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Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Integration

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This chapter deals with the economic and ethnic diversity caused by international labor migration, and their economic integration possibilities. It brings together three strands of literature dealing with the neoclassical economic assimilation, ethnic identities and attitudes towards immigrants...

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Work and Money: Payoffs by Ethnic Identity and Gender

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

immigrants in Germany show that ethnic identity is important for the decision to work and significantly and differentially … affects the labor force participation of men and women. Women who exhibit the integrated identity are more likely to work than …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039656

Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants

Constant, Amelie F.; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper analyzes the reservation wages of first and second generation migrants. Based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that reservation wages increase from first to second generation...

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International Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

the role of ethnicity and ethnic identity for relative economic performance. …

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Migration, the Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...

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Cultural Integration in Germany

Constant, Amelie F.; Nottmeyer, Olga; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

natives differentiating by gender and immigrant generation. Indicators which are supposed to capture cultural integration of … differentiated by ethnic origin, gender and generation. This allows visualization of differences by ethnic groups and development … differences among immigrants and between immigrants and Germans do exist and differ significantly by ethnic origin, gender and …

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Scale, Diversity, and Determinants of Labour Migration in Europe

Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have remained low. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It surveys previous historical experiences and empirical findings including the recent Eastern enlargements....

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Migration in an Enlarged EU: A Challenging Solution?

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the European Union were unprecedented in a number of economic and policy aspects. This essay provides a broad and in-depth account of the effects of the post-enlargement migration flows on the receiving as well as sending countries in three broader areas: labour...

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Labor Mobility and the Integration of European Labor Markets

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper outlines the importance of labor mobility for the improvement in allocating and distributing economic resources. We are faced with an increasing lack of skilled workers and a growing tendency of unemployment amongst the low-skilled. A central political objective for the future will...

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Economic Preferences and Attitudes of the Unemployed: Are Natives and Second Generation Migrants Alike?

Constant, Amelie F.; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

In this paper we study the economic effects of risk attitudes, time preferences, trust and reciprocity while we compare natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between the two groups mainly in terms of risk attitudes...

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