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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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Can parental migration reduce petty corruption in education?

Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Santos Silva, Manuel; Stöhr, 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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Remittances and the brain drain: Evidence from microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa

Bredtmann, Julia; Martínez Flores, Fernanda; Otten, … - 2016

Research on the relationship between high-skilled migration and remittances has been limited by the lack of suitable …

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Individualism vs. collectivism: How inherited cultural values affect labor market outcomes of second generation immigrants in the US

Höckel, Lisa Sofie - 2017

The labor market performance of second generation immigrants is a crucial determinant of integration. Labor market returns to their different cultural traits, however, have been rarely researched within the economic literature. This study provides insight on the link between the level of...

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Occupational mismatch of immigrants in Europe: The role of education and cognitive skills

Cim, Merve; Kind, Michael Sebastian; Kleibrink, Jan - 2017

Occupational mismatch is a wide-spread phenomenon among immigrants in many European countries. Mismatch, predominantly measured in terms of education, is often regarded as a waste of human capital. Such discussions, however, ignore the imperfect comparability of international educational degrees...

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Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Germany – The Importance of Heterogeneity and Attrition Bias

Fertig, Michael; Schurer, Stefanie - 2007

Heterogeneity in the ethnic composition of Germany's immigrant population renders general conclusions on the degree of economic integration difficult. Using a rich longitudinal dataset, this paper tests for differences in economic assimilation profiles of four groups of foreign-born immigrants...

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Speaking the same language: The effect of foreign origin teachers on students' language skills

Höckel, Lisa Sofie - 2020

This study investigates whether foreign origin teachers causally affect their students language skills in secondary school. Exploring within-student variation in assignment to teachers, I find that teachers who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants significantly increase the reading...

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The socio-economic and environmental impact of a large infrastructure project: The case of the Konkan Railway in India

Jaiswal, Sreeja; Bensch, Gunther; Navalkar, Aniket; … - 2022

pre-existing pattern of high levels of male migration. We also find an increase in population and the workforce … - to take into consideration the impact on migration, labour mobility and labour market outcomes in sending and receiving … Bewertung der Auswirkungen der Verkehrsinfrastruktur die Auswirkungen auf die Migration, die Mobilität der Arbeitskräfte und die …

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Climate anomalies and international migration: A disaggregated analysis for West Africa

Martinez Flores, Fernanda; Milusheva, Sveta; Reichert, … - 2021

Migration is one of the channels West African populations can use to adjust to the negative impacts of climate change … drive international migration decisions within the region and toward Europe. The findings show that drier soil conditions …Migration ist eine der Möglichkeiten, welche die westafrikanische Bevölkerung nutzen kann, um sich an die negativen …

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Marginal returns to citizenship and educational performance

Gathmann, Christina; Vonnahme, Christina; Busse, Anna; … - 2021

Citizenship is the most important right a host country can bestow on its immigrant population. Yet, little is known which citizenship policies work and who actually benefits from them. To answer these questions, we estimate the marginal returns to citizenship on children's school performance and...

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