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The productivity effect of migrants: Wage cost advantages and heterogeneous firms
Lucht, Michael; Haas, Anette - 2015
Empirical evidence for the US shows that migrants increase the productivity of regions. To explain the impact of migrants on the average firm productivity we construct a general equilibrium model with monopolistic competition a la Melitz (2003). We consider heterogeneous firms with different...
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Does personality matter? The impact of the Big Five on the migrant and gender wage gaps
Brenzel, Hanna; Laible, Marie-Christine - 2016
We investigate whether the Big Five Personality Dimensions contribute to explaining gender and migrant wage gaps by using a linked employer-employee dataset. We expand the scarce literature concerning personality traits and gender wage gaps in Germany and we provide first evidence for the...
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Job mobility as a new explanation for the immigrant-native wage gap: A longitudinal analysis for the German labor market
Brenzel, Hanna; Reichelt, Malte - 2015
Theoretically, wage gaps between migrants and natives can be explained by human capital theory through either depreciation in human capital with migration or differences in endowments. However, even after considering human capital measures, an unexplained difference remains. We assume that...
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Ethnic diversity in start-ups and its impact on innovation
Brixy, Udo; Brunow, Stephan; D'Ambrosio, Anna - 2017
The study analyses the impact of different ethnic compositions of start-ups in Germany on the innovativeness of the new businesses. We are able to distinguish between the ethnicity of the founders and that of the early employees following new results that demonstrate the importance of including...
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Socioemotional skills and refugees' language acquisition
Kosyakova, Yuliya; Laible, Marie-Christine - 2021
We analyze socioemotional skills' role for destination-language proficiency among recent refugees in Germany. While socioemotional skills have been shown to predict educational outcomes, they have been overlooked for immigrants' language acquisition. We extend a well-established model of...
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To include or not to include? Firm employment decisions with respect to the German disabled worker quota
Hiesinger, Karolin - 2022
This paper analyzes whether financial disincentives affect firm demand for disabled workers. In Germany, firms must pay a noncompliance fine if they do not meet their legal quota for disabled workers. I exploit a threshold in this quota: Firms with fewer than 40 employees are required to employ...
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Migrant women labor-force participation in Germany: Human capital, segmented labor market, and gender perspectives
Knize Estrada, Veronika J. - 2018
This paper analyzes individual, structural, and cultural factors that influence the labor-force participation of migrant women in Germany. Considering the well-established evidence that immigrant women work less than natives, with statuses and earnings differing significantly between them, I...
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The causal effect of liberalizing legal requirements on naturalization intentions
Kosyakova, Yuliya; Damelang, Andreas - 2024
This study investigates the multifaceted factors influencing immigrants' naturalization intentions, with a primary focus on legal requirements and the implementation of naturalization laws. It distinguishes between different immigrant groups, such as refugees, European Union (EU) citizens, and...
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The effects of immigration on household services, labour supply and fertility
Romiti, Agnese - 2016
, the role of immigration has been put forward as a driving factor among others. Increased immigration affects supply and … immigration on labour supply and fertility of native women in the UK, with a focus on the role of immigration on household … level, I find that immigration increases female labour supply, without affecting fertility. My results show that immigration …
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Redistribution Preferences, Attitudes towards Immigrants, and Ethnic Diversity
Coban, Mustafa - 2020
their opposition to future immigration. In turn, an open-minded and tolerant attitude promotes mutual trust and solidarity … natives' support for redistribution, with attitudes towards immigrants and immigration acting as mediators. By applying … losing intangible goods triggered by immigration is substantial in the formation of natives' socio-political attitudes …
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