A broken social elevator? Employment outcomes of first-and second-generation immigrants in Belgium

C Piton, F Rycx - De Economist, 2021 - Springer
This paper provides a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the employment
performance of first-and second-generation immigrants in Belgium compared to that of …

Moving up the social ladder? Wages of first-and second-generation immigrants from develo** countries

K Pineda-Hernández, F Rycx, M Volral - The Journal of Economic …, 2025 - Springer
Using matched employer-employee data for Belgium, covering 1.1 million workers over
almost two decades (1999–2016), we find that first-generation immigrants born in …

The heterogeneous employment outcomes of first-and second-generation immigrants in Belgium

C Piton, F Rycx - 2020 - econstor.eu
This paper provides a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the relationship between
people's migration background and their likelihood of being employed in Belgium. Using …

Wages, Overeducation and Poverty: The Role of Origin and Institutions

M VOLRAL - 2024 - dipot.ulb.ac.be
How do collective bargaining (CB) systems affect inequality and poverty in developed
countries? The answer to this question is still largely uncertain and much debated. Some …

The labour market performance of vulnerable groups: towards a better understanding of the main driving forces

D CEBRIG - 2023 - dipot.ulb.ac.be
In various international reports studying employment across countries and over time (see for
example OECD or IMF reports), some groups are systematically highlighted as more …

[PDF][PDF] A critical discourse analysis of the labour market activation of vulnerable women.

A Scheers, A Forrier, N De Cuyper, J Luyckx - ILO - humanrelationsjournal.org
This study ties in with the debate whether labour market activation of vulnerable women
increases or decreases emancipation. Labour market activation refers to policies that …

[PDF][PDF] Moving up the Social Ladder? Wages of First-and Second-Generation Immigrants from Develo** Countries-IZA DP No. 15770

K Pineda-Hernández, F Rycx, M Volral - 2022 - orbi.umons.ac.be
One of the mainstays of poverty and inequality disparities is the intergenerational
transmission of socioeconomic status from parents to children, which is particularly strong …

[PDF][PDF] Moving up the social ladder? wages of first-and second-generation immigrants from develo** countries-LIDAM Discussion Paper IRES 2022/25

K Pineda-Hernández, R François, M Volral - 2022 - orbi.umons.ac.be
As immigrants born in develo** countries and their descendants represent a growing
share of the working-age population in the developed world, their labour market integration …

[PDF][PDF] Moving up the social ladder? wages of first-and second-generation immigrants from develo** countries-Working Papers CEB 22-012

K Pineda-Hernández, F Rycx, M Volral - 2022 - orbi.umons.ac.be
As immigrants born in develo** countries and their descendants represent a growing
share of the working-age population in the developed world, their labour market integration …

[PDF][PDF] CEB Working Paper

C Piton, F Rycx - 2018 - dipot.ulb.ac.be
This paper provides a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the employment
performance of first-and second-generation immigrants in Belgium compared to that of …