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The effect of language training on immigrants' economic integration : empirical evidence from France
Lochmann, Alexia; Rapoport, Hillel; Speciale, Biagio - 2017
We examine the impact of language training on the economic integration of immigrants in France. The assignment to this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646944
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Exposure to past immigration waves and attitudes toward newcomers
Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea; Stella, Luca - 2022
How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration of refugees? To answer this question, we investigate attitudes toward newcomers among natives and previous immigrants. In areas that in the 1990s received higher inflows of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013368609
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The integration of migrants in the German labor market : evidence over 50 years
Berbée, Paul; Stuhler, Jan - 2023
Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide. Using all waves from the microcensus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014364702
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Earnings assimilation of post-reunification East German migrants in West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Sauer, Irakli - 2024
We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014632347
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Ethnic identity and the employment outcomes of immigrants : evidence from France
Delaporte, Isaure - 2019
ethnic identity on the immigrants’ employment outcomes. Using rich survey data from France and relying on a polychoric … identities. The paper investigates the impact of the ethnic identity measures on the employment outcomes of immigrants in France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022260
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Building social cohesion in ethnically mixed schools : an intervention on perspective taking
Alan, Sule; Baysan, Ceren; Gumren, Mert; Kubilay, Elif - 2020
We evaluate the impact of an educational program that aims to build social cohesion in ethnically mixed schools by developing perspective-taking ability in children. The program is implemented in a high-stakes context where the ethnic composition in schools has changed due to a massive influx of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387528
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Incentive pay and bank risk-taking : evidence from Austrian, German, and Swiss banks
Efing, Matthias; Hau, Harald; Kampkötter, Patrick; … - 2014
We use payroll data on 1.2 million bank employee years in the Austrian, German, and Swiss banking sector to identify incentive pay in the critical banking segments of treasury/capital market management and investment banking for 66 banks. We document an economically significant correlation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412865
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So similar and yet so different : a comparative analysis of a firm's cost and benefits of apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland
Moretti, Luca; Mayerl, Martin; Mühlemann, Samuel; … - 2017
The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using … pay in Austria, which in turn is associated with collective bargaining agreements and competition with alternative school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011743102
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Offshoring domestic jobs : conference paper
Egger, Hartmut; Kreickemeier, Udo; Wrona, Jens - 2013
We set up a two-country general equilibrium model, in which heterogeneous firms from one country (the source country) can offshore routine tasks to a low-wage host country. The most productive firms self-select into offshoring, and the impact on welfare in the source country can be positive or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338380
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State intervention on the market for natural damage insurance in Europe
Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas von - 2003
, Spain, France, Switzerland and Germany. We then draw conclusions, how the market for insurance against natural disasters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011511057