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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 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/10010265004
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Migration in an enlarged EU: a challenging solution?
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
. This essay provides a broad and in-depth account of the effects of the post-enlargement migration flows on the receiving as … analysis of the available literature and empirical evidence shows that (i) EU enlargement had a significant impact on migration … hard to detect, (iv) post-enlargement migration contributes to growth prospects of the EU, (v) these immigrants are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271082
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The Labour Market Impact of Immigration
Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; Frattini, Tommaso - 2008
In the first part of this paper, we present a stylised model of the labour market impact of immigration. We then discuss mechanisms through which an economy can adjust to immigration: changes in factor prices, output mix and production technology. In the second part, we explain the problems of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533050
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Ethnic minorities in the European Union: An overview
Kahanec, Martin; Zaiceva, Anzelica; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
This paper sheds light on the labor market situation of ethnic minorities in the European Union. Facing a serious measurement challenge and lacking adequate data, we apply several measures of ethnicity and examine various data sources as well as secondary evidence. We find significant gaps...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285727
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Pulls of International Student Mobility
Kahanec, Martin - 2012
Economic theory suggests that high-skilled immigration generally has positive effects on the receiving economy. International student mobility is an important channel through which high-skilled immigrants arrive. The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the key determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113075
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The Labour Market Impact of Immigration
dustmann, christian; Glitz, Albrecht; Frattini, Tommaso - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2008
In the first part of this paper, we present a stylised model of the labour market impact of immigration. We then discuss mechanisms through which an economy can adjust to immigration: changes in factor prices, output mix and production technology. In the second part, we explain the problems of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967949
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How Immigrants Helped EU Labor Markets to Adjust during the Great Recession
Kahanec, Martin; Guzi, Martin - 2017
with high-skilled immigrants with relatively few (1-5) or many (11+) years since migration. The relative responsiveness of … migration), whereas other groups of immigrants became particularly fluid during the Great Recession, such as those from new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619442
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The Economic Impact of East-West Migration on the European Union
Kahanec, Martin; Pytliková, Mariola - 2017
This study contributes to the literature on destination-country consequences of international migration with … member states over the years 1995-2010. Using a rich international migration dataset and an empirical model accounting for … the endogeneity of migration flows we find positive and significant effects of post-enlargement migration flows from new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628540
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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009
in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271156
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The Value of H-1B Status in Times of Scarcity
Sparber, Chad - 2015
For-profit firms are limited in their ability to hire new, foreign-born, highly-educated workers after quotas on H-1B work permits are met each year, though they are able to hire existing H-1B workers. Universities and other non-profit research institutions do not face the same restrictions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532748