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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123900
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The Economic Performance of Germany's East European Immigrants
Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
Germany has experienced a substantial influx of German immigrants from Eastern Europe after World War II and expects several million more as a consequence of the demise of socialism. This paper analyses the economic performance of ethnic German migrants to West Germany in comparison with native...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067558
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Economic Preferences and Attitudes of the Unemployed: Are Natives and Second Generation Migrants Alike?
Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
In this paper we study the economic effects of risk attitudes, time preferences, trust and reciprocity while we compare natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between the two groups mainly in terms of risk attitudes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854486
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Migration, Friendship Ties, and Cultural Assimilation
Facchini, Giovanni; Patacchini, Eleonora; Steinhardt, Max - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
In this paper we contribute to the analysis of the assimilation process of migrants by analyzing the extent to which friendship with natives can be seen as a measure of cultural assimilation and investigating the formation of social ties in the host country. Using novel information from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083380
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Scale, Diversity and Determinants of Labour Migration in Europe
Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have remained low. This paper contributes to a better … understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It surveys previous historical experiences and empirical findings … including the recent Eastern enlargements. The determinants of migration before and after the 2004 enlargement and in the EU15 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666423
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Migration, the Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791628
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Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants
Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper analyzes the reservation wages of first and second generation migrants. Based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that reservation wages increase from first to second generation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854550
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Portuguese Migrants in the German Labour Market: Performance and Self-Selection
Bauer, Thomas; Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Vogler, Michael; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
Using a large new data set, we analyse the labour market performance of Portuguese workers in Germany. While previous work compares wages and characteristics of migrants only to those of natives, we match the data also with an equivalent survey from the sending country. We find that Portuguese...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504363
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Creating Illegal Immigrants
Epstein, Gil S; Hillman, Arye L.; Weiss, Avi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
Governments have rarely been successful in adhering to intended consequences of temporary guest-worker policies. The conduit for legal entry of workers has resulted in a population of illegal workers, as the initially legal workers make the move to illegal employment. In this paper we examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666518
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On The Risk Of Unemployment: A Comparative Assessment of the Labour Market Success of Migrants in Australia
Thapa, Prem - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2004
since migration, etc.); and an extended model that is feasible only with the extra information available in the HILDA data … migration in recent years. By providing a clearer understanding of why and how the individual and subgroup level characteristics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977258