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Occupational choice across generations
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2003
There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and the second generation occupational choice and mobility is … like Germany occupations also reflect a general socio-economic standing. This paper looks at the patterns of employment in … Germany, analyzes how individual men and women access jobs given their family background, and investigates why men and women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272294
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Ethnic Networks and the Employment of Asylum Seekers: Evidence from Germany
Stips, Felix; Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 2020
Using novel registry data on the population of asylum seekers in Germany for the period from 2010 to 2016, and quasi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180096
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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants in Germany
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - 2010
immigrants across Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269711
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Testing the "residential rootedness"-hypothesis of self-employment for Germany and the UK
Reuschke, Darja; van Ham, Maarten - 2011
Germany and the UK whether the self-employed are less likely to move or migrate than employees. Using longitudinal data from … in employment status we found little evidence that the self-employed in Germany and the UK are more rooted in place than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282511
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Dialects, cultural identity, and economic exchange
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; … - 2010
We investigate whether time-persistent cultural borders impede economic exchange across regions of the same country. To measure cultural differences we evaluate, for the first time in economics, linguistic micro-data about phonological and grammatical features of German dialects. These data are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269659
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The working hours of immigrants in Germany: temporary versus permanent
Kahanec, Martin; Shields, Michael P. - 2010
Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating human capital specific to the host country. Instead, they work more hours in order to accumulate savings and invest in financial capital that can be transferred back to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269528
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271257
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Social mobility: is there an advantage in being English in Scotland?
van Ham, Maarten; Findlay, Allan; Manley, David; … - 2010
This paper seeks to unpick the complex effects of migration, country of birth, and place of residence in Scotland on individual success in the labour market. We pay specific attention to the labour force experience of English-born residents in Scotland, whom the cross sectional literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274181
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Does Segregation Reduce Socio-Spatial Mobility? Evidence from Four European Countries with Different Inequality and Segregation Contexts
Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Tammaru, Tiit; van Ham, Maarten; … - 2017
The neighbourhoods in which people live reflects their social class and preferences, so studying socio-spatial mobility between neighbourhoods gives insight in the openness of spatial class structures of societies and in the ability of people to leave disadvantaged neighbourhoods. We study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786973
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Social Mobility: Is There an Advantage in Being English in Scotland?
van Ham, Maarten; Findlay, Allan; Manley, David; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper seeks to unpick the complex effects of migration, country of birth, and place of residence in Scotland on individual success in the labour market. We pay specific attention to the labour force experience of English-born residents in Scotland, whom the cross sectional literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562540