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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...
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natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between … employment probability about two months after unemployment entry. We observe a significantly lower employment probability for … and search intensity. -- unemployment ; migration ; personality traits ; risk attitudes ; time preferences ; trust …
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This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …. -- Migration ; ethnicity ; ethnic identity ; ethnosizer ; unemployment ; job search ; reservation wages …
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Central banks need to be concerned about wages since they are a major driver of inflation. Rising wages are needed to signal directions for market adjustments to ensure growth. Wage growth is driven by relative scarcity, labor productivity and expectations about inflation and future growth....
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wage and search effort varies considerably among the groups considered. -- immigrants ; policy evaluation ; reservation … wage ; search effort ; expectations ; unemployment duration ; program evaluation ; active labor market policy …
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survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that … ; Germany ; unemployment ; job search ; reservation wages …
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concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labour force, and discussions about the necessary policy responses …
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Previous research has found identity to be relevant for international migration, but has neglected internal mobility as … labor market outcomes of migrants in China, the country with the largest record of internal mobility. Using instrumental …
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Previous research on internal mobility has neglected the role of local identity contrary to studies analyzing … mobility in the world, closes the gap. Instrumental variable estimation and careful robustness checks suggest that identifying …
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immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives' sentiments towards immigrants. It …. Natives in countries with mostly economic migrants are relatively more concerned about loosing jobs to immigrants. However …, the results also suggest that natives may view immigration more favorably if immigrants are selected according to the …
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