Showing 1 - 10 of 337
migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success. Particular attention is paid to the role of legal status at entry in the …, although only among a number of other determinants. For Germany, legal status at entry is important; former refugees and those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123900
This Paper is on the early labour market experiences of second-generation immigrants in the Netherlands. We find that for employment rates only are there differences across ethnic groups. Conditional on having a job, there is hardly any difference in wages and other job characteristics between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504687
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
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
While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have remained low. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It surveys previous historical experiences and empirical findings including the recent Eastern enlargements....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666423
find that immigrants lower their participation rates in welfare with time spent in Sweden. Refugees display substantially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666675
circular migration as it is manifested by the frequency of exits of migrants living in Germany, and by the number of years away …, the largest European immigration country, are indeed repeat migrants. The findings indicate that immigrants from European … longer. Males exit more frequently than females but do not differ in the time spent out. Those migrants with family in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666906
Our study examines the empirical link between the naturalization of immigrants and their subsequent employment status in France from 1968 to 1999. For that purpose, we use longitudinal data coming from a panel dataset which follows almost 1% of the French population from 1968 to 1999 through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667052
particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to … moderate actual public transfer payment dependence of migrants to Germany with the perception of migrants dependence on public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791522
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791628