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Sizing It Up: Labor Migration Lessons of the EU Enlargement to 27
Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
While economists were pointing out the advantages of the EU enlargement, politicians and policymakers were raising grave concerns about the significant political and economic differences between the newcomer states (EU12) and the "old Europe" of EU15. The major point of apprehension was related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371899
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Labor Market Transparency
Wadensjö, Eskil - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The labor market differs from other markets in many respects. Most important is that those who supply labor also have to deliver it in person. It means firstly that the work environment and organization of work are important for those who deliver labor, since they are in the work place....
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EU Enlargement under Continued Mobility Restrictions: Consequences for the German Labor Market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...
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The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants
Puhani, Patrick A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
educational level below apprenticeship were affected by such a shock. Furthermore, I test whether wages reacted flexibly to this …
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Taxation and Internal Migration: Evidence from the Swiss Census Using Community-Level Variation in Income Tax Rates
Liebig, Thomas; Puhani, Patrick A.; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
revenue-increasing effect of a rise in tax rate. The migratory responses of foreigners and other age-education groups are even …
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Economic Well-being and Anti-Semitic, Xenophobic, and Racist Attitudes in Germany
Mocan, Naci; Raschke, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
xenophobic feelings towards foreigners in general, and against specific groups such as Italians and Turks. We also analyze racist …. Education, and having contact with foreigners mitigate racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic feelings. People who live in states … for German males, and they are not fully driven by fears about foreigners taking away jobs. The results of the paper are …
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Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
be explained by the underlying transnational network contract. Second, remittances sent by foreigners and naturalized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836668
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High Skilled Migration and the Exertion of Effort by the Local Population
Epstein, Gil S.; Kunze, Astrid; Ward, Melanie E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
The design of optimal immigration policy, particularly in the face of the spiralling demand for highly skilled workers, such as IT workers and engineers, is a topical issue in the policy debate as well as the economic literature. In this paper, we present empirical evidence from firm level data...
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The Wealth, Health and Wellbeing of Ireland's Older People Before and During the Economic Crisis
Barrett, Alan; O'Sullivan, Vincent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
international bailout in 2010. Given the economic collapse, Ireland provides an ideal case-study of the link between wealth … this massive fall in wealth, measures of health and well-being remained broadly unchanged. However, expectations about …
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Banks Information Policies, Financial Literacy and Household Wealth
Fort, Margherita; Manaresi, Francesco; Trucchi, Serena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
increase individuals' financial literacy and that the relationship between financial literacy and wealth is largely …
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