This paper analyzes the return migration of foreign-born persons in the United States. We
argue that return migration may have been planned as part of an optimal life cycle …

We develop methods and employ similar sample restrictions to analyze differences in
intergenerational earnings mobility across the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark …

For young male immigrants, naturalization facilitates assimilation into the US labor market.
Following naturalization, immigrants gain access to public-sector, white-collar, and union …

Immigrants in the United States who acquire US schooling earn higher wages than other
immigrants. Using data from the US censuses and the National Longitudinal Survey of …

We show that the patterns of intergenerational earnings mobility in Denmark, Finland and
Norway, unlike those for the US and the UK, are highly nonlinear. The Nordic relationship …

Population intelligence quotients increased throughout the 20th century—a phenomenon
known as the Flynn effect—although recent years have seen a slowdown or reversal of this …

Using the US labor market as a common point of reference, this article investigates the
influence of source country school quality on the returns to education of immigrants. Based …

Using real-time register data we document the magnitude, dynamics and socio-economic
characteristics of the crisis-induced temporary and permanent layoffs in Norway. We find …

Using longitudinal data from the date of arrival, we study long‐term labour market and social
insurance outcomes for all major immigrant cohorts to Norway since 1970. Immigrants from …

To identify wage impacts of immigration, we use licensing requirements in the Norwegian
construction sector that give rise to exogenous variation in immigrant employment across …