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Isolating the Network Effect of Immigrants on Trade
Aleksynska, Mariya - 2012
those contributing to export by the largest margin. Business network effects seem particularly important in stimulating …
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Diasporas and Exports
Bratti, Massimiliano - 2018
) 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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On the Pro-Trade Effects of Immigrants
Bratti, Massimiliano - 2012
the areal unit, we find a positive association between immigrants' stocks and both export and import flows, in line with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104938
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Couple's Relative Labor Supply in Intermarriage
Nottmeyer, Olga - 2011
In this paper the hypothesis that partnerships between immigrants and natives are less specialized - in the sense that spouses provide similar working hours per weekday - than those between immigrants is tested. The empirical analysis relies on panel data using a two-limit random effects tobit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128221
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Savings, Asset Holdings, and Temporary Migration
Dustmann, Christian - 2011
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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The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany
Bergemann, Annette - 2011
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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Economic Preferences and Attitudes of the Unemployed : Are Natives and Second Generation Migrants Alike?
Constant, Amelie F. - 2010
natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between …
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Empirical Welfare Analysis in Random Utility Models of Labour Supply
Decoster, André - 2010
comparison, more explicit. On the basis of microdata from the Socio Economic Panel (SOEP) for married couples in Germany, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136035
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Foreign Labour Migration and the Economic Crisis in the EU : Ongoing and Remaining Issues of the Migrant Workforce in Germany
Kim, Anna Myunghee - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139038
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Parental Ethnic Identity and Educational Attainment of Second-Generation Immigrants
Schüller, Simone - 2011
A lack of cultural integration is often blamed for hindering immigrant families' economic progression. This paper is a first attempt to explore whether immigrant parents' ethnic identity affects the next generation's human capital accumulation in the host country. Empirical results based on data...
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