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Precautionary savings by natives and immigrants in Germany
Piracha, Matloob; Zhu, Yu - 2007
remittances into account. Moreover, we find that marginal propensity to save for immigrants is about 40% higher than that for … naturalization has caused significant reductions of savings and remittances for immigrants as a whole, in the magnitude of 13% and 29 …
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The performance of immigrants in the German labor market
Beyer, Robert - 2017
This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
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The situation of female immigrants on the German labour market : a multi-perspective approach
Salikutluk, Zerrin; Giesecke, Johannes; Kroh, Martin - 2020
While general ethnic disadvantages are well documented, much less is known about coinciding disadvantages of ethnic origin and gender. Based on theoretical arguments of human capital theory, sociocultural approaches, labour market segmentation theory, and discrimination mechanisms, we...
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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 … in the case of the Great Chinese Migration. However, the context of the identities of migrants and their adaption in the … migration process is likely to be quite different. The gap is closed by examining social assimilation and the effect on the …
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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018
Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...
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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018
Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898989
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Social identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants
Carillo, Maria R.; Lombardo, Vincenzo; Venittelli, Tiziana - In: Journal of population economics : international … 36 (2023) 1, pp. 69-113
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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
international migration. Examining social identity and labor market outcomes in China, the country with the largest internal …
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Earnings assimilation of post-reunification East German migrants in West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Sauer, Irakli - 2024
robust to controlling for potentially endogenous return migration and labor force participation. Controls for fixed effects …
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The effect of unconventional fiscal policy on consumption expenditure
D'Acunto, Francesco; Hoang, Daniel; Weber, Michael - 2016 - This version: August 2016
Unconventional fiscal policy uses announcements of future increases in consumption taxes to generate inflation expectations and accelerate consumption expenditure. It is budget neutral and time consistent. We exploit a unique natural experiment for an empirical test of the effectiveness of...
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