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The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...
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While economists were pointing out the advantages of the EU enlargement, politicians and policymakers were raising grave concerns about the significant political and economic differences between the newcomer states (EU12) and the old Europe of EU15. The major point of apprehension was related to...
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but also analyze its effect on post-unemployment wages and job stability for unemployed Danish workers. We find evidence … permanent posts. Finally, our results suggest that agency employment may improve subsequent match quality in terms of wages and …
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assumption is rejected by the ECHP data for Belgium, Denmark and Finland. The empirical evidence supports a dynamic approach to … dynamic panel-data wage equation and provide measures of the speed of adjustment in Belgium, Denmark and Finland. Further, we …
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We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are … bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection and unemployment benefits affect the way in which wages respond to labor supply … shocks, and, hence, the labor market effects of immigration. We employ a wage-setting approach which assumes that wages …
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be explained by the underlying transnational network contract. Second, remittances sent by foreigners and naturalized …
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This paper examines the relative wealth position and the portfolio choices of immigrants in Germany. The empirical … findings reveal significant differences in overall wealth and various wealth components between German natives and immigrants …-ownership rates are responsible for the main part of the overall wealth gap. Moreover, migrants' degree of portfolio diversification …
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(HILDA) Survey, this paper demonstrates that wealth, which can be viewed as providing a degree of economic security, is at …
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countries wealth affects life satisfaction more than income. In the countries for which consumption data are available (Britain …, results from panel regression fixed effects models indicate that changes in wealth, income and consumption all produce …
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and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses of earnings, self-employment, and wealth. The Jews in Colonial …-employed professionals. The high level of human wealth of contemporary American Jews is not at the expense of non-human wealth. Overall, and … even when other variables including schooling are held constant, Jews have higher levels of wealth and higher rates of …
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