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Foreign Labour Migration and the Economic Crisis in the EU: Ongoing and Remaining Issues of the Migrant Workforce in Germany

Kim, Anna Myunghee - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper provides an evaluation of the status of migrant workers in Germany amidst the global financial crisis. Findings of the study are drawn from the latest available data on the labour market performance of native-German and non-German migrant workers as well as other socioeconomic...

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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-employment Proclivity: A Bi-national Study of Immigrants

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....

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Ethnic German Migration since 1989 - Results and Perspectives/ Aussiedler seit 1989 - Bilanz und Perspektiven

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

Among all European countries, Germany absorbs by far the largest number of immigrants. But to date, the German government has yet to adopt a system that will effectively control the influx of foreigners. The immigration of Ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe, which is due to historical events and...

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The Self-Selection of Migrant Workers Revisited

Yashiv, Eran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Work of low-skilled migrant workers from developing countries in developed economies is a growing phenomenon and a key political and economic issue. An extensive literature has found (for the most part) that these workers come from the lower part of the skill distribution. This paper revisits...

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Immigrant Performance and Selective Immigration Policy: A European Perspective

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The European Union aims at a stronger participation by its population in work to foster growth and welfare. There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labour force, and discussions about the necessary policy responses. Integrated labour and migration policies are needed. The...

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Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction of China's New Generation of Migrant Workers: Evidence from an Inland City

Wang, Huashu; Pan, Lei; Heerink, Nico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

China is experiencing notable changes in rural-urban migration. Young, more educated migrants with different attitudes towards living and working form an increasing share of the migrant labour force. At the same time, the destinations of migrants are changing as a result of government policies...

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Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China

Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Smith, Adam … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) – technology produced by workers but not embodied in them – can offset the "middle income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises – more so in domestically owned...

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Changing Fertility Preferences One Migrant at a Time: The Impact of Remittances on the Fertility Rate

Naufal, George; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later transmit to the household the ideas, values and...

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The Gender Gap in Early Career in Mongolia

Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in general and about gender differences in Mongolia, one of the fifty poorest countries in the world. This paper addresses the issue by taking advantage of a School to Work Survey (SWTS) on young people aged 15-29 years carried out in...

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The Dynamics of Women's Labour Supply in Developing Countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umana-Aponte, Marcela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses … self-employment amongst women. In Asia and Latin America, there is a parallel rise in paid employment and a sharp drop in …

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