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Employment effects of language training for unemployed immigrants

Lang, Julia - In: Journal of Population Economics 35 (2021) 2, pp. 719-754

Proficiency in the host country’s language is an important factor for the successful labor market integration of immigrants. In this study, I analyze the effects of a language training program for professional purposes on the employment opportunities of participants in Germany. I apply an...

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The welfare state, an impediment to integration?

Walz, Uwe; Wellisch, Dietmar - 1997

We investigate the consequences of redistribution policy on migration and trade in a Standard two-good Heckscher …-Ohlin framework. With free trade and factor price equalization, abolishing migration barriers is redundant. With the introduction of … higher transfers. We show that in such a world, free migration increases the bürden of the welfare program in the rieh …

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The Effect of Birthright Citizenship on Parental Integration Outcomes

Avitabile, Ciro; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Masella, Paolo - Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) - 2010

This paper provides empirical evidence on whether child legal status at birth affects the level of cultural integration of immigrant parents with native community. We consider the 1999 reform of the German nationality law, which introduced birthright citizenship for children born in Germany to...

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The welfare state, an impediment to integration?

Walz, Uwe; Wellisch, Dietmar - Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, … - 1997

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