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Dann waren's nur noch vier ... Wie viele (und welche) Maßnahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik brauchen wir noch? : Eine Bilanz nach der Evaluation der Hartz-Reformen

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); … - 2007

With the Hartz reforms active labor market policies in Germany were overhauled considerably. The paper reviews the … recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusion for the future setup of active labor market policies in Germany. It …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003531777

Naturalization proclivities, ethnicity and integration

Constant, Amelie (contributor); … - 2007

This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslav immigrants in Germany …, but not to those educated in Germany. We find that the degree of integration in German society has a differential effect … on citizenship acquisition. While a longer residence in Germany has a negative influence on actual or future …

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Google econometrics and unemployment forecasting

Askitas, Nikolaos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

The current economic crisis requires fast information to predict economic behavior early, which is difficult at times of structural changes. This paper suggests an innovative new method of using data on internet activity for that purpose. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword...

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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions : consequences for the German labor market

Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

the German labor market since EU enlargement. Unlike other EU countries, Germany has not immediately opened up its labor … immigrants from outside of Europe for low-skilled jobs instead of competing with German natives. While Germany needs high …

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Work and money : payoffs by ethnic identity and gender

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

immigrants in Germany show that ethnic identity is important for the decision to work and significantly and differentially …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872706

Unemployment dynamics among migrants and natives

Uhlendorff, Arne (contributor); … - 2006

"Unemployment rates are often higher for migrants than for natives. This could result from longer periods of unemployment as well as from shorter periods of employment. This paper jointly examines male native-migrant differences in the duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using...

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Human capital and ethnic self-identification of migrants

Zimmermann, Laura; Gataullina, Liliya; Constant, Amelie; … - 2006

"The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving...

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Clash of cultures : Muslims and Christians in the ethnosizing process

Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2006

data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and …

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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed

Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009

in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of … Germany. Our results indicate that separated migrants have a relatively slow reintegration into the labor market. We explain …

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Cultural integration in Germany

Constant, Amelie; Nottmeyer, Olga; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to … Germany. -- Cultural integration ; immigrants ; Germany ; ethnic origin ; gender ; generation …

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