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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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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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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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Intertemporal remittance behaviour by immigrants in Germany
Bettin, Giulia; Lucchetti, Riccardo - 2012
for theoretical models which predict different remittance time paths between return and permanent migrants. -- Migration … ; Remittances ; German Socio Economic Panel …
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Bringing home the money : xenophobia and remittances : the case of Germany
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2008
individuals with a personal migration background. Major findings are: First, concerns about xenophobia lead to higher remittances …The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In … contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631950