We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our … population and employment growth, but no significant impact on nonmetropolitan counties. In contrast, the fragmentation of … general-purpose governments per capita has a negative impact on employment and population growth in nonmetropolitan counties …

-marriage) on annual income from any remaining positive selection effects into respective marriage type. Results from fixed effects …. Significant pre-marriage income growth and a lack of post-marriage income growth for those that marry natives suggest that …

have an even better relative income position than the autochthonous West German population. In general, we confirm the well …This paper deals with the economic performance of various population groups in Germany giving special attention to … ethnic origin of immigrants as compared to the native born German population. In addition, winners and losers of the re …

Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 we study the labor market effect of immigration to South Africa. The paper …, we estimate that increased immigration has a negative and significant effect on natives' employment rates – and that this … effect is more negative for skilled and white South African native workers – but not on total income. These results are …

suggest that immigration exhibits negative effects on native employment and wages, and has no effects on total employment …. Imports affect employment negatively and exports have a positive effect on wages. The German results indicate that immigration …

investigate the importance of characteristics related to immigration for the labour market position of Turkish immigrants. We use … explained partly by differences in immigration rules. In Germany economic self-reliance is more important than in the …

The increasing proportion of immigrants in the population of many countries has raised concerns about the ‘absorption … we synthesized the conclusions of this empirical literature by means of meta-analyses of the impact of immigration on …

large for Germany. Differences in past immigration policies between Germany and the Netherlands are likely to be important …

about the welfare system, are often believed to manifest themselves in hostile attitudes towards population groups that are … considered to be competitors for these resources. The question of how attitudes of majority populations towards immigration are … immigration from different minority groups, as well as attitudes towards related concerns, like job security and benefit …