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The effects of immigration on wages: An application of the structural skill-cell approach
Gerfin, Michael; Kaiser, Boris - 2010
This paper investigates how recent immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008 have affected wages in Switzerland. This … different types of workers in Switzerland. Our results suggest that natives and immigrants are imperfect substitutes. Regarding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316069
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The economies of scale of living together and how they are shared: Estimates based on a collective household model
Bütikofer, Aline; Gerfin, Michael - 2009
How large are the economies of scale of living together? And how do partners share their resources? The first question is usually answered by equivalence scales. Traditional estimation and application of equivalence scales assumes equal sharing of income within the household. This paper uses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316070