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Intellectual Property Rights, Migration, and Diaspora
Naghavi, Alireza; Strozzi, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper we study theoretically and empirically the role of the interaction between skilled migration and … extent of which depends on the level of IPRs protection in the sending country. We argue this to come from a diaspora channel … more likely for diaspora gains to dominate, thus facilitating a potential net brain gain. Our main theoretical insights are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225768
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Ethnische Vielfalt und Arbeitsmarkterfolg
Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Das ökonomische Potenzial ethnischer und kultureller Vielfalt wird häufig verkannt. Die Ergebnisse neuerer Studien, die in diesem Beitrag zusammengefasst werden, zeigen jedoch, dass sich "weiche" Faktoren wie etwa Einstellungen, Wahrnehmungen und Identitäten, hier insbesondere ethnische...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784551
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The IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey: A Scientific Use File
Arni, Patrick; Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast potential for research in labor economics. The data have been part of a unique IZA project to connect administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency with innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884147
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Unemployment Dynamics among Migrants and Natives
Uhlendorff, Arne; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Unemployment rates are often higher for migrants than for natives. This could result from longer periods of unemployment as well as from shorter periods of employment. This paper jointly examines male native-migrant differences in the duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703428
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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
cohort. Evidence using a large German data set suggests ethnicity does matter: the size of the ethnic network has a positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703714
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Ethnic Networks and International Trade
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
There is a well-established high quality literature on the role of networks, particularly ethnic networks, in international trade. Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers (information costs, risk and uncertainty) to trade by building trust and substituting for the difficulty of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763717
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Ethnicity, Job Search and Labor Market Reintegration of the Unemployed
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497002
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Ethnic Minorities in the European Union: An Overview
Kahanec, Martin; Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
measurement challenge and lacking adequate data, we apply several measures of ethnicity and examine various data sources as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777156
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566767
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762078