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Immigration Labor and Workplace Safety
Bauer, Thomas K.; Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998
Using standard as well as recently developed univariate and bivariate count data models, this paper analyzes the determinants of workplace accidents using a firm data set for Germany. Given the tight system of public workplace safety regulation, introduced partly as early as in 1869, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233823
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Attitudes Towards Immigration: Does Economic Self-Interest Matter?
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Schroll, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this paper, we re-examine the role of economic self-interest in shaping people’s attitudes towards immigration … education and attitudes towards immigration reflects economic self-interest in the labour market. Second, we develop an … alternative and more direct test of whether economic self-interest matters for people’s attitudes towards immigration. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233918
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Do Immigrants Affect Firm-Specific Wages?
Munch, Jakob Roland; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Skaksen, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper, we propose and test a novel effect of immigration on the wages of native workers. Existing studies have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703591
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Do Immigrants Take the Jobs of Native Workers?
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Skaksen, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In this paper, we focus on the short-run adjustments taking place at the workplace level when immigrants are employed. Specifically, we analyse whether individual native workers are replaced or displaced by the employment of immigrants within the same narrowly defined occupations at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703708
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Immigrant Workers and Farm Performance: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob R.; Seidelin, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Many developed countries have recently experienced a significant inflow of immigrants in the agricultural sector. At the same time, the sector is still in a process of structural transformation resulting in fewer but bigger and presumably more efficient farms. In this paper, we exploit detailed...
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