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Self-selection and earnings of emigrants from a welfare state
Poutvaara, Panu; Munk, Martin D.; Junge, Martin - 2009
redistribution are related to immigration to various rich countries. In this paper, we take a look at the other side of the coin. We … analyze emigration from Denmark, which is one of the richest and most redistributive European Welfare States. Using …
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Legal status at entry, economic performance, and self-employment proclivity: a bi-national study of immigrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2005
There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....
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Do immigrants take the jobs of native workers?
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Skaksen, … - 2009
In this paper, we focus on the short-run adjustments taking place at the workplace level when immigrants are employed. Specifically, we analyse whether individual native workers are replaced or displaced by the employment of immigrants within the same narrowly defined occupations at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271242
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Do foreign experts increase the productivity of domestic firms?
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob R.; Skaksen, Jan Rose - 2011
While most countries welcome (and some even subsidise) high-skilled immigrants, there is very limited evidence of their importance for domestic firms. To guide our empirical analysis, we first set up a simple theoretical model to show how foreign experts may impact on the productivity and wages...
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Migration and imperfect labor markets: Theory and cross-country evidence from Denmark, Germany and the UK
Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J.; Upward, Richard - 2012
We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are characterized by considerable differences in labor market institutions and welfare states. Institutions such as collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287680
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Employment and Wage Assimilation of Male First Generation Immigrants in Denmark
Husted, Leif; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Rosholm, Michael; … - 2000
Labour market assimilation of Danish first generation male immigrants is analysed based on two panel data sets covering the population of immigrants and 10% of the Danish population during 1984-1995. Wages and employment probabilities are estimated jointly in a random effects model which...
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Immigration in a High Unemployment Economy: The Recent Danish Experience
Pedersen, Peder J. - 2000
decades. The directly job-related part of migration can not be identified precisely. A survey of research results indicate net … migration flows towards other OECD countries is sensitive to cyclical indicators and thus mainly labour market related. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262374
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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 of immigrants from Norway, Poland, Turkey, and Iran is...
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Do immigrants affect firm-specific wages?
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Skaksen, … - 2007
In this paper, we propose and test a novel effect of immigration on the wages of native workers. Existing studies have focused on the wage effects that result from changes in the aggregate labour supply in a competitive labour market. We argue that if labour markets are not fully competitive,...
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Dropping out of School? A Competing Risks Analysis of Young Immigrants? Progress in the Educational System
Jakobsen, Vibeke; Rosholm, Michael - 2003
well as the effects of variables such as age at migration, marital status, the presence of young children, parental …? drop-out rate. Age at migration exerts a negative influence on the probability of enrolling in an education, and for women … age at migration also affects the dropout rate. Parental capital shows no effect on the immigrants drop-out and completion …
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