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Naturalization Proclivities, Ethnicity and Integration
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
differentiating between actual and planned citizenship. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we measure the impact that integration …, but not to those educated in Germany. We find that the degree of integration in German society has a differential effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124484
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Learning About Migration Decisions from the Migrants: Using Complementary Datasets to Model Intra-Regional Migrations in Spain
Arellano, Manuel; Bover, Olympia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
We investigate the determinants of the remarkable increase in intra-regional migrations since the 1980’s in Spain, using a large administrative micro dataset on migrants. Conditional migration probabilities are identified by comparing the migrants’ joint distribution of characteristics to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789092
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Structural Adjustment and the Sectoral and Geographical Mobility of Labour
Greenaway, David; Upward, Richard; Wright, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Conventional methods for analysing worker flows often focus on gross flows or transition probabilities. This is not necessarily informative for identifying the scale of labour ‘adjustment’ in an economy in the sense of the expansion and decline of industries. We develop a method that relates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504334
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A Model of UK Emigration, 1870-1913
Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
This paper develops a simple time-series model of emigration and applies it to data for emigration from the UK between … rates in the sending and the receiving countries influenced fluctuations in emigration. The short-run fluctuations were … driven largely by variations in employment rates while the long-run level of emigration was determined largely by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123832
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The Impact of Emigration on Real Wages in Ireland 1850-1914
Boyer, George; Hatton, Timothy J.; O'Rourke, Kevin … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
In this paper we evaluate quantitatively the impact of mass emigration from Ireland between the 1850s and the first … find that, in the absence of emigration, faster labour force growth would have resulted in lower real wage growth, reducing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666710
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When is "Too Much" Inequality Not Enough? The Selection of Israeli Emigrants
Gould, Eric D; Moav, Omer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
. Also, we find that virtually the entire positive relationship between education and the rate of emigration would be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666919
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Which club should I attend, Dad?: Targeted socialization and production
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We study a model that integrates productive and socialization efforts with network choice and parental investments. We characterize the unique symmetric equilibrium of this game. We first show that individuals underinvest in productive and social effort, but that solving only the investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145425
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Economic Preferences and Attitudes of the Unemployed: Are Natives and Second Generation Migrants Alike?
Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
In this paper we study the economic effects of risk attitudes, time preferences, trust and reciprocity while we compare natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between the two groups mainly in terms of risk attitudes...
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Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants
Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper analyzes the reservation wages of first and second generation migrants. Based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that reservation wages increase from first to second generation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854550
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Migration, Friendship Ties, and Cultural Assimilation
Facchini, Giovanni; Patacchini, Eleonora; Steinhardt, Max - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
In this paper we contribute to the analysis of the assimilation process of migrants by analyzing the extent to which friendship with natives can be seen as a measure of cultural assimilation and investigating the formation of social ties in the host country. Using novel information from the...
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