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"Welfare magnetism" in the EU-15? : why the EU enlargement did not start a race to the bottom of welfare states
Skupnik, Christoph - 2013
According to the "welfare magnet" hypothesis, migrants with a high likelihood of claiming benefits cluster in the most … generous welfare systems. After the introduction of the freedom of movement for Eastern European workers, EU-15 countries can … thus be expected to reduce public benefits in order to avoid becoming "welfare magnets". However, OECD data on benefits do …
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Intergenerational mobility of education in Europe : geographical patterns, cohort-linked measures, and the innovation nexus
McNamara, Sarah; Neidhöfer, Guido; Lehnert, Patrick - 2024 - This version: January 16, 2024
We estimate intergenerational mobility of education for people born 1940-1999 at the subnational level for 40 European countries. The result is a panel of mobility indices for 105 mesoregions (NUTS1), and 215 microregions (NUTS2). We use these indices to make three contributions. First, we...
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Returns to education across Europe : a comparative analysis for selected EU countries
Glocker, Daniela; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
Incentives to invest in higher education are affected by both the direct wage effect of human capital investments and the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher educated. We analyse the returns to education in...
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Non-tariff barriers and consumer prices: evidence from Brexit
Bakker, Jan David; Datta, Nikhil; Davies, Richard; De … - 2022
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The six country immigrant integration comparative survey (SCIICS) : technical report
Ersanilli, Evelyn - 2013
The Six Country Immigrant Integration Comparative Survey (SCIICS) is a large-scale telephone survey conducted in 2008. The aim was to collect comparable data across European countries (the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria and Sweden) with different integration policies as well as...
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Perceptions of ethno-cultural diversity and neighborhood cohesion in three European countries
Koopmans, Ruud - 2014
The question whether ethnic diversity is associated with declining social cohesion has produced much controversy. We maintain that more attention must be paid to cognitive mechanisms to move the debate ahead. Using survey data from 938 localities in Germany, France, and the Netherlands, we...
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EU enlargement and (temporary) migration : effects on labour market outcomes in Germany
Hammer, Luisa; Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2022
EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May 2011. Taking into account that not all immigrantsstay permanently and that outmigration flows are selective, this paper classifies recent EUimmigrants into “new arrivals” and...
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Belonging or estrangement : the European refugee crisis and its effects on immigrant identity
Prömel, Christopher - 2021
This study deals with the impact of the 2015 European Refugee Crisis on the ethnic identity of resident migrants in Germany. To derive plausibly causal estimates, I exploit the quasiexperimental setting in Germany, by which refugees are allocated to different counties by state authorities...
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Dynamics of immigrant resentment in Europe
Salomon, Katja - 2020
-mitigating: Affluent, high-immigration countries more easily sustain tolerance for the same reasons they attract immigrants (opportunities …
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Fiscal effects of migrants in Europe : a quantile regression approach
Joxhe, Majlinda; Scaramozzino, Pasquale; Zanaj, Skerdilajda - 2020
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