Similar Search Results

Migration and Wage-Setting: Reassessing the Labor Market Effects of Migration

Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

This paper employs a wage-setting approach to analyze the labor market effects of immigration into Germany. The wage-setting framework relies on the assumption that wages tend to decline with the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This enables us to consider labor market rigidities, which...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700587

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

Through which channels can remittances spur economic growth in MENA countries?

Mim, Sami Ben; Ali, Mohamed Sami Ben - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

This paper studies the remittances' effect on economic growth. Using panel data techniques, the authors estimate several specifications to provide support of such relationship for MENA countries over the period 1980-2009. The findings provide new robust evidence on how remittances are used in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646511

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

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

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