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Abdurrahman B. Aydemir

Sabanci University, Turkey, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author, Topic spokesperson

Expertise

Economics of immigration, Immigration policy, Education, Intergenerational mobility within the North American and European context

Country

Turkey

Languages

Turkish - Native speaker, English - Non-native speaker

Media experience

Print, Radio

Email

aaydemir@sabanciuniv.edu

Phone

90 2164839344

Current position

Faculty Member, Sabanci University, Turkey

Website

http://bit.ly/Aydemir_IZApage

Past positions

Senior Economist, Statistics Canada

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of Western Ontario, 2003

Selected publications

  • “Explaining the deteriorating entry earnings of Canada’s immigrant cohorts: 1966-2000.” Canadian Journal of Economics 38:2 (2005): 641–671 (with M. Skuterud).

  • “Cross-country variation in the impact of international migration: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.” Journal of the European Economic Association 5:4 (2007): 663–708 (with G. Borjas).

  • “Global labour markets, return and onward migration.” Canadian Journal of Economics 41:4 (2008): 1285–1311 (with C. Robinson).

  • “Intergenerational earnings mobility among the children of Canadian immigrants.” Review of Economics and Statistics 91:2 (2009): 377–397 (with M. Corak and W.-H. Chen).

  • “Attenuation bias in measuring the wage impact of immigration.” Journal of Labor Economics 29:1 (2011): 69–112 (with G. Borjas).

article(s)

  • Skill-based immigration, economic integration, and economic performance Updated

    Benefiting from highly skilled immigrants requires a complementary mix of immigrant selection and economic integration policies

    Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, June 2020
    There is increasing global competition for high-skilled immigrants, as countries intensify efforts to attract a larger share of the world's talent pool. In this environment, high-skill immigrants are becoming increasingly selective in their choices between alternative destinations. Studies for major immigrant-receiving countries that provide evidence on the comparative economic performance of immigrant classes (skill-, kinship-, and humanitarian-based) show that skill-based immigrants perform better in the labor market. However, there are serious challenges to their economic integration, which highlights a need for complementary immigration and integration policies.
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