This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to … immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self … the self-employed Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, ex- Yugoslavs, Polish or other East Europeans, including those immigrants …

natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between … employment probability about two months after unemployment entry. We observe a significantly lower employment probability for … and search intensity. -- Unemployment ; Migration ; Personality Traits ; Risk Attitudes ; Time Preferences ; Trust …

This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …

survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that … ; Germany ; Unemployment ; Job Search ; Reservation Wages …

Germany, the largest European immigration country, are indeed repeat migrants. The findings indicate that immigrants from …

Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being … individuals end up varies among immigrants even from the same country. Moreover, the quest for ethnic identity affects women and … immigrants in the host country labor market, beyond human capital and ethnic origin characteristics. Empirical estimates for …

This paper uses the concept of ethnic self-identification of immigrants in a twodimensional framework. It acknowledges …. We analyze the determinants of ethnic selfidentification in this process using samples of first-generation immigrants for …

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 German panel data and bivariate discrete time hazard rate models …