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Beyond the average : peer heterogeneity and intergenerational transmission of education
Chakraborty, Tanika; Nottmeyer, Olga; Schüller, Simone; … - 2014
location choice of immigrants and the reflection problem. We exploit a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany to identify …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457394
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Beyond the average : ethnic capital heterogeneity and intergenerational transmission of education
Chakrabortya, Tanika; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, … - 2019
rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany, that generates quasi-random assignment across regions, and identify the causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161710
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652669
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859346
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824777
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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
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And then there were four ... : how many (and which) measures of active labour market policy do we still need?
Eichhorst, Werner; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003473620
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373399
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373400
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003474246