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The savings behavior of temporary and permanent migrants in Germany

Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor); Sinning, Mathias (contributor) - 2005

This paper examines the relative savings position of migrant households in West Germany, paying particular attention to …), our findings reveal significant differences in the savings rates between foreign-born and German-born individuals. These … the determinants of immigrants' savings rates reveal that intended return migration does not only affect remittances, but …

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Who gets vaccinated? : cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of individual behavior in pandemics

Andor, Mark Andreas; Bauer, Thomas K.; Eßer, Jana; … - 2023

This study investigates the different cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics associated with individuals' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves of about 2,000 individuals...

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Business taxation and wages: Evidence from individual panel data

Bauer, Thomas K.; Kasten, Tanja; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - 2012

Empirical evidence on the degree of business-tax shifting to employees via the wage level is highly controversial and rare. It remains open to which extent the tax burden is shifted, whether there are differences for tax increases and decreases, or whether there exists some treatment...

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Analyzing the labor market activity of immigrant families in Germany

Basilio, Leilanie (contributor); … - 2007

This paper analyzes whether immigrant families facing credit constraints adopt a family investment strategy wherein, upon arrival, an immigrant spouse invests in host country-specific human capital while the other partner works to finance the family's current consumption. Using data for West...

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Transferability of human capital and immigrant assimilation : an analysis for Germany

Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K. - 2010

This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...

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Labor market entry conditions, wages and job mobility

Bachmann, Ronald; Bauer, Thomas K.; David, Peggy - 2010

Economic conditions at the time of labour market entry can induce wage differentials between workers entering the labour market at different points in time. While the existence and persistence of these entry wage differentials are well documented, little is known about their interaction with...

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Labor market effects of immigration : evidence from neighborhood data

Bauer, Thomas K.; Flake, Regina; Sinning, Mathias - 2011

This paper combines individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with economic and demographic postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities of high- and low-skilled natives. Employing an...

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The economic integration of forced migrants : evidence for Post-War Germany

Bauer, Thomas K.; Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2011

The flight and expulsion of Germans from Eastern Europe during and after World War II constitutes one of the largest forced population movements in history. We analyze the economic integration of these forced migrants and their offspring in West Germany. The empirical results suggest that even a...

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Immigration policy, assimilation of immigrants and natives' sentiments towards immigrants : evidence from 12 OECD-countries

Bauer, Thomas K.; Lofstrom, Magnus; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2000

As in the U.S. and Canada, migration is a controversial issue in Europe. This paper explores the possibility that immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives' sentiments towards immigrants. It first reviews the assimilation literature in economics...

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Sibling rivalry in educational attainment : the German case

Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000

Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...

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