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Earnings assimilation of post-reunification East German migrants in West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Sauer, Irakli - 2024
We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We compare their wage assimilation to that of ethnic German immigrants from Eastern Bloc countries and international immigrants to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The...
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Are refugees different from economic immigrants? : Some empirical evidence on the heterogeneity of immigrant groups in the United States
Cortes, Kalena E. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001953338
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Labor market assimilation and the self-employment decision of immigrant entrepreneurs
Lofstrom, Magnus - 1999
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self-employed immigrants. Separate earnings functions for the self-employed and wage/salary workers are estimated. To control for endogenous sorting into the sectors, models of the self-employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313956
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Self-employment and earnings among high-skilled immigrants in the United States
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of high-skilled immigrants relative to high-skilled natives. Immigrants are found to be more likely to be working in one of the high-skilled occupations than natives, but the gap between the two...
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Strong versus weak ties in migration
Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - 2014
This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in the rural-to-urban migration decision in China. We first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340194
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Aging and migration in a transition economy : the case of China
Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Hou, Jack W.; Shen, Kailing - 2014
Post-reform China has been experiencing two major demographic changes, an extraordinary amount of internal migration … of a transition economy. We find that shifts in China's age distribution have generated significant changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010387785
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China's "great migration" : the impact of the reduction in trade policy uncertainty
Facchini, Giovanni; Liu, Maggie Y.; Mayda, Anna Maria; … - 2018 - This draft: November 2017
We analyze the effect of China's integration into the world economy on workers in the country and show that one …
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The regulation of migration in a transition economy : China's Hukou system
Bao, Shuming; Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Hou, Jack W.; Zhao, … - 2009
Unlike most countries, China regulates internal migration. Public benefits, access to good quality housing, schools … extraordinary surge of migration within China. In this study of interprovincial Chinese migration, we address two questions. First …
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Migrant opportunity and the educational attainment of youth in rural China
De Brauw, Alan (contributor); Giles, John (contributor) - 2006
attend high school in rural China. Change in the cost of migration is identified using exogenous variation across counties in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003472803
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Elder parent health and the migration decision of adult children : evidence from rural China
Giles, John (contributor); Mu, Ren (contributor) - 2006
families in rural China. This paper asks how participation is affected by elder parent health. We find that younger adults are …
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