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Measuring ethnic identity and its impact on economic behavior

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007

The paper advocates for a new measure of the ethnic identity of migrants, models its determinants and explores its explanatory power for various types of their economic performance. The ethnosizer, a measure of the intensity of a person's ethnic identity, is constructed from information on the...

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Ethnic identity and immigrant homeownership

Constant, Amelie; Roberts, Rowan; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007

Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...

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Mehr ökonomische Rationalität in der Zuwanderungspolitik

Hinte, Holger; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 79 (2010) 1, pp. 85-100

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Die Bundespolitik : unter Sanierungsängsten im Reformstau

Brenke, Karl; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 79 (2010) 1, pp. 5-9

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The Petersberg declaration

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Burda, Michael C.; Konrad, Kai A.; … - 2009

Against the background of the worldwide financial market and economic crisis, leading German economists urge policymakers to maintain the reform course in labor market policy. The experts warn not to jeopardize the clearly positive effects of the recent reform efforts. The "Petersberg...

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Bad bank(s) and recapitalization of the banking sector

Schäfer, Dorothea; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

With banking sectors worldwide still suffering from the effects of the financial crisis, public discussion of plans to place toxic assets in one or more bad banks has gained steam in recent weeks. The following paper presents a plan how governments can efficiently relieve ailing banks from toxic...

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Agenda 2020 : strategies to achieve full employment in Germany

Schneider, Hilmar; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010

This strategy paper by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) shows ways in which Germany once more can attain full … labor market development in the right direction. The reforms are one of the main reasons why Germany has been more resistant … reform: Germany needs high-skilled immigrants to cope with demographic change and skilled labor shortages. A selection system …

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Fünf Jahre Agenda 2010

Zimmermann, Klaus F. (ed.) - 2008

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Evidenzbasierte Politikberatung

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 80 (2011) 1, pp. 23-33

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Labor market reforms and the great recession

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

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