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Hostility towards minorities may sometimes have economic rather than racial motives. Labour market fears, or concerns about the welfare system, are often believed to manifest themselves in hostile attitudes towards population groups that are considered to be competitors for these resources. The...
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In recent years a number of panel estimators have been suggested for sample selection models, where both the selection … females, using a panel of twelve years. All these estimators rely on the assumption of strict exogeneity of regressors in the …
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In this paper, we analyse differences in the cyclical pattern of employment and wages of immigrants and natives for two … large immigrant receiving countries, Germany and the UK. We show that, despite large differences in their immigrant … cycle component. We find significantly larger unemployment responses to economic shocks for low-skilled workers relative to …
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immigrants in Germany. We find that a parametric model which explicitly allows for misclassification performs better than a …
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This paper contrasts labour participation behaviour and wages of native and immigrant women. Since the impact of family … flexible strategy to address selection issues in a segmented labour market. Our analysis is based on panel data, allowing us to … receive lower wages than native women in the same labor market segment, and that this is mainly associated with their …
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on repeated information about migrants' return intentions. Our results suggest that educational investments in the son …'s permanent wages are positively associated with the probability of the father's permanent migration. …
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language deficiencies on the economic performance of second generation immigrants. Using a long panel that oversamples …
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also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK … terms of education, earnings, and employment. …
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This paper analyzes savings and asset holdings of immigrants in relation to their return plans. We argue that savings and asset accumulation may be affected by return plans of immigrants. Further, the way savings and assets are held in the home- and host country may also be related to future...
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If migrants return to their origin countries, two questions arise which are of immediate economic interest for both … immigration and emigration country: What determines their optimal migration duration, and what are the activities migrants choose … records activities of returned migrants. We first illustrate the activities of immigrants after returning. We show that more …
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