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International Labor Migration, Economic Growth and Labor Markets - the Current State of Affairs
Bauer, Thomas K.; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, … - 2005
-skilled labor, leading many European economists to argue for an immigration policy directed at actively recruiting highly qualified … workers from abroad. It has further been argued that an immigration policy that is tailored to attract young and economically … successful migrants can alleviate some of the demographic burden associated with an aging population. We embed this discussion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014062878
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Transferability of human capital and immigrant assimilation: An analysis for Germany
Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K.; Kramer, Anica - 2014
This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and in particular labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010378275
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Transferability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation: An Analysis for Germany
Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K.; Kramer, Anica - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and in particular labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267928