TY - CHAP
T1 - Immigrants in the Israeli Hi-Tech Industry
T2 - Comparison to Natives and the Effect of Training
AU - Cohen-Goldner, Sarit
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - During the 1990s, the Israeli economy experienced two major events. First, starting in the fall of 1989, a large wave of relatively highly skilled immigrants arrived from the former Soviet Union (CIS) increasing the population and the labor force by considerable magnitude. Second, the hi-tech sector has grown substantially and reached a peak in growth and level in 2000. This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the integration of immigrants from the CIS in the Israeli labor market and, specifically, in the hi-tech sector. Based on a unique panel data that follows immigrants for up to 12 years in Israel we find a significant positive correlation between immigrants' participation in Israeli government-provided training programs and the propensity to work as professionals in the hi-tech industry and to work in white-collar occupations in other sectors. However, this correlation diminishes with 'time since participation' such that recent participants face a higher probability to work in hi-tech and white-collar jobs than those who participated in training earlier.
AB - During the 1990s, the Israeli economy experienced two major events. First, starting in the fall of 1989, a large wave of relatively highly skilled immigrants arrived from the former Soviet Union (CIS) increasing the population and the labor force by considerable magnitude. Second, the hi-tech sector has grown substantially and reached a peak in growth and level in 2000. This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the integration of immigrants from the CIS in the Israeli labor market and, specifically, in the hi-tech sector. Based on a unique panel data that follows immigrants for up to 12 years in Israel we find a significant positive correlation between immigrants' participation in Israeli government-provided training programs and the propensity to work as professionals in the hi-tech industry and to work in white-collar occupations in other sectors. However, this correlation diminishes with 'time since participation' such that recent participants face a higher probability to work in hi-tech and white-collar jobs than those who participated in training earlier.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0147-9121(05)24009-8
DO - 10.1016/s0147-9121(05)24009-8
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AN - SCOPUS:33645946052
SN - 0762312750
SN - 9780762312757
T3 - Research in Labor Economics
SP - 265
EP - 292
BT - The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity
A2 - Polachek, Solomon
A2 - Chiswick, Carmel
A2 - Rapoport, Hillel
ER -