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Growing Up in Ethnic Enclaves : Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children
Danzer, Alexander - 2018
Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913554
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Why Birthright Citizenship Matters for Immigrant Children : Impacts on Parental Educational Choices
Felfe, Christina - 2016
difference-in-differences strategy which exploits a birth date cut-off determining whether a child became eligible for birthright …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982264
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Parental Leave, (In)Formal Childcare and Long-Term Child Outcomes
Danzer, Natalia - 2017
. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate … a large and generous parental leave extension in Austria exploiting a sharp birthday cutoff-based discontinuity in the … on long-term child outcomes differ substantially according to the availability of formal childcare and the mother …
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Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental Leave Reform
Danzer, Natalia; Lavy, Victor - 2021
-in-difference approaches, this paper exploits an unanticipated reform in Austria which extended the maximum duration of paid and job protected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315686
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Immigration, Fertility, and Human Capital : A Model of Economic Decline of the West
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2011
I show how the influences of unskilled immigration, differential fertility between immigrants and the local indigenous population, and incentives for investment in human capital combine to predict the decline of the West. In particular, indigenous low-skilled workers lose from unskilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133620
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Migration Background and Educational Tracking : Is There a Double Disadvantage for Second-Generation Immigrants?
Lüdemann, Elke - 2010
Research on immigrants' educational disadvantages largely focuses on differences in student achievement tests. Exploiting data from the German PIRLS extension, we find that second-generation immigrants face additional disadvantages with respect to grades and teacher recommendations for secondary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135527
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Self-Confirming Immigration Policy
Giordani, Paolo E. - 2012
We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this interaction multiple equilibria may arise,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108468
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What Do Immigrants Value Most About Switzerland? Evidence of the Relative Importance of Income Taxes
Morger, Mario - 2013
This study investigates whether migrants, once they have decided to move to Switzerland, prefer to settle in municipalities that feature low income taxes. In line with the existing literature, results from cluster-specific count data models indicate that income taxes are a significant pull...
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Immigration, Attitudes and the Rise of the Political Right : The Role of Cultural and Economic Concerns Over Immigration
Davis, Lewis - 2016
With the rise of the far-right parties in the European parliamentary elections, concerns over immigration and national identity have again come into the limelight. In this paper, we document the empirical relationships between immigration, native concerns over the economic and cultural impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999791
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A Collective Household Model of Time Allocation - a Comparison of Native Dutch and Immigrant Households in the Netherlands
Klaveren, Chris van - 2008
Although the number of immigrant households in the Netherlands is substantial, the labor supply choices of this group are usually neglected in empirical studies because these households are usually under-sampled. We use a stratified sample of Turkish, Surinamese/Antillean and Dutch households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012774044