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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants : quasi-experimental evidence from the guest-worker placement in Germany (Ethnische Konzentration und Sprachkompetenz von Ei...
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2010
"The paper analyses the impact of regional own-ethnic concentration on the language proficiency of immigrants. It solves the endogeneity of immigrants' location choices by exploiting the fact that guest-workers in Germany after WWII were initially placed by firms and labor agencies. We find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520390
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Labour market entry of migrants in Germany : does cultural diversity matter?
Haas, Anette; Damelang, Andreas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"This paper provides an analysis of the labour market entry of migrant youth in Germany after completion of an apprenticeship. We are particularly interested in the impact of local cultural diversity on a successful career start. Focusing on the cohort of people completing apprenticeships in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005132549
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Macroeconomic consequences of migration diversion : a CGE simulation for Germany and the UK
Baas, Timo; Brücker, Herbert - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"This paper examines the macroeconomic consequences of the diversion of migration flows away from Germany towards the … Europe transitional periods for the free movement of workers. The selective application of migration restrictions during the … transitional periods has resulted in a reversal of the pre-enlargement allocation of migration flows from the new member states …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537124
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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants : quasi-experimental evidence from the guest-worker placement in Germany (Ethnische Konzentration und Sprachkompetenz von Ei...
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2010
"The paper analyses the impact of regional own-ethnic concentration on the language proficiency of immigrants. It solves the endogeneity of immigrants' location choices by exploiting the fact that guest-workers in Germany after WWII were initially placed by firms and labor agencies. We find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592290
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Labour market entry of migrants in Germany : does cultural diversity matter?
Haas, Anette; Damelang, Andreas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"This paper provides an analysis of the labour market entry of migrant youth in Germany after completion of an apprenticeship. We are particularly interested in the impact of local cultural diversity on a successful career start. Focusing on the cohort of people completing apprenticeships in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592318
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Macroeconomic consequences of migration diversion : a CGE simulation for Germany and the UK
Baas, Timo; Brücker, Herbert - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"This paper examines the macroeconomic consequences of the diversion of migration flows away from Germany towards the … Europe transitional periods for the free movement of workers. The selective application of migration restrictions during the … transitional periods has resulted in a reversal of the pre-enlargement allocation of migration flows from the new member states …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592470
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Recruiting abroad: the role of foreign affinity and labour market scarcity
Bossler, Mario - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2013
"I study the recruiting behaviour of German establishments with regard to the use of foreign labour markets. Applying instrumental variable strategies, I find foreign affinity and labour market scarcity to stimulate the use of foreign markets. Regional labour market scarcity is particularly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010719984
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Migration, unemployment and skill downgrading : a specific-factors approach
Vallizadeh, Ehsan; Muysken, Joan; Ziesemer, Thomas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2013
"This paper analyzes the impact of the skill composition of migration flows on the host country's labor market in a … interdependency between the two bargaining processes. Particular attention is paid to medium-skilled migration, which enables us to … model is calibrated using data for Germany. The key findings are: (i) a migration-induced supply shock of medium skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011198603
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Information asymmetry, education signals and the case of Ethnic and Native Germans
Hornig, Stephan O.; Rottmann, Horst; Wapler, Rüdiger - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009
"This paper analyses the effects of education signals for Ethnic Germans and Germans without a migration background …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973883
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Einflussfaktoren auf das Erwerbspersonenpotenzial : Demografie und Erwerbsverhalten in Ost- und Westdeutschland
Fuchs, Johann; Söhnlein, Doris - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
structure of the population. The second effect is the migration component. This part is due to the cumulative net inflow of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005132557