"Differences in regional labour market conditions are still pronounced in Germany, especially between the Eastern and the Western part. Traditional neoclassical models imply that labour mobility should reduce disparities. In contrast, models that include externalities or selective migration...

"This paper analyses extensively the effects of inter-regional mobility on the earnings of skilled workers. We interact returns to inter-regional migration with employer changes to separate the two effects and find that inter-regional mobility results in positive additional returns as compared...

"Differences in regional labour market conditions are still pronounced in Germany, especially between the Eastern and the Western part. Traditional neoclassical models imply that labour mobility should reduce disparities. In contrast, models that include externalities or selective migration...

"This paper analyses extensively the effects of inter-regional mobility on the earnings of skilled workers. We interact returns to inter-regional migration with employer changes to separate the two effects and find that inter-regional mobility results in positive additional returns as compared...

"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...

"Die Studie untersucht das Ausmaß und die Struktur der räumlichen Mobilität von türkischen im Vergleich zu deutschen Arbeitnehmern für das Jahr 2001. Als Datenbasis wird die IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe (IABS) verwendet. Die Forschungshypothesen beruhen auf den für individuelle räumliche...

"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...

"Die Studie untersucht das Ausmaß und die Struktur der räumlichen Mobilität von türkischen im Vergleich zu deutschen Arbeitnehmern für das Jahr 2001. Als Datenbasis wird die IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe (IABS) verwendet. Die Forschungshypothesen beruhen auf den für individuelle räumliche...