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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
to a one percentage point increase in the ratio of immigrants over native workers. While many studies in our sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137039
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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990’s
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Francesco D’Amuri; Peri, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008
employment levels. It had instead adverse employment and wage effects on previous waves of immigrants. This stems from the fact … whereas new and old immigrants exhibit perfect substitutability. Our analysis suggests that if the German labor market were as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004965200
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Compensation of On-call and Fixed-term Employment: the Role of Uncertainty
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
In this paper I analyse the use and compensation of fixed-term and on-call employment contracts in the Netherlands. I use an analytical framework in which wage differentials result from two types of uncertainty. Quantity uncertainty originates from imperfect foresight in future product demand. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136865
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The Fallacy of “Job Robbing”: A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Effect of Immigration on Employment
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2006
’ of the decline in native-born employment following a 1 percent increase in the number of immigrants is a mere 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144516
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Which Factors Explain the Rising Ethnic Heterogeneity in Italy? An Empirical Analysis at Province Level
Cattaneo, Cristina - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
The paper investigates the determinants of ethnic heterogeneity of the Italian provinces. Among other factors, the paper tests empirically whether gradual improvements in distant communication boost the generation of ethnically heterogeneous provinces. Consequently to easier communication,...
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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
immigrants, especially if one meets (non-western) foreigners at work and school. Contact with foreigners while going out … decreases the preference for immigrants. The ethnic composition of the neighbourhood in which one lives does not ex! ert a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136966
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Managing Migration through Quotas: an Option-theory Perspective
Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008
could delay the mass entry of immigrants maintaining, in the long run, the required immigration stock and controlling the …
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The Desire for Impact
Dur, Robert; Glazer, Amihai - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137029
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Regional Wage Differences in the Netherlands: Micro-Evidence on Agglomeration Externalities
Groot, Stefan P.T. de; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Smit, Martijn - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
Based on micro-data on individual workers for the period 2000-2005, we show that wage differentials in the Netherlands are small but present. A large part of these differentials can be attributed to individual characteristics of workers. Remaining effects are partially explained by variations in...
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