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East-West Trade and Migration: The Austro-German Case

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

Trade and migration have become more important in recent years for Austria and Germany. The transition in Central and Eastern Europe has played an important role in this development. The derived labor market consequences are not fully clear so far. This paper presents the results of econometric...

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The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants

Puhani, Patrick A. - 2003

Switzerland, traditionally a ?zero unemployment? economy, has seen an unprecedented rise in joblessness in the 1990s although unemployment fell again to a rather low level after 1997. This paper tests whether Switzerland experienced a negative relative net demand shock against the low skilled...

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Ethnic German Migration since 1989 - Results and Perspectives

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999

Among all European countries, Germany absorbs by far the largest number of immigrants. But to date, the German government has yet to adopt a system that will effectively control the influx of foreigners. The immigration of Ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe, which is due to historical events and...

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Temporary Employment Agencies : A Route for Immigrants to Enter the Labour Market?

Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2004

We study immigrants in temporary employment agencies in Sweden using a unique data set that covers all aged 16-64 who … were employed by temporary employment agencies (TEAs) in Sweden in November 1999, with information on their employment …, and women are less overrepresented among those born outside of Sweden. The immigrants are overrepresented among those with …

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The Times They are A-Changin'

Rosholm, Michael; Scott, Kirk; Husted, Leif - 2001

This article compares and contrasts male immigrant labor market experiences in Sweden and Denmark during the period … 1985 - 1995. Using register-based panel data sets from Sweden and Denmark, a picture of the employment assimilation process … Sweden and Denmark experienced similar declines in employment prospects between 1985 and 1995 despite quite different …

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Immigration und Arbeitsmarkt: Eine oekonomische Perspektive

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country?s labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...

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Canadian Immigration Experience: Any Lessons for Europe?

DeVoretz, Don J.; Laryea, Samuel A. - 1999

This paper reviews and analyzes the effects of Canada?s post World War II immigration policies with the perspective of what European policy makers can learn from this experience. Impact of Immigration on natives? employment and earnings, as well as, immigrants? labor market experiences are...

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International Migration and the Integration of Labor Markets

Chiswick, Barry R.; Hatton, Timothy J. - 2002

This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of intercontinental migration over the past four centuries. It begins with a review of the history of primarily trans-Atlantic migration to the New World during the period of Colonial settlement. The contract and coerced migration...

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The impact of the recent expansion of the EU on the UK labour market

Blanchflower, David G.; Lawton, Helen - 2008

We examine the impact on the UK of the influx of workers from Eastern Europe. We look at the characteristics of the workers who have come to the UK since 2004. We also use data from a number of Eurobarometers 2004-2007 as well as the 2005 Work Orientation module International Social Survey...

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Gender, source country characteristics and labor market assimilation among immigrants: 1980 - 2000

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Papps, Kerry L. - 2008

We use 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census data to study the impact of source country characteristics on the labor supply assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor force participation rates work substantially more...

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