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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 …
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This Paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to … immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self … the self-employed Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, ex-Yugoslavs, Polish or other East Europeans, including those immigrants …
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Unemployment rates are often higher for migrants than for natives. This could result from longer periods of … unemployment as well as from shorter periods of employment. This paper jointly examines male native-migrant differences in the … duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using German panel data and bivariate discrete time hazard rate models …
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This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …
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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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Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
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survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134810
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854486
survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854550