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Theoretically, wage gaps between migrants and natives can be explained by human capital theory through either …, an unexplained difference remains. We assume that differences in the employment trajectories of migrants and natives … job mobility of migrants and natives in Germany and distinguish among voluntary, involuntary, internal and other job …
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Job mobility offers opportunities for workers to obtain wage increases, but returns to job changes differ considerably. We argue that parts of this inequality result from a trade-off between occupational and regional mobility. Both mobility types offer alternative strategies to improve one's...
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With the German Microcensus we study the second generation's educational attainment in Germany focusing on the descendants of classic labour migrants. Our results show that educational outcomes in terms of attending or completing the highest schooling track leading to the Abitur considerably...
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Over the past several decades, most industrialized countries have experienced a rise in commuting distances, spurring scholarly interest in its determinants. The primary theoretical explanation for longer commuting distances is based on higher wages; however, empirical evidence is minimal. We...
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Der Beitrag analysiert den Arbeitsmarktzugang von jugendlichen Migranten in Deutschland nach Abschluss ihrer Lehrzeit. Dabei gilt das besondere Interesse der Auswirkung lokaler kultureller Verschiedenheit auf den erfolgreichen Start einer beruflichen Karriere. Der Fokus liegt auf einer...
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Several empirical studies find that worker inflows from more productive or otherwise superior firms increase hiring firms' productivity. We conduct a similar analysis for Germany, using a unique linked employer-employee data set, and ranking sending and hiring establishments by their median...
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This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of family background for skill formation. Based on a large representative German dataset including IQ test scores and measures of non-cognitive skills, a restricted maximum likelihood model...
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, 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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Does interacting product and labor market regulation alter the impact of immigration on wages of competing native … reunification and allowing for endogenous immigration, we compare native wage reactions across different segments of the West German … labor market: one segment without product and labor market regulation, to which standard immigration models best apply, one …
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and natives. This gives rise to wage differences between natives and migrants. As a consequence, firms with a higher share … natives are ambiguous. …
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