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Employment effects of language training for unemployed immigrants

Lang, Julia - In: Journal of Population Economics 35 (2021) 2, pp. 719-754

Proficiency in the host country’s language is an important factor for the successful labor market integration of immigrants. In this study, I analyze the effects of a language training program for professional purposes on the employment opportunities of participants in Germany. I apply an...

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Migration experience, aspirations and the brain drain theory and empirical evidence

Böhme, Marcus H.; Glaser, Toni - 2014

in a migration experience, which increases the migrant's aspirations. This will induce her to invest more in the … given migration rate. We show that the optimal migration rate that maximizes the post-migration skill-rate of the population … is higher if we allow for the aspirations effect of migration. We use panel data from Indonesia to demonstrate that a …

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When a random sample is not random : bounds on the effect of migration on household members left behind

Steinmayr, Andreas - 2014

A key problem in the literature on the economics of migration is how emigration of an individual affects households …

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Skills in African labor markets and implications for migration to Europe

Backhaus, Andreas - 2020

This paper assesses the potential for skilled labor migration from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe. It utilizes … hypothetical scenarios for skilled labor migration from the African to the European countries. It is demonstrated that the European … distribution where employment rates are low. Hence, more regular and skilled labor migration from African countries will unlikely …

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Worker remittances and capital flows

Buch, Claudia M.; Kuckulenz, Anja; Le Manchec, … - 2002

The debate on the risks and benefits of the globalisation of international capital markets has focused on the volume and the volatility of the main capital flows - foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investment, and foreign bank lending. Financial transfers in the form of worker...

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Heterogeneous immigrants and foreign direct investment : the role of language skills

Lücke, Matthias; Heidland, Tobias - 2015

We investigate the interplay of language skills and immigrant stocks in determining bilateral FDI out-stocks of OECD reporting countries. Applying a Poisson panel estimator to 2004-2011 data, we find a robust positive effect of bilateral immigrants on bilateral FDI - provided that residents of...

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Intra-family migration decisions and elderly left behind

Heidland, Tobias - 2013

' interactions that explains how chain migration can lead to a breakdown of traditional caregiving structures while an opposing … data from Moldova and found to perform better than predictions of some established migration models. The empirical analysis … suggests that migration and staying in order to provide care are strategic complements for children of elderly parents in most …

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Conflicting identities : cosmopolitan or anxious? : appreciating concerns of host country population improves attitudes towards immigrants

Heidland, Tobias; Wichardt, Philipp C. - 2016

Cosmopolitan or anxious? In order to test the influence of conflicting aspects of identity, German respondents were asked about their attitude towards a Syrian refugee the description of whom was varied in various domains (N=662). Once the refugee is described as being aware of as well as open...

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Donors’ openness to immigration and the effectiveness of foreign aid

Minasyan, Anna; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2015

We argue that donors could improve the effectiveness of foreign aid by pursuing complementary and coherent non-aid policies. In particular, we hypothesize that aid from donors that are open to immigration has stronger growth effects than aid from closed donors. We estimate the aid-growth nexus...

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Can parental migration reduce petty corruption in education?

Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Santos Silva, Manuel; Heidland, Tobias - 2015

approach we find that the strongest migration-related response in private education expenditure are substantially lower … informal payments to public school teachers. This fact is at odds with a positive income effect due to migration. We argue that … our results are likely to be driven by changing preferences towards educational inputs induced by migration. …

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