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Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but …
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demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …
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better working conditions, higher wages, and non-manual tasks, it simultaneously diminishes re-employment prospects for the …
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Taking advantage of the panel structure of the data, the impact of intermarriage on labor market productivity as … from intermarriage vanish and do not differ from premiums from marriage between immigrants. However, immigrants who … eventually intermarry receive greater returns to experience indicating better labor market integration. -- Intermarriage …
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In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of gender differences in age of marriage, we present robust evidence that men and women who are married to differently-aged spouses are negatively selected. Earnings analysis of married couples in the 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000...
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Many countries have enacted legislation over the past few decades making divorce easier. Some countries have legalized divorce where it had previously been banned, and many have eased the conditions required for a divorce, such as allowing unilateral divorce (both spouses do not have to agree on...
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being considered a primary cause. However, economic theory is not conclusive about whether deterioration in youth employment …
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Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is … often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based … on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that there is no simple link between immigration and crime, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011960237
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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for Germany, the largest European immigration country, shows that more than 60% of the migrants are indeed repeat migrants …
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