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A Life-Cycle Model of Outmigration and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants in Germany

Bellemare, C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004

This paper estimates a structural dynamic life-cycle model of outmigration where, in each period, immigrants choose whether to work in the host country, not to work but remain in the host country, or outmigrate.The model incorporates several features of existing life-cycle theories of...

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Identification and Estimation of Economic Models of Outmigration using Panel Attrition

Bellemare, C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004

Because their departures are difficultly observed, little is known about the performance of immigrants who leave their adoptive homeland.This paper shows conditions under which the (conditional) outmigration probability, work probability and the expected earnings of outmigrants are...

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Emigration Intentions : Mere Words or True Plans? Explaining International Migration Intentions and Behavior

van Dalen, H.P.; Henkens, K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2008

Do people follow up on their intentions? In this paper we confront the emigration intentions formed by inhabitants of … the Netherlands during the year 2004-2005 and the emigration steps they took in the subsequent two years. Three results … stand out. First, it appears that intentions are good predictors of future emigration: 24 percent of those who had stated an …

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Age at Immigration and Educational Attainment of Young Immigrants

van Ours, Jan; Veenman, J.M.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

For immigrants who arrive in a country at a young age it is easier to assimilate than for teenagers.This paper investigates up to what immigration age the educational attainment of young immigrants in the Netherlands is similar to the educational attainment of secondgeneration immigrants, who...

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From parent to Child : Early Labor Market Experiences of Second-Generation Immigrants in the Netherlands

van Ours, Jan; Veenman, J.M.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002

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The Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in the Netherlands

van Ours, Jan; Veenman, J.M.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001

chance of integration into Dutch society.In this paper we investigate whether this is true with respect to the educational …

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The Netherlands : Old Emigrants - Young Immigrant Country

van Ours, Jan; Veenman, J.M.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1999

Since the mid 1960s the Netherlands has an immigration surplus, mainly because of manpower recruitment from Turkey and Morocco and because of immigration from the former Dutch colony of Surinam. Immigrant workers have a weak labour market position, which is mainly related to their educational...

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Mobility in the Urban Labor Market : A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico

van soest, arthur; Gong, X.; Villagomez, E. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

We analyze mobility in urban Mexico between three labor market states: working in the formal sector, working in the informal sector, and not working. We use a dynamic multinomial logit panel data model with random effects, explaining the labor market state of each individual during each time...

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Premium Differentiation in the Unemployment Insurance System and the Demand for Labor

Alessie, R.J.M.; Bloemen, H.G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

In this study we investigate the effect of the introduction of premium differentiation (experience rating) in the Dutch Unemployment Insurance system on the demand for labor. We formulate a model of labor demand, based on the model by Bentolila and Bertola (1990), in which we distinguish two...

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Hours Constraints Within and Between Jobs

Euwals, R.W. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1997

In the empirical literature on labour supply, several models are developed to incorporate constraints on working hours. These models do not address the question to which extent working hours are constrained within and between jobs. In this paper I investigate the effect of individual changes in...

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