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Reflections on wage-setting
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131008
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Social assimilation and labor market outcomes of migrants in China
Cai, Shu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012316012
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Social identity and labor market outcomes of internal migrant workers
Cai, Shu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2024 - This version: January 9, 2024
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464452
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Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants
Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114322
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Walls and fences : a journey through history and economics
Vernon, Victoria; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020 - Pre-publication draft July 2020
Throughout history, border walls and fences have been built for defense, to claim land, to signal power, and to control migration. The costs of fortifications are large while the benefits are questionable. The recent trend of building walls and fences signals a paradox: In spite of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249714
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Walls and fences : a journey through history and economics
Vernon, Victoria; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2019
Throughout history, border walls and fences have been built for defense, to claim land, to signal power, and to control migration. The costs of fortifications are large while the benefits are questionable. The recent trend of building walls and fences signals a paradox: In spite of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161476
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Ethnic Networks and International Trade
Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
assimilation activities and instead invest in anti-assimilation activities in order to preserve immigrants’ preferences for home …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666430
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Sexual orientation, gender identity and labour market outcomes : new patterns and insights
Drydakis, Nick; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020
first ever meta-analysis of field experiments on occupational access discrimination based on sexual orientation, (ii …) utilizing the moderating role of marital status and family support, (iii) studying occupational access discrimination based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262147
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Migration for development : from challenges to opportunities
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2017
This contribution investigates the opportunities of migration for developing countries. The benefits of migration for sending countries are often undervalued. But migrants may foster trade, remittances, innovations, investments back home, and even return home at some time with better human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114016
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Estimating the wage premia of refugee immigrants : lessons from Sweden
Baum, Christopher F.; Lööf, Hans; Stephan, Andreas; … - 2024
This paper examines the wage earnings of fully-employed previous refugee immigrants in Sweden. Using administrative … employer-employee data from 1990 onwards, about 100,000 refugee immigrants who arrived between 1980 and 1996 and were granted … overperformance is due to female refugee immigrants, who have-relative to their endowment-higher wages than comparable native …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014483881