Immigration, Search, and Loss of Skill
构建并估计了一个在职搜索模型，分析前苏联高技能移民进入以色列劳动力市场的情况。模型显示，移民终身收入平均比本地人低57%，其中14个百分点源于失业和工作匹配摩擦，43个百分点源于国外学历和经验的本土化适应。
This article develops and estimates an on-the-job search model of the entry of highly skilled immigrants from the former Soviet Union into the Israeli labor market. The estimated parameters of the model, together with information on the wages of immigrants from earlier waves, imply that, on average, immigrants can expect lifetime earnings to fall short of the lifetime earnings of comparable natives by 57%. <br/>Of this figure, 14 percentage points reflect frictions associated with nonemployment and job distribution mismatch, and 43 percentage points reflect the gradual adaptation of imported schooling and experience to the local labor market.