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Google econometrics and unemployment forecasting
Askitas, Nikolaos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
The current economic crisis requires fast information to predict economic behavior early, which is difficult at times of structural changes. This paper suggests an innovative new method of using data on internet activity for that purpose. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859346
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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions : consequences for the German labor market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
the German labor market since EU enlargement. Unlike other EU countries, Germany has not immediately opened up its labor … immigrants from outside of Europe for low-skilled jobs instead of competing with German natives. While Germany needs high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824777
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The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation : transitions between states and their determinants ; a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain
Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2009
Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904912
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Unemployment dynamics among migrants and natives
Uhlendorff, Arne (contributor);  … - 2006
"Unemployment rates are often higher for migrants than for natives. This could result from longer periods of unemployment as well as from shorter periods of employment. This paper jointly examines male native-migrant differences in the duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373399
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Human capital and ethnic self-identification of migrants
Zimmermann, Laura; Gataullina, Liliya; Constant, Amelie; … - 2006
"The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373400
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Clash of cultures : Muslims and Christians in the ethnosizing process
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2006
data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003474246
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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed
Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009
in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of … Germany. Our results indicate that separated migrants have a relatively slow reintegration into the labor market. We explain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931980
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Cultural integration in Germany
Constant, Amelie; Nottmeyer, Olga; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to … Germany. -- Cultural integration ; immigrants ; Germany ; ethnic origin ; gender ; generation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932449
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Firms and early retirement : offers that one does not refuse
Bellmann, Lutz (contributor); Janik, Florian (contributor) - 2007
According to the Hutchens (1999) model, early retirement is not explained as a result of maximizing expected individual utility but rather as a demand-side phenomenon arising from a firm’s profit-maximizing behaviour. Firms enter into contracts with their employees that include clauses about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591476
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Legal status at entry, economic performance, and self-employment proclivity : a bi-national study of immigrants
Constant, Amelie (contributor);  … - 2005
, although only among a number of other determinants. For Germany, legal status at entry is important; former refugees and those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003238617