Ethnic Enclaves and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Piil Damm
2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-245
Author(s):  
Stefan Leknes ◽  
Jørgen Modalsli

This paper studies the impact of the construction of hydropower facilities on labor market outcomes in Norway at the turn of the twentieth century (1891–1920). The sudden breakthrough in hydropower technology provides a quasi-experimental setting, as not all municipalities had suitable natural endowments and the possible production sites were often located in remote areas. We find that hydropower municipalities experienced faster structural transformation and displayed higher occupational mobility. We interpret this as evidence that this early twentieth-century technology was skill biased, as workers in the new skilled jobs were recruited from a broad segment of the population.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Brücker ◽  
Albrecht Glitz ◽  
Adrian Lerche ◽  
Agnese Romiti

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Brücker ◽  
Albrecht Glitz ◽  
Adrian Lerche ◽  
Agnese Romiti

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