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Analyzing the labor market activity of immigrant families in Germany
Basilio, Leilanie (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper analyzes whether immigrant families facing credit constraints adopt a family investment strategy wherein, upon arrival, an immigrant spouse invests in host country-specific human capital while the other partner works to finance the family's current consumption. Using data for West...
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The savings behavior of immigrants in Germany
Sinning, Mathias (contributor) - 2007
hauptsächlich auf Einwanderer in Deutschland, enthält aber auch internationale Vergleiche. Das deutsche Sozio-ökonomische Panel … bildet die wichtigste Datenquelle für die Analyse von in Deutschland lebenden Einwanderern. Die empirischen Ergebnisse weisen … Deutschland lassen sich auf eine Einwanderungspolitik zurückführen, die sich hauptsächlich an kurzfristigen ökonomischen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725923
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Bringing home the money : xenophobia and remittances ; the case of Germany
Holst, Elke (contributor); Schäfer, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2008
The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of individuals with a personal migration background. Major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725980
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Gender, migration, remittances : evidence from Germany
Holst, Elke (contributor); Schäfer, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2008
Gender-specific determinants of remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In 2007, about 7.3 million foreigners were living in Germany. While the total number of foreigners has decreased over the last decade, female migration to Germany has increased....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726148
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Are immigrants more mobile than natives? : Evidence from Germany
Schündeln, Matthias (contributor) - 2007
Low rates of internal migration in many European countries contribute to the persistence of significant regional labor market differences. To further our understanding of the underlying reasons I study internal migration in Germany, using the Mikrozensus, a very large sample of households living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646703
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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2008
Literature examining immigrants' educational disadvantage across countries focuses generally on average differences in educational outcomes between immigrants and natives disguising thereby that immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group. The aim of this paper is to examine educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652710
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Labour market outcomes of second generation immigrants : how heterogeneous are they really?
Schurer, Stefanie (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008
The second and third generation of immigrants have been the centre of a lively debate about the economic integration of immigrants into their host societies, but there is little empirical evidence on the German case. In this study I comprehensively portray the labour market outcomes of second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740243
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Precautionary savings by natives and immigrants in Germany
Piracha, Matloob (contributor); Zhu, Yu (contributor) - 2008
This paper analyses the savings behaviour of natives and immigrants in Germany. It is argued that uncertainty about future income and legal status (in case of immigrants) is a key component in the determination of the level of precautionary savings. Using the German dataset, we exploit a natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784965
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The immigrant wage gap in Germany
Aldashev, Alisher (contributor);  … - 2008
Immigrants consist of foreigners and citizens with migration background. We analyze the wage gap between natives and these two groups in Germany. The estimates show a substantial gap for both groups with respect to natives. Discarding immigrants who completed education abroad reduces much of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777724
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Language usage, participation, employment and earnings : evidence for foreigners in West Germany with multiple sources of selection
Aldashev, Alisher (contributor);  … - 2008
Language proficiency may not only affect the earnings of the individual, but the probability to participate in the labor market or becoming employed as well. It may also affect selection of people into economic sector and occupation. In this paper, the effects of language proficiency on earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777754