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UK Migration Policy and Migration from Eastern Partnership Countries

Clark, Ken; Drinkwater, Stephen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper examines UK migration policy and recent migration flows from Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries to the UK. Although inflows of migrant workers were relatively large in the mid-2000s, especially amongst Ukrainians, these have fallen following changes to UK immigration policy,...

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Migration, Economic Crisis and Adjustment in the UK

Clark, Ken; Drinkwater, Stephen; Robinson, Catherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We examine changes in migration to the UK in the period leading up to the Great Recession and in its immediate aftermath. In so doing, we pay particular attention to the changing countries of origin of recent migration flows to the UK, especially in relation to migration from other parts of the...

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Not So Standard Anymore? Employment Duality in Germany

Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labour market … duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labour market reforms promoting, in particular, non-standard forms of … contributed to the expansion of overall labour market inclusion and job growth in Germany and that at least some forms of non …

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Non-Standard Employment across Occupations in Germany: The Role of Replaceability and Labour Market Flexibility

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Tobsch, Verena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to … development in Germany is a large occupational heterogeneity, which is true for both current working conditions and trajectories … analyses the role of different types of non-standard employment across occupations in Germany, explaining variation between …

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Is There Monopsonistic Discrimination against Immigrants? First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Hirsch, Boris; Jahn, Elke J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

dynamic monopsony framework. Applying duration models to a large administrative employer–employee data set for Germany, we …

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Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children

Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...

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Identifying the Substitution Effect of Temporary Agency Employment

Jahn, Elke J.; Weber, Enzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper fills a gap in the literature by investigating whether temporary agency employment substitutes regular employment. To take into account the interaction between the two employment forms, we identify a SVAR model with correlated innovations by volatility regimes. We show that a positive...

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Returns to Citizenship? Evidence from Germany's Recent Immigration Reforms

Gathmann, Christina; Keller, Nicolas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a relatively weak record of immigrant assimilation. For identification … after eight years of residency in Germany, while adults faced a 15-year residency requirement. Since 2000, all immigrants …

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How General Is Human Capital? A Task-Based Approach

Gathmann, Christina; Schönberg, Uta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper studies how portable skill accumulated in the labor market are. Using rich data on tasks performed in occupations, we propose the concept of task-specific human capital to measure the transferability of skills empirically. Our results on occupational mobility and wages show that labor...

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Reassessing the Wage Penalty for Temps in Germany

Jahn, Elke J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

As a consequence of the rapid growth of temporary agency employment in Germany, the debate on the poor working …

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