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We compare male and female upward labor income mobility in Germany and the United States using the GSOEP-PSID Cross …
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Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
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This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the …-born workers? assessment of the number of immigrants in the local market. By doing so, the association between unemployment of … immigrants and unemployment among native-born workers. …
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We examine the upward labor income mobility of men and women in Germany using the GSOEP Cross National Equivalent File …. Women have greater overall income mobility. However, utilizing a measure of upward income mobility and calculating the … posterior probability that men?s upward income mobility is greater than women?s, we find that men have overall greater upward …
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Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that...
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sampled in Eurobarometer surveys in 1988 and 1997. Europeans who compete with immigrants in the labor market have more … negative attitudes towards foreigners. In addition, an increased concentration of immigrants in local neighborhoods increases …
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assimilation activities and instead invest in anti-assimilation activities in order to preserve immigrants? preferences for home …
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In many European countries, labor markets are characterized by high regional disparities in terms of unemployment rates … on the one hand and low geographical mobility among the unemployed on the other hand. This is somewhat surprising and …
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Although home-ownership has been shown to restrict geographic labor mobility and to affect job search behavior of … restricted mobility by more intensive (more search channels or applications) or different (more active or informal) search …
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Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant?s country in the host region. Using Mexican migration data, we analyze the effects of the usual network variable and two additional origin-village-specific variables on migrants? location choice.
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