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Precautionary savings by natives and immigrants in Germany

Piracha, Matloob; Zhu, Yu - 2007

remittances into account. Moreover, we find that marginal propensity to save for immigrants is about 40% higher than that for … naturalization has caused significant reductions of savings and remittances for immigrants as a whole, in the magnitude of 13% and 29 …

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Immigration, social networks, and occupational mismatch

Alaverdyan, Sevak; Zaharieva, Anna - 2019

develop a theoretical search and matching model with two ethnic groups of workers (natives and immigrants), two search …

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The performance of immigrants in the German labor market

Beyer, Robert - 2017

This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...

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The situation of female immigrants on the German labour market : a multi-perspective approach

Salikutluk, Zerrin; Giesecke, Johannes; Kroh, Martin - 2020

While general ethnic disadvantages are well documented, much less is known about coinciding disadvantages of ethnic origin and gender. Based on theoretical arguments of human capital theory, sociocultural approaches, labour market segmentation theory, and discrimination mechanisms, we...

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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018

Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...

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Earnings assimilation of immigrants in Germany : the importance of heterogeneity and attrition bias

Fertig, Michael; Schurer, Stefanie - 2007

Heterogeneity in the ethnic composition of Germany's immigrant population renders general conclusions on the degree of economic integration difficult. Using a rich longitudinal data-set, this paper tests for differences in economic assimilation profiles of four entry cohorts of foreign-born...

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The impact of worker effort on public sentiment towards temporary migrants

Epstein, Gil S.; Venturini, Alessandra - 2011

Temporary and circular migration programs have been devised by many destination countries and supported by the European … additional reason for proposing temporary migration policies based on the characteristics of the foreign labor-effort supply. The … when temporary migration policies are adopted. -- Migration ; Exertion of effort ; Contracted Temporary Migration …

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Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy : Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion

Clemens, Michael A. - 2017

There has been little rigorous evaluation of immigration barriers intended to improve domestic terms of employment by shrinking the workforce. We study one such barrier, a policy change that excluded almost half a million Mexican bracero seasonal agricultural workers from the United States....

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Effects of Emigration on Rural Labor Markets

Akram, Agha - 2017

Rural to urban migration is an integral part of the development process, but there is little evidence on how out-migration …) a decrease in the price of non-tradables like prepared food and tea. Seasonal migration subsidies not only generate …

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Expenditure Visibility and Consumer Behavior : New Evidence

Heffetz, Ori - 2018

Expenditure visibility—the extent to which a household's spending on a consumption category is noticeable to others—is measured in three new surveys, with ~3,000 telephone and online respondents. Visibility shows little change across time (ten years) and survey methods. Four different...

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