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We analyze the economic factors which have contributed to the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in German manufacturing, in particular the role played by the relatively rigid earnings structure. Potential effects of intensified international competition and skillbiased...
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We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular its relation to the relatively rigid earnings structure. We find that the substitution elasticity between unskilled and skilled labor is rather low in most sectors of the economy....
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unclear, however, if the employment opportunities of the majority of the labour force in Germany-employees with a degree from …
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EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May … outcomes in Germany. We finda transitory negative wage effect among German nationals, particularly at the bottom ofthe wage …
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We draw on two decades of historical data to analyze how regional labor markets in West Germany adjusted to one of the … affect the nature of the immigration inflow can effectively reduce native income losses and dampen adjustment dynamics in … regional labor markets. One such intervention is to distribute the inflow more evenly over time. Smaller immigration inflows …
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division and reunification of Germany, I estimate the influence of state socialism on attitudes toward immigration. Drawing on …Does the politico-economic system affect preferences for immigration? In this study, I show that individuals exposed to … life under state socialism have formed and persistently hold different attitudes toward immigration. By exploiting the …
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