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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
to a one percentage point increase in the ratio of immigrants over native workers. While many studies in our sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137039
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Compensation of On-call and Fixed-term Employment: the Role of Uncertainty
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
In this paper I analyse the use and compensation of fixed-term and on-call employment contracts in the Netherlands. I use an analytical framework in which wage differentials result from two types of uncertainty. Quantity uncertainty originates from imperfect foresight in future product demand. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136865
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The Fallacy of “Job Robbing”: A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Effect of Immigration on Employment
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 2006
’ of the decline in native-born employment following a 1 percent increase in the number of immigrants is a mere 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144516
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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
immigrants, especially if one meets (non-western) foreigners at work and school. Contact with foreigners while going out … decreases the preference for immigrants. The ethnic composition of the neighbourhood in which one lives does not ex! ert a …
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The Desire for Impact
Dur, Robert; Glazer, Amihai - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137029
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Regional Wage Differences in the Netherlands: Micro-Evidence on Agglomeration Externalities
Groot, Stefan P.T. de; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Smit, Martijn - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
Based on micro-data on individual workers for the period 2000-2005, we show that wage differentials in the Netherlands are small but present. A large part of these differentials can be attributed to individual characteristics of workers. Remaining effects are partially explained by variations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008867509
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Life Satisfaction Differences between Workers and Non-Workers - The Value of Participation per se
Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - Tinbergen Institute - 2002
Is working more than monetary income? This paper attempts to give an answer to this question on the basis of the German Socio-economic Panel data set. By comparing the satisfaction with life between workers and non-workers with the same household income, the monetary value of participating in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209443
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I can't get no Satisfaction - Necessity Entrepreneurship and Procedural Utility
Block, Joern; Koellinger, Philipp - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
individuals starting a business after a period of long-term unemployment and those individuals with a lack of better employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137385