co-Authors: Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. MillerAbstract:This study of the determinants of earnings among adult foreign-born men using the 1990 Census of Population focuses on the effects of the respondent's own English Language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and the effects of the stage of the business cycle at entry into the U.S. labor market. The analysis demonstrates the importance of English Language Fluency among the foreign born from non-English speaking countries. There is also strong evidence for the complementarity between Language skills and other forms of human capital. Furthermore, there is strong evidence using selectivity correction techniques for the endogeneity between Language and earnings.
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immigrant earnings Language skills linguistic concentrations and the business cycle
University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State, 1999Co-Authors: Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. MillerAbstract:This study of the determinants of earnings among adult foreign-born men using the 1990 Census of Population focuses on the effects of the respondent's own English Language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and the effects of the stage of the business cycle at entry into the U.S. labor market. The analysis demonstrates the importance of English Language Fluency among the foreign born from non-English speaking countries. There is also strong evidence for the complementarity between Language skills and other forms of human capital. Furthermore, there is strong evidence using selectivity correction techniques for the endogeneity between Language and earnings.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)
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the endogeneity between Language and earnings international analyses
Journal of Labor Economics, 1995Co-Authors: Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. MillerAbstract:This study is concerned with the determinants of dominant Language Fluency, its effects on earnings, and its endogeneity with earnings among immigrants. Dominant Language Fluency is hypothesized to be a function of three fundamental variables: exposure to the Language, efficiency in second Language acquisition, and economic benefits from Language Fluency. Conceptual variables with empirical counterparts are developed. Earnings are hypothesized to be a function of Language skills, among other variables. Ordinary least squares, instrumental variables, and sample selection bias techniques are used to estimate the equations for Australia. Comparisons are made with analyses for the United States, Canada, and Israel. Copyright 1995 by University of Chicago Press.
John C S Breitner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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h2 histamine receptor blockade in the treatment of alzheimer disease a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial of nizatidine
Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 2002Co-Authors: Michelle C Carlson, Joann T Tschanz, Maria C Norton, Kathleen A Welshbohmer, Barbara K Martin, John C S BreitnerAbstract:OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy of nizatidine, a histamine H2-blocking drug, in delaying the progression of cognitive impairment in older adults with Alzheimer disease (AD). DESIGN A one-year, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-one older men and women aged 67 to 96 years with AD were recruited from the Cache County Study on Memory in Aging. METHODS Patients were stratified by age and by the presence of one or more epsilon 4 alleles at the APOE locus, then randomized to receive nizatidine 75 mg (Axid ARTM, Whitehall Robins) or a matching placebo tablet twice daily. Cognitive outcomes were assessed at baseline, six, and twelve months after enrollment using tests from the CERAD battery and additional measures of visuospatial memory, verbal memory, and verbal Fluency. RESULTS Subjects showed significant declines in Language, Fluency, and praxis but most measures of memory had already "bottomed out." Intention-to-treat and compliance-based analyses showed no effect of nizatidine on any of the cognitive outcome measures over the one-year study interval. CONCLUSIONS These results do not support claims for the efficacy of nizatidine in over-the-counter dosages as a means of preventing symptom progression in AD.
Barry R. Chiswick - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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immigrant earnings Language skills linguistic concentrations and the business cycle
Journal of Population Economics, 2002Co-Authors: Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. MillerAbstract:This study of the determinants of earnings among adult foreign-born men using the 1990 Census of Population focuses on the effects of the respondent's own English Language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and the effects of the stage of the business cycle at entry into the U.S. labor market. The analysis demonstrates the importance of English Language Fluency among the foreign born from non-English speaking countries. There is also strong evidence for the complementarity between Language skills and other forms of human capital. Furthermore, there is strong evidence using selectivity correction techniques for the endogeneity between Language and earnings.
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The Employment, Unemployment and Unemployment Compensation Benefits of Immigrants
2000Co-Authors: Michael E. Hurst, Barry R. ChiswickAbstract:This report analyzes the employment and unemployment experiences of adult foreign-born men, both among themselves and in comparison with the native born. The empirical analysis uses microdata from the 1990 Census of Population. Three dependent variables are analyzed, weeks worked (employment) in 1989, unemployment status in the reference week in 1990, and a proxy measure of unemployment compensation benefits received in 1989. The theoretical model focuses on the job search behavior of the foreign born within the context of an immigrant adjustment model based on the imperfect transferability of skills and labor market information acquired prior to immigration. In particular, the model focuses on the effects on employment and unemployment of schooling, labor market experience, marital status and the agricultural sector, in addition to English Language Fluency and country of origin. The hypotheses developed from the model are found to be consistent with the data. Employment is significantly lower, and unemployment is significantly higher, among the foreign born in the U.S. for three or fewer years, but then reaches a level after which there is little variation by duration of residence. Unemployment problems associated with immigrants appear to be short-term transitional adjustments.
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immigrant earnings Language skills linguistic concentrations and the business cycle
University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State, 1999Co-Authors: Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. MillerAbstract:This study of the determinants of earnings among adult foreign-born men using the 1990 Census of Population focuses on the effects of the respondent's own English Language skills, the effects of living in a linguistic concentration area, and the effects of the stage of the business cycle at entry into the U.S. labor market. The analysis demonstrates the importance of English Language Fluency among the foreign born from non-English speaking countries. There is also strong evidence for the complementarity between Language skills and other forms of human capital. Furthermore, there is strong evidence using selectivity correction techniques for the endogeneity between Language and earnings.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)
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the endogeneity between Language and earnings international analyses
Journal of Labor Economics, 1995Co-Authors: Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. MillerAbstract:This study is concerned with the determinants of dominant Language Fluency, its effects on earnings, and its endogeneity with earnings among immigrants. Dominant Language Fluency is hypothesized to be a function of three fundamental variables: exposure to the Language, efficiency in second Language acquisition, and economic benefits from Language Fluency. Conceptual variables with empirical counterparts are developed. Earnings are hypothesized to be a function of Language skills, among other variables. Ordinary least squares, instrumental variables, and sample selection bias techniques are used to estimate the equations for Australia. Comparisons are made with analyses for the United States, Canada, and Israel. Copyright 1995 by University of Chicago Press.
Michelle C Carlson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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h2 histamine receptor blockade in the treatment of alzheimer disease a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial of nizatidine
Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 2002Co-Authors: Michelle C Carlson, Joann T Tschanz, Maria C Norton, Kathleen A Welshbohmer, Barbara K Martin, John C S BreitnerAbstract:OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy of nizatidine, a histamine H2-blocking drug, in delaying the progression of cognitive impairment in older adults with Alzheimer disease (AD). DESIGN A one-year, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-one older men and women aged 67 to 96 years with AD were recruited from the Cache County Study on Memory in Aging. METHODS Patients were stratified by age and by the presence of one or more epsilon 4 alleles at the APOE locus, then randomized to receive nizatidine 75 mg (Axid ARTM, Whitehall Robins) or a matching placebo tablet twice daily. Cognitive outcomes were assessed at baseline, six, and twelve months after enrollment using tests from the CERAD battery and additional measures of visuospatial memory, verbal memory, and verbal Fluency. RESULTS Subjects showed significant declines in Language, Fluency, and praxis but most measures of memory had already "bottomed out." Intention-to-treat and compliance-based analyses showed no effect of nizatidine on any of the cognitive outcome measures over the one-year study interval. CONCLUSIONS These results do not support claims for the efficacy of nizatidine in over-the-counter dosages as a means of preventing symptom progression in AD.
