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Parental background matters : intergenerational mobility and assimilation of Italian immigrants in Germany

Bönke, Timm; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2014

We investigate the hypothesis of failed integration and low social mobility of immigrants. For this purpose, an intergenerational assimilation model is tested empirically on household survey data and validated against administrative data provided by the Italian Embassy in Germany. In line with...

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The integration of migrants in the German labor market : evidence over 50 years

Berbée, Paul; Stuhler, Jan - 2023

Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide. Using all waves from the microcensus, we study their labor market integration over the last 50 years, and document key differences to the US case. While the employment gaps between immigrant and native men decline...

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How do regional labor markets adjust to immigration? : a dynamic analysis for post-war Germany

Braun, Sebastian; Weber, Henning - 2016

We draw on two decades of historical data to analyze how regional labor markets in West Germany adjusted to one of the largest forced population movements in history, the mass inflow of eight million German expellees after World War II. The expellee inflow was distributed very asymmetrically...

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Language proficiency and homeownership : evidence from U.S. immigrants

Luik, Marc-André; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich; Voss, Simon - 2023

In this paper we deliver first causal evidence on the relationship between immigrant host country language proficiency and homeownership. Using an instrumental variable strategy, we find a substantial positive impact of language skills on the propensity to own a home and the quality of housing....

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High skilled mobility under uncertainty

Bisset, Jordan; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Doherr, Thorsten - 2023

Previous work suggests a general uncertainty surrounding the migration process acts as a barrier to outmigration. In … country raises the probability of inventor outmigration. Our results suggest a 1 standard deviation increase in the relative … uncertainty of the home country is associated with a near 20% increase in the probability of inventor outmigration. The …

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EU enlargement and (temporary) migration : effects on labour market outcomes in Germany

Hammer, Luisa; Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2022

2011. Taking into account that not all immigrantsstay permanently and that outmigration flows are selective, this paper …

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Re-migration behaviour and expected duration of stay of guest-workers in Germany

Steiner, Viktor; Velling, Johannes - 1992

We analyze guest-workers' expected duration of stay in Germany within an econometric model taking into account the important distinction between permanent and temporary stayers, where the expected duration of stay for the latter is differentiated in short-term, medium-term and long-term stayers....

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The role of unemployment and job change when estimating the returns to migration

Emmler, Julian; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2019

Estimating the returns to migration from East to West Germany, this paper focuses on pre-migration employment dynamics, earnings uncertainty, and job change in the source region. Migrants are found to be negatively selected with respect to labor market outcomes, with a large drop in earnings and...

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Labor market integration of migrants : hidden costs and benefits in two-tier welfare states

König, Jan; Skupnik, Christoph - 2012

We apply a monopoly trade union model and analyze employment, wage and budgetary effects of (i) an inflow of migrant workers and (ii) an increase in the labor market participation rate of migrants. Per assumption, natives and migrants solely differ with respect to the level of benefit claims in...

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The indirect fiscal benefits of low-skilled immigration

Colas, Mark; Sachs, Dominik - 2022

Low-skilled immigrants indirectly affect public finances through their effect on resident wages & labor supply. We operationalize this indirect fiscal effect in a model of immigration and the labor market. We derive closed-form expressions for this effect in terms of estimable statistics. An...

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