I introduce taste-based discrimination in a trade model with imperfect competition and provide an explanation for the …-based discrimination mechanism at the sectoral level. …

labour mobility as pillar for the functioning of currency areas. Applying the CGE model PuMA, we quantitatively analyse to … what extent labour mobility can contribute to reducing imbalances within the Euro area. Our results indicate that it can … temporarily reduce unemployment and increase wages in periphery countries at the cost of somewhat higher unemployment in receiving …

existing low-skilled immigrants to the labor market counteract the effect that is triggered by an increase in low …

We aim to identify winners and losers of a sudden inflow of low-skilled immigrants using a general equilibrium search …

Since ethnic clustering is common in Germany, a better understanding of its effects on the integration of immigrants … is beneficial or detrimental for immigrants' integration. In this paper, the effect of residential clustering on the … labour market outcome of first-generation immigrants in Germany is analysed empirically. It, thus, contributes to the …

We aim to identify winners and losers of a sudden inflow of low-skilled immigrants using a general equilibrium search …

and non-random hiring. Since they accept lower wages, firms obtain a higher match surplus from hiring immigrants rather … firms. Using US data, I show in my empirical analysis that among low-skilled workers undocumented immigrants earn 8% less … and have a 7 pp higher job finding rate than documented immigrants. Parameterizing the model based on these estimates, I …

being entrapped in flexible contracts and/or going to and turning back from unemployment, without any form of public …