RETURNS TO FOREIGN AND HOST COUNTRY QUALIFICATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM THE US ON THE LABOUR MARKET PLACEMENT OF MIGRANTS AND THE SECOND GENERATION

Returns to Foreign and Host Country Qualifications: Evidence from the US on the Labour Market Placement of Migrants and the Second Generation

The integration of migrants in the US economic system is a central concern of policy-makers and scholars.A faster and smoother assimilation of valuable human capital would indeed benefit the labour market, increasing its efficiency.To investigate the integration of minorities and migrants in the US labour market, we employ data from the Current Pop

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Analytically Computing the Moments of a Conic Combination of Independent Noncentral Chi-Square Random Variables and Its Application for the Extended Cox–Ingersoll–Ross Process with Time-Varying Dimension

This paper focuses mainly on the problem of computing the γth, γ>0, moment of a random variable Yn:=∑i=1nαiXi in which the αi’s are positive real numbers and the Xi’s are independent and distributed according to noncentral chi-square distributions.Finding an analytical approach for solving such a problem has remained a challenge due to th

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Guitars and Makerspace: Examining the Experience of First Nations Students | Guitares et laboratoires ouverts : examen de l’expérience d’élèves des Premières Nations

This research project examined the impact on student engagement of a makerspace approach in an all-First Nations high school.First Nations learners have many factors limiting their success in the K-12 system such as lack of connection to the curriculum, limited cultural relevance of course content, and poor attendance.A common concern for those wor

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