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The Income Portfolio of Immigrants in Germany - Effects of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation Or: Who Gains from Income Re-Distribution?
Büchel, Felix; Frick, Joachim R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
market and non-market income as well as taxes and social security contributions. This income portfolio analysis is based on … have an even better relative income position than the autochthonous West German population. In general, we confirm the well … immigrants profit slightly. This is due to above average non-market income of "pure" immigrants. However, East Germans are still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822110
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Sweden´s Pensioners: How They Have Fared in theRoller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and aHalf of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance
Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
characterized by increased influence from the financial market andextreme economic events - using data from the Household Income …
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Age at migration and social integration
Åslund, Olof; Böhlmark, Anders; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009
The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the residential market, the labor market, and the marriage market. We use population-wide Swedish data and compare outcomes as adults among siblings arriving at different ages in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269096
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Economic growth and child poverty reduction in Bangladesh and China
Begum, Syeda Shahanara; Quheng, Deng; Gustafsson, Björn - 2011
the three components mean child income, demographic circumstances and the distribution of child income. Child poverty is … of child income as well as in the demographic composition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286262
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Poverty Persistence in Sweden
Hansen, Jörgen; Wahlberg, Roger - 2004
disposable income obtained from individual tax files. Poverty is defined using information on annual minimum needs standards …
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Fading hope in the US
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012
A substantial literature claims that the strong increase in inequality over the last decade in countries such as the US would lead to a collapse of society. Fading hopes in the population seem to confirm this. The paper rejects this interpretation since the decline in hopes cannot be traced back...
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Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany - Relative Income Position, Income Portfolio, and Redistribution Effects
Büchel, Felix; Frick, Joachim R. - 2003
West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. Taking the indigenous population of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261527
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Determinants of Income Mobility and Household Poverty Dynamics in South Africa
Woolard, Ingrid; Klasen, Stephan - 2004
In this paper we analyse household income mobility dynamics among Africans in South Africa?s most populous province …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261797
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Self-Employment and Earnings among High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of high-skilled immigrants relative to high-skilled natives. Immigrants are found to be more likely to be working in one of the high-skilled occupations than natives, but the gap between the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262383
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Do poor children become poor adults? Lessons from a cross country comparison of generational earnings mobility
Corak, Miles - 2006
A cross country comparison of generational earnings mobility is offered, and the reasons for the degree to which the long run labour market success of children is related to that of their parents is examined. The rich countries differ significantly in the extent to which parental economic status...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332989