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those contributing to export by the largest margin. Business network effects seem particularly important in stimulating …
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) through which immigrants generate increased export flows from the regions in which they settle to their countries of origin … relationship going from diasporas and immigrant entrepreneurs towards export flows. Both the size of the diaspora and the number of …'s overall competitiveness and export flows towards all potential destinations …
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This paper studies the link between a firm's education level, export performance and wages of its workers. We argue … find that firms with high export intensities pay higher wages. However, an interaction term between export intensity and … skill intensity has a positive impact on wages and it absorbs the direct effect of the export intensity. That is, we find an …
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the areal unit, we find a positive association between immigrants' stocks and both export and import flows, in line with …
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How does international trade affect the popularity of governments and leaders? The recent backlash against globalization renders this question extremely topical. Yet, most previous work has looked for political effects of aggregate trade flows without decomposing into particular types of...
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This paper analyzes savings and asset holdings of immigrants in relation to their return plans. We argue that savings and asset accumulation may be affected by return plans of immigrants. Further, the way savings and assets are held in the home- and host country may also be related to future...
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Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
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natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between …
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Germany where tracking occurs at age ten and has a strong binding character. Our results indicate no consistent patterns for …
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This paper provides an evaluation of the status of migrant workers in Germany amidst the global financial crisis … workers in Germany, where primarily the skilled-workforce concentrated industries of high-value products is affected, has …
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