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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
, although only among a number of other determinants. For Germany, legal status at entry is important; former refugees and those … migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123900
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067558
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The Rise and Fall of Asylum: What Happened and Why?
Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
In the last 20 years, developed countries have struggled with what seemed to be an ever-rising tide of asylum seekers, a trend that has now gone into reverse. This paper examines what happened and why. How have oppression, violence and economic conditions in origin countries shaped worldwide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114405
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Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Policy in Europe
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
The number of refugees worldwide is now 12 million, up from 3 million in the early 1970s. And the number seeking asylum …, particularly in Europe. Finally, we ask whether greater international coordination could produce better outcomes for refugee …-receiving countries and for the refugees themselves. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114512
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South-North Refugee Migration: Lessons for Development Cooperation
Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
As exemplified in the 1995 Mediterranean Declaration of the European Union, migration has become a major concern for European development policies. By enhancing socio-economic conditions through development cooperation, a reduction of South-North migration flows is envisaged. This new approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791466
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Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China
Padró i Miquel, Gerard; Qian, Nancy; Xu, Yiqing; Yao, Yang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
, such as elections. We collect new data to document the presence of voluntary and social organizations and the history of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213313
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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa’s peculiar history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225960
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The Long-Lived Effects of Historic Climate on the Wealth of Nations
Bluedorn, John; Valentinyi, Akos; Vlassopoulos, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We investigate the long-run consequences of historic, climatic temperatures (1730-2000) for the modern cross-country income distribution. Using a newly constructed dataset of climatic temperatures stretching over three centuries (18th, 19th, and 20th), we estimate a robust and significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008491725
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When the North Last Headed South: Revisiting the 1930s
Reinhart, Carmen M.; Reinhart, Vincent - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
The U.S recession of 2007 to 2009 is unique in the post-World-War-II experience by the broad company it kept. Activity contracted around the world, with the advanced countries of the North experiencing declines in spending normally the purview of the developing economies of the South. The last...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468628
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Growth in a Time of Debt
Reinhart, Carmen M.; Rogoff, Kenneth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We study economic growth and inflation at different levels of government and external debt. Our analysis is based on new data on forty-four countries spanning about two hundred years. The dataset incorporates over 3,700 annual observations covering a wide range of political systems,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468655