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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - CESifo - 2015
is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an …
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Returns to Citizenship? Evidence from Germany's Recent Immigration Reforms
Gathmann, Christina; Keller, Nicolas - CESifo - 2014
liberal access to citizenship improves the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two major immigration …
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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US? Selective Features of Immigration to four major OECD Countries
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - CESifo - 2008
, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the … of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all … geographical and cultural, immigration policies and migrant networks. Differentiating immigrants by their educational attainments …
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Substitution Between Individual and Source Country Characteristics: Social Capital, Culture, and US Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Women
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence - CESifo - 2015
female labor supply in their source country on their labor supply and wages in the US. Women migrating from higher female …
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The East German Wage Structure after Transition
Orlowski, Robert; Riphahn, Regina T. - CESifo - 2008
life cycle structure in East and West German wages for fulltime employed men in the private sector. The patterns in the …
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General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger; Zhang, Lei - CESifo - 2011
Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test...
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Work and Wage Dynamics around Childbirth
Ejrnæs, Mette; Kunze, Astrid - CESifo - 2012
identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers’ wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …
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Surviving Unemployment without State Support: Unemployment and Household Formation in South Africa
Klasen, Stephan; Woolard, Ingrid - CESifo - 2001
High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity and long duration of unemployment compensation. It is therefore instructive to examine a country where high unemployment exists despite the near complete absence of an unemployment insurance system....
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Beauty Premium and Marriage Premium in Search Equilibrium: Theory and Empirical Test
Bonilla, Roberto; Kiraly, Francis; Wildman, John - CESifo - 2015
We propose a theoretical explanation for the so-called “beauty premium”. Our explanation is based entirely on search frictions and the fact that physical appearance plays an important role in attracting a marriage partner. We analyse the interaction between frictional labour and marriage...
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International Migration of Couples
Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2014
We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases in the earnings of the primary earner. The effect of the earnings of the secondary earner may go either way....
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