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Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market:Effects of Post-Tiananmen Immigration Policy

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline; Kerr, Emily - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012

The Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 and ensuing government crackdown affectedChinese nationals not only at home but around the world. The U.S. government responded tothe events in China by enacting multiple measures to protect Chinese nationals present inthe U.S. It first suspended all forced...

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Is Education the Panacea for EconomicDeprivation of Muslims? Evidence fromWage Earners in India, 1987-2005

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Chakrabarty, Manisha - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Few researchers have examined the nature and determinants of earnings differentials amongreligious groups, and none has been undertaken in the context of conflict-prone multireligioussocieties like the one in India. We address this lacuna in the literature by examiningthe differences in the...

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Earnings Mobility in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela:Testing the Divergence of Earnings and theSymmetry of Mobility Hypotheses

Fields, Gary S.; Duval-Hernandez, Robert; Freije, Samuel; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper examines changes in individual earnings during positive and negative growthperiods in three Latin American economies: Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. We askwhether those individuals who start in the best economic position are those who experiencethe largest earnings gains or the...

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How Reliable Are Income Data Collected with aSingle Question?

Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke Viola - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Income is an important correlate for numerous phenomena in the social sciences. But manysurveys collect data with just … a single question covering all forms of income. This raisesissues of quality, and these are heightened when individuals … are asked about the householdtotal rather than own income alone. Data are typically banded, implying a loss of information …

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The Employees of Native and Immigrant Self-Employed

Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjö, Eskil - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Using unique register data for Sweden we can match self-employed persons to theiremployees. We analyze the national composition of the employees and ask if self-employedimmigrants mainly employ workers from their home region and if self-employed nativesmainly employ native workers...

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Intergenerational Transmission ofLanguage Capital and Economic Outcomes

Casey, Teresa; Dustmann, Christian - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of language capital amongstimmigrants, and the effect of language deficiencies on the economic performance of secondgeneration immigrants...

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Measuring Ethnic Identity and Its Impact onEconomic Behavior

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The paper advocates for a new measure of the ethnic identity of migrants, models itsdeterminants and explores its explanatory power for various types of their economicperformance...

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Migrant Ethnic Identity:Concept and Policy Implications

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

With globalization, the size of migration and the value of ethnicity is rising. Also Cyprusundergoes a strong process of change while experiencing large inflows of migration. Thepaper investigates the challenges and the potentials of migration from a European Unionperspective...

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Dual Citizenship Rights:Do They Make More and Better Citizens?

Mazzolari, Francesca - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In the 1990s, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Brazil passeddual citizenship laws granting their expatriates the right to naturalize in the receiving countrywithout losing their nationality of origin...

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It’s the Opportunity Cost, Stupid!How Self-Employment Responds to FinancialIncentives of Return, Risk and Skew

Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

wages given up as an employee.Information on income from self-employment is of inferior quality and this is not just … it is not only the location of an income distribution thatmatters and that dispersion and (a)symmetry should not be …

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