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The Economic Drivers of Human Trafficking: Micro-Evidence from Five Eastern European Countries.
Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Trebesch, Christoph - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
argue that migration pressure combined with informal migration patterns and incomplete information are the key determinants …, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. The main result is in line with our expectations: Migrant families in high-migration areas and … indicate that illegal migration increases trafficking risks and that awareness campaigns and a reduction of information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955680
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The Economic Drivers of Human Trafficking: Micro-Evidence from Five Eastern European Countries
Mahmoud, Toman Omar; Trebesch, Christoph - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
argue that migration pressure combined with informal migration patterns and incomplete information are the key determinants …, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. The main result is in line with our expectations: Migrant families in high migration areas and … indicate that illegal migration increases trafficking risks and that awareness campaigns and a reduction of information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755119
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Earnings Prospects for People with Migration Background in Germany
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … share of persons with migration background is neglected in the group of interest, and, on the other hand, the reference … covering all persons with migration background to analyze the earnings prospects. To shed light on differences to the common …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098006
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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution: a review of the literature
Stichnoth, Holger; van der Straeten, Karine - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098315
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Earnings Prospects for People with Migration Background in Germany
Aldashev, Alisher; Gernandt, Johannes; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … share of persons with migration background is neglected in the group of interest, and, on the other hand, the reference … covering all persons with migration background to analyze the earnings prospects. To shed light on differences to the common …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098442
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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615601