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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions: consequences for the German labor market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 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 economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK have all become, perhaps unwittingly, countries with...
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Migration und Integration: Deutschland als Einwanderungsland - "... denn ihr seid selbst Fremde in Ägypten gewesen"
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
Deutschland ist ein Einwanderungsland. Dies sollte heute niemand mehr ernsthaft bestreiten. Dennoch bedarf es einiger … Deutschland zweifelsohne steht, wird ein Plädoyer für eine umfassende Strategie gehalten. So ist neben einer besseren Aktivierung … selbstbewusster und unaufgeregter Umgang mit den Themen Migration und Integration angeregt, zu dem Deutschland leider bislang nicht …
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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009
This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of ethnic identity: the ethnosizer. To shed further light...
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Cultural integration in Germany
Constant, Amelie F.; Nottmeyer, Olga; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to natives differentiating by gender and immigrant generation. Indicators which are supposed to capture cultural integration of immigrants are differences in marital behavior as...
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Occupational choice across generations
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2003
There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and the second generation occupational choice and mobility is even less investigated. Such research is important because occupations determine success in the labor market. In a country like Germany occupations also reflect a general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272294
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Ethnische Vielfalt und Arbeitsmarkterfolg
Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
Das ökonomische Potenzial ethnischer und kultureller Vielfalt wird häufig verkannt. Die Ergebnisse neuerer Studien, die in diesem Beitrag zusammengefasst werden, zeigen jedoch, dass sich weiche Faktoren wie etwa Einstellungen, Wahrnehmungen und Identitäten, hier insbesondere ethnische...
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Migration in an enlarged EU: a challenging solution?
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the European Union were unprecedented in a number of economic and policy aspects. This essay provides a broad and in-depth account of the effects of the post-enlargement migration flows on the receiving as well as sending countries in three broader areas: labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268969
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Immigration Policy, Assimilation of Immigrants and Natives' Sentiments towards Immigrants: Evidence from 12 OECD-Countries
Bauer, Thomas K.; Lofstrom, Magnus; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2000
As in the U.S. and Canada, migration is a controversial issue in Europe. This paper explores the possibility that immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives? sentiments towards immigrants. It first reviews the assimilation literature in economics...
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Immigration und Arbeitsmarkt: Eine oekonomische Perspektive
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country?s labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262255