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Do Migrants Get Good Jobs in Australia? The Role of Ethnic Networks in Job Search
Mahuteau, Stéphane; Junankar, Pramod N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants’ job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of … result of restrictions in welfare eligibility since 1997, we study whether this increases the probability that new migrants … view. However, accounting for their higher employability, new migrants seem to fare better up to a year and half after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703091
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Towards an Objective-Driven System of Smart Labor Migration Management
Holzmann, Robert; Pouget, Yann - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This policy note offers motivation as well as game plan how to achieve a coherent and mutually beneficial labor migration system. It argues that migrant workers may importantly contribute to economic growth and development both in sending and receiving countries if they find the enabling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727769
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Der Finanzierungsbeitrag der Ausländer zu den deutschen Staatsfinanzen: Eine Bilanz für 2004
Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Diese Studie bilanziert den Beitrag der ausländischen Bevölkerung in Deutschland zu den öffentlichen Haushalten im … in Deutschland summiert sich dieser Überschuss auf 84 Milliarden Euro. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700896
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TIPping the Scales towards Greater Employment Chances? Evaluation of a Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for Newly-Arrived Immigrants Based on Random Program Assignment
Andersson Joona, Pernilla; Nekby, Lena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
A Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for newly-arrived immigrants to Sweden was implemented from October 2006 to June 2008 in order to meet the main criticisms directed at existing introduction programs. Two primary innovations were introduced, flexible language instruction parallel with other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822603
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Determinants of Integration and its Impact on the Economic Success of Immigrants: A Case Study of the Turkish Community in Berlin
Danzer, Alexander M.; Ulku, Hulya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using a new data on 590 Turkish households in Berlin, we investigate the determinants and impact of integration on … economic performance. We find that usual suspects such as time spent in Germany and education have positive impact, while … networks have no impact on integration. There is strong evidence that political integration and the degree of full integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822773
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Zuwanderung und Integration: Bausteine einer demografiefesten Politik
Hinte, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
. Das enthebt Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft nicht der Aufgabe, auch die Integration der schon in Deutschland lebenden …Der demografische Wandel zwingt Deutschland zu empfindlichen Korrekturen seiner Politik auf allen Ebenen. Dies gilt … Erfolgsaussichten für die gesellschaftliche Integration, die bei höher qualifizierten Zuwanderern durchweg sehr viel leichter gelingt …
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Immigration: The European Experience
Dustmann, Christian; Frattini, Tommaso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
integration in the different European countries, their position in the wage distribution, and the situation of their children, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416931
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Do Ethnic Enclaves Impede Immigrants' Integration? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Social-Interaction Approach
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
-ethnics increases migrants' interaction cost with natives and thus reduces the likelihood of integration. … concentration on social integration. The exogenous placement of immigrants "switches off" observable and unobservable differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240233
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Couple's Relative Labor Supply in Intermarriage
Nottmeyer, Olga - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper the hypothesis that partnerships between immigrants and natives are less specialized – in the sense that spouses provide similar working hours per weekday – than those between immigrants is tested. The empirical analysis relies on panel data using a two-limit random effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868137
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Zuwanderung, Demografie und Arbeitsmarkt: Fakten statt Vorbehalte
Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Die öffentliche Debatte um Zuwanderung und Integration wird auch heute, ein halbes Jahrhundert nach dem Beginn der … qualifizierter Arbeitskräfte bringt generell klare ökonomische Vorteile. (2) Obwohl in Deutschland bislang eher passiv hingenommen … Zuwanderung weiter vergrößern und ist ein wichtiges Fundament für eine noch größere Akzeptanz der Migranten in unserer …
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