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Ivlevs, Artjoms - In: International Journal of Manpower 37 (2016) 7, pp. 1172-1190

non-migrant households. Migration and remittances may thus be contributing to informal employment in migration …Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of remittances on informal employment in the migrants …. The endogeneity of remittances is dealt with instrumental variables following the two-stage residual inclusion technique …

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Gender earning gaps around the world: a study of 64 countries

Ñopo, Hugo; Daza, Nancy; Ramos, Johanna - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) March, pp. 464-513

-demographic and job characteristics. After matching males and females with the same characteristics, the authors found that the …

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Gender earning gaps around the world: a study of 64 countries

Ñopo, Hugo; Daza, Nancy; Ramos, Johanna - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) 5, pp. 464-513

‐demographic and job characteristics. After matching males and females with the same characteristics, the authors found that the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783477

Gender-specific human capital: identification and quantifying its wage effects

Tverdostup, Maryna; Paas, Tiiu - In: International Journal of Manpower 38 (2017) 6, pp. 854-874

/methodology/approach Starting with the non-parametric matching-based decomposition technique, the authors extend the pay gap estimation framework …

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Immigrant location and network effects: the Helvetic case

Ukrayinchuk, Nadiya; Jayet, Hubert - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) July, pp. 313-333

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is try to answer the following question: to which extent the observed location pattern is driven by network effects or by traditional location factors, like the structure and behaviour of the local labour market, housing market, public goods, and local tax...

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Economic preferences and attitudes of the unemployed: Are natives and second generation migrants alike?

Constant, Amelie F.; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) November, pp. 825-851

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to study the economic effects of risk attitudes, time preferences, trust and reciprocity and to compare natives and second generation migrants. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on the IZA Evaluation Dataset, a recently collected survey of a...

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Young people, the disabled, and immigrant workers: An introduction and some policy recommendations

Parodi, Giuliana; Pastore, Francesco - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) June, pp. 4-8

: dynamic probit models allowing for unobserved heterogeneity and endogenous initial conditions; propensity score matching; the …

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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed

Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) November, pp. 753-776

representative sample of entrants into unemployment in Germany. The data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us … paid by policy makers to various forms of social and cultural integration, as it has significant repercussions on matching …

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Pitfalls of immigrant inclusion into the European welfare state

Kahanec, Martin; Kim, Anna Myung-Hee; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) January, pp. 39-55

Purpose – This paper's main purpose is to evaluate immigrants’ demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. Design/methodology/approach – An online primary survey of experts from NGOs and...

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The use of welfare by migrants in Italy

Pellizzari, Michele - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) February, pp. 155-166

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the issue of welfare use by migrants in Italy and overcome the limitations of previous studies related to the quality of the data and to the high level of fragmentation of the Italian welfare system. Design/methodology/approach – In this...

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