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 …

This paper tests whether amnesty, a provision of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), affected the labor … market outcomes of the legalized population. Using the Legalized Population Survey (LPS) and the National Longitudinal Survey … amnesty on the legalized population relative to a comparison group. After the implementation of the amnesty program …

labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in …This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We …

The recent financial crises, alongside a dramatic rise in unemployment on both sides of the Atlantic, suggest that … financial shocks do translate into the labor markets. In this paper we first document that financial recessions amplify labor … shocks to job destruction, presenting and solving a simple model of labor market search and endogenous finance. While finance …

the dynamics. Microsimulations of synthetic cohorts reveal that many migrants experience unemployment spells, but ten … only increase the unemployment among migrants but also departure from the country. Scenarios also indicate that an increase …

repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic reverberated through the labor market. This paper uses data from the CPS Basic Monthly Files … likely to be employed than native men. The COVID-related labor market disruptions eliminated the immigrant employment …

This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general … equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for post-unification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of … institutions (short-time work, government spending rules) and shocks (aggregate, labor market, and policy shocks) and to perform …

Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We … study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and … regression yields positive correlations between naturalization and beneficial labor market outcomes. Once we account for the …

employment level. Immigrants, being new to the labor market, may be less aware of employment protection regulations and less …