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Worker Remittances and Capital Flows to Developing Countries

Kuckulenz, Anja; Buch, Claudia M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important mechanism for the transfer of resources from developed to developing countries, and remittances are the second-largest source, behind foreign direct investment, of external funding for developing countries. Yet, literature on worker...

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EU enlargement and immigration

Kraus, Margit; Schwager, Robert - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000

accession affects income gaps. Moreover, if EU membership is refused, fear of future restrictions on immigration will lead to …

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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany

Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...

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The Immigrant Wage Gap in Germany

Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

Immigrants consist of foreigners and citizens with migration background. We analyze the wage gap between natives and these two groups in Germany. The estimates show a substantial gap for both groups with respect to natives. Discarding immigrants who completed education abroad reduces much of the...

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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution: a review of the literature

Stichnoth, Holger; van der Straeten, Karine - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...

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Wage discrimination and occupational segregation of foreign male workers in Germany

Velling, Johannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1995

We analyze wage discrimination against foreign male workers in Germany with respect to different nationality groups and focused on its interaction with occupational segregation. We found evidence of strong occupational segregation, which we mainly attribute to institutional factors but also to...

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Die Arbeitserlaubnis als Instrument der Arbeitsmarktpolitik zur Steuerung internationaler Zuwanderung auf den Arbeitsmarkt

Velling, Johannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1995

conducted in the years 1989 to 1993 reflects a period of extraordinary high immigration. It is based on local labour markets … unemployment. On the contrary, almost all other kind of immigration led to increased unemployment. Thereof, the immigration of … German workers had the strongest effects in absolute values, the immigration of EU-citizens in relative values. …

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IT outsourcing and employment growth at the firm level

Ohnemus, Jörg - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

Outsourcing is widely associated with accompanied job losses in the outsourcing firm, at least in the short run. However, the medium and long run effects of outsourcing on employment growth might still be positive. This paper particularly focuses on IT outsourcing and its medium-term effects on...

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Ingenieure und Facharbeiter im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau und sonstigen Branchen: Analyse der sozialdemographischen Struktur und der Tätigkeitsfelder

Wolf, Elke - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999

In dieser Studie werden auf Basis des Mikrozensus die soziodemographische Struktur sowie die Tätigkeitsfelder der Ingenieure und Facharbeiter mit den typischen Berufen des Maschinen- und Anlagenbaus analysiert. Die Erwerbsquote der Ingenieure ist in den Jahren zwischen 1991 und 1995 gesunken,...

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Age and productivity: Sector differences?

Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

In most industrialised countries, the workforce is ageing rapidly. If ageing workforces affect sectors differently, the total impact of ageing will depend on the industrial structure of an economy. This paper measures the impact of changes in the age structure of establishments on productivity...

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