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Trade and migration have become more important in recent years for Austria and Germany. The transition in Central and Eastern Europe has played an important role in this development. The derived labor market consequences are not fully clear so far. This paper presents the results of econometric...
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In response to increased international policy attention to youth unemployment this study investigates post … youth unemployment is centered in high unemployment states and metropolitan areas. Recent changes in academic benefit …
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The share of foreigners in the German social assistance program exceeds their population share and continues to grow. This study tests whether higher foreigner welfare dependence is due to foreign-native differences in behavior as opposed to exogenous characteristics. The determinants of welfare...
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This study applies count data estimation techniques to investigate the fertility adjustment of immigrants in the … whether assimilation or disruption effects dominate immigrants' fertility after migration. We find evidence in favor of the …
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This paper studies occupational mobility of ethnic German migrants who have entered Germany since 1984. The empirical … analysis suggests significant differences in the probability of downward occupational mobility by gender, immigration status … low-skilled immigrants. …
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Even though second generation immigrants make up ever increasing population shares in industrialized countries we know … of immigrants. Their schooling success still lags behind that of natives. We investigate completed degrees and school … attendance of German born immigrants and find considerable evidence suggesting that this group does not assimilate to native …
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In March 1996, the Bundestag introduced a minimum wage law for the German construction business in order to protect native workers from low wage competition by posted workers from other EU countries. This Entsendegesetz (Posted Workers Act) was backed formally by the EU Posted Workers Directive...
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Using a large new dataset, we analyze the labor market performance of Portuguese workers in Germany. While previous work compares wages and characteristics of migrants only to those of the natives, we match the data also with an equivalent survey from the sending country. We find that Portuguese...
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Among all European countries, Germany absorbs by far the largest number of immigrants. But to date, the German … marked by selection criteria (language tests), de facto quotas, and mobility restrictions. Although the immigration of … labor. Over the last few years, unemployment among Ethnic Germans in the workforce has increased. This study concludes that …
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Migration is an unavoidable aspect of globalization. While full flexibility is politically unfeasible, the paper argues for regulated openness. Migration in the age of globalization should be judged according to the labor market needs of the receiving countries. This would also serve best the...
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