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How do regional labor markets adjust to immigration? : a dynamic analysis for post-war Germany
Braun, Sebastian; Weber, Henning - 2016
affect the nature of the immigration inflow can effectively reduce native income losses and dampen adjustment dynamics in … regional labor markets. One such intervention is to distribute the inflow more evenly over time. Smaller immigration inflows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434236
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The labor market performance of first-generation immigrants : evidence for Switzerland
Golder, Stefan M. - 1999
This paper is concerned with the study of the labor market performance of immigrants. The unemployment rate is used as an indicator and natives as the reference group for the analysis. The analysis proceeds in two steps. In a first step, probit regressions on the unemployment probabilities are...
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More development, less emigration to OECD countries : identifying inconsistencies between cross-sectional and time-series estimates of the migration hump
Bencek, David; Schneiderheinze, Claas - 2019
Comparing the emigration rates of countries at different stages of economic development, an inverse u-shape emerges. Although merely based on cross-sectional evidence, the “migration hump” is often treated as a causal relationship. Since the peak is located at rather high per capita incomes...
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Empirical characteristics of legal and illegal immigrants in the US
Caponi, Vincenzo; Plesca, Miana - 2013
We combine the New Immigrant Survey (NIS), which contains information on US legal immigrants, with the American Community Survey (ACS), which contains information on all immigrants to the U.S., legal and illegal ones. Using econometric methodology proposed by Lancaster and Imbens (1996) we...
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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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Migration and wage-setting : reassessing the labor market effects of migration
Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - 2009
This paper employs a wage-setting approach to analyze the labor market effects of immigration into Germany. The wage …-setting curve is particularly high for young and well-educated workers. The labor market effects of immigration are moderate: a 1 … percent increase in the German labor force through immigration increases the unemployment rate by less than 0.1 percentage …
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Does welcoming refugees attract more migrants? : the myth of the "Merkel effect"
Tjaden, Jasper Dag; Heidland, Tobias - 2021
In 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to allow over a million asylum seekers to cross the border into Germany. One key concern at the time was that her decision would signal an open-door policy to aspiring migrants worldwide – thus, increasing migration to Germany in the long-term....
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Country, culture or competition : what drives attitudes towards immigrants in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Becker, Malte; Krüger, Finja; Heidland, Tobias - 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming an increasingly important destination for international migration. The region hosts immigrants from other African countries and from other parts of the world, such as China. Given high poverty levels and weak social security systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, host...
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Understanding differences in attitudes to immigration : a meta-analysis of individual-level factors
Dražanová, Lenka; Gonnot, Jérôme; Heidland, Tobias; … - 2022
Public attitudes toward immigration have attracted much scholarly interest and extensive empirical research in recent … affecting immigration opinion. We address this gap through a formal meta-analysis derived from the literature regarding … immigration attitudes from the top journals of several social science disciplines in the years 2009-2019 and based on a population …
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Capital and trade flows in Europe and the impact of enlargement
Buch, Claudia M.; Piazolo, Daniel - 2000
The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet empirical evidence on the possible magnitudes is still scarce. This paper uses four different datasets to estimate the determinants of international asset holdings and trade...
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