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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five …, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265295
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Local Economic Structure and Industry Development in Germany, 1993-2001
Blien, Uwe; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper analyses the impact of dynamic MAR- and Jacobs-externalities on local employment growth in Germany between 1993 and 2001. In order to facilitate a comparison between the neighbouring countries we firstly replicate the study of Combes (2000) on local employment growth in France and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703119
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Human Capital Externalities and Growth of High- and Low-Skilled Jobs
Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this paper I analyze the impact of human capital on local employment growth for the case of West Germany (1977-2002). I find robust evidence that skilled cities grow faster than unskilled ones, but this need not indicate localized human capital externalities are at work. A large initial share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703133
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Local Employment Growth in West Germany: A Dynamic Panel Approach
Blien, Uwe; Suedekum, Jens; Wolf, Katja - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper we study the dynamics of local employment growth in West Germany from 1980 to 2001. Using dynamic panel techniques, we analyse the timing of the impact of diversity and specialisation, as well as of the human capital structure of local industries. Diversity has a positive effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822374
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Immigration and Labor Productivity: New Empirical Evidence for Spain
Nicodemo, Catia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The purpose of this paper of this paper is to explore the immigration and productivity in Spain. We estimate the effect … of immigration on labor productivity from 2004 until 2008 for Spain. Using firms (SABI) and individuals data (Social … immigrants in the last decade: Barcelona and Madrid. After controlling for endogeneity of immigration, the results demonstrate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884345
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Immigrants' 'Ability' and Welfare as a Function of Cultural Diversity: Effect of Cultural Capital at Individual and Local Level
Tubadji, Annie; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper presents an operationalization of a mixed Bourdieu–Mincer-type model that seeks to find evidence for individual and local cultural capital effects on human capital 'ability'. We aim to compare these effects for native workers and immigrants (as well as between immigrants themselves)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959720
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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature
Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796455
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The Effects of 9/11 on Attitudes Toward Immigration and the Moderating Role of Education
Schüller, Simone - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
immediate shift of around 40 percent of one within standard deviation to more negative attitudes toward immigration and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884239
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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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First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany - What Do We Know and What Do People Think
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Mikrozensus with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822023