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This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslav immigrants in Germany …, but not to those educated in Germany. We find that the degree of integration in German society has a differential effect … on citizenship acquisition. While a longer residence in Germany has a negative influence on actual or future …
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economic performance. We find that usual suspects such as time spent in Germany and education have positive impact, while …
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Germany and the Netherlands. We compare labour market outcomes of Turkish immigrants, including both the first and second … for Germany. Differences in past immigration policies between Germany and the Netherlands are likely to be important for …
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). First, we find that educational attainment and language proficiency have a higher return in the Netherlands than in Germany …, while for Germany we find a negative relation with tenured employment. The contrasting results on tenured employment may be … explained partly by differences in immigration rules. In Germany economic self-reliance is more important than in the …
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This paper studies ethnic discrimination in Germany's labour market with a correspondence test. To each of 528 …
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This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to … Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in … Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs in the European Union. We identify the characteristics of the …
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Are ethnic specialization and thus a downward sloping labor demand curve fundamental features of labor market competition between ethnic groups? In a general equilibrium model, this paper argues that spillover effects in skill acquisition and social distances between ethnic groups engender...
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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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results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany …
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This paper contrasts labour participation behaviour and wages of native and immigrant women. Since the impact of family structure on labor supply differs between natives and immigrants, we explicitly distinguish between part-time and full-time jobs. The choice of jobs is accounted for by an...
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