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The Economic Performance of Germany's East European Immigrants
Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
Germany has experienced a substantial influx of German immigrants from Eastern Europe after World War II and expects … German migrants to West Germany in comparison with native born West Germans. Ethnic German immigrants from Eastern Europe … from East Germany. Similar to foreign guest-workers, German immigrants are more likely to work in blue collar jobs; they do …
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Persistence and the German Unemployment Problem: Empirical Evidence on German Labour Market Flows
Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
Using a retrospective monthly calendarium of individuals' major economic activities, this paper characterizes the monthly employment and unemployment rates and the monthly transition intensities between the states of employment, unemployment, and out-of-the-labor- force for the German labor...
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The Wage Performance of Immigrant Women: Full-Time Jobs, Part-Time Jobs and the Role of Selection
Dustmann, Christian; Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper contrasts labour participation behaviour and wages of native and immigrant women. Since the impact of family structure on labour supply differs between natives and immigrants, we explicitly distinguish between part-time and full-time jobs. The choice of jobs is accounted for by an...
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The Earnings Dynamics of Immigrant Labour
Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
Empirical evidence on the labour market performance of immigrants shows that migrant workers suffer from an initial earnings disadvantage compared to observationally equivalent native workers, but that their subsequent earnings tend to increase faster than native earnings. Economists usually try...
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Relative Wage Effects of German Unions
Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
unionized worker in Germany is a member of an industry union and there is no direct institutional link between union membership …
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