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This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to … immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self … the self-employed Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, ex- Yugoslavs, Polish or other East Europeans, including those immigrants …
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of occupational choice for thechildren of immigrants as well as for the natives. Our findings are surprisingly similar … for both natives and immigrants. For both Germans and immigrants, we find that gender significantly and differentially …' occupation when their father is in the white collar or professional category. In stark contrast, the immigrants occupational …
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Germany, the largest European immigration country, are indeed repeat migrants. The findings indicate that immigrants from …
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The economic literature has largely overlooked the importance of repeat and circular migration. The paper studies this behavior by analyzing the number of exits and the total number of years away from the host country using count data models and panel data from Germany. More than 60% of migrants...
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The paper studies opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities and their interactions with other barriers … to minorities' economic integration. Specifically, we consider the minority experts' own perceptions about these issues … Opinion Survey 2007 we depict main trends in the integration situation of ethnic minorities in Europe in a comparative manner …
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The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and …
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; the inner nature of discrimination, negative attitudes and internal barriers; as well as the ethnic minorities' desires … that ethnic minorities do want to change their situation, especially in terms of employment, education, housing and … behavior towards ethnic minorities as well as institutional barriers, such as citizenship or legal restrictions, seem to …
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Using a difference-in-differences framework and micro data from the Current Population Survey-Merged Outgoing Rotation Group Files (1999 to 2004), this paper estimates the impact that the 9-11 terrorists attacks had on the U.S. labor market outcomes of individuals with nativity profiles similar...
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-Muslim immigrants after the London bombings. The drop in employment is accompanied by consistent declines in real earnings and hours … worked. A weak association between the 9-11 terrorist attacks and a drop in the employment of very young male immigrants from …
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This paper sheds light on the labor market situation of ethnic minorities in the European Union. Facing a serious … outcomes. In particular, ethnic minorities appear to face disproportional difficulties in finding a job. Although experience in … the host country improves the status of immigrant minorities, we do not find any clear assimilation of further immigrant …
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