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Trends in economic research: an international perspective

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010

standards in economics around the world been reflected in research performance? How have individual countries fared? Do research … research, the US maintains a dominant position. The main continental European countries, Germany, France, Italy and Spain …

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Cultural integration in Germany

Constant, Amelie F.; Nottmeyer, Olga; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to … Germany. …

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Another economic miracle? The German labor market and the great recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011

miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the …

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10 years after: EU enlargement, closed borders, and migration to Germany

Elsner, Benjamin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

of migration flows from the New Member States to Germany. We demonstrate that immigration increased substantially despite … that Germany would have been better off, had it immediately opened its labor market. Finally, the Great recession allows us …

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Advising Policymakers Through the Media

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004

In the information age an exchange with the media is part of the duties the economics profession has to deliver to educate the public and to ensure its position in society. A key issue is the education of policymakers through the media. It is the silver bullet of policy advice in comparison to...

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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999

The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. This paper compares the educational attainment of second generation immigrants to those of natives in the same age cohort. Evidence using a large German data set...

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Another Economic Miracle? The German Labor Market and the Great Recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

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Is Germany the North Star of Labor Market Policy?

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Germany's recovery from an unemployment disease and its resilience to the Great Recession is remarkable. Its success …

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Beyond the Average: Peer Heterogeneity and Intergenerational Transmission of Education

Chakraborty, Tanika; Nottmeyer, Olga; Schüller, Simone; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Estimating the effect of 'ethnic capital' on human capital investment decisions is complicated by the endogeneity of … location choice of immigrants and the reflection problem. We exploit a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany to identify …

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Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants

Constant, Amelie F.; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …

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