Showing 1 - 10 of 308
This paper examines whether an important cultural institution in India - dowry - can enable male migration by increasing the liquidity available to young men after marriage. We hypothesize that one cost of migration is the disruption of traditional elderly support structures, where sons live...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250193
opportunities outside the home. Frontier women were less likely to report "gainful employment," but among those who did, relatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247997
- the lifting of the Saudi women's driving ban - on women's employment by randomizing rationed spaces in driver's training … effects on employment are only observed among never-married and widowed women, who negotiate employment with their fathers … women's employment. They provide evidence that men's resistance to wives' employment poses a binding constraint to female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372471
The growing education and employment of women are usually cited as crucial forces behind the decline of marriage since …. Second, immigration had a dynamic effect on partner search costs. Its short-run effect was to fragment the marriage market … marriage and later marriage in the 1890s and 1900s. As immigration declined, the long-run effect was for immigrants and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462497
Since 2010 net immigration to Germany has risen significantly. Net immigration to Germany in 2012 is estimated to total … investigates the determinants of immigration to Germany and its outlook for the coming years. It shows that differences in … employment opportunities in Germany and in the rest of Europe largely explain migration fl ows. Owing to Germany’s attractive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774951
In this study, we first evaluate the effect of a significant increase in low-skilled immigration in Korean … natives moving for work-related and non-work-related reasons. Using a change in immigration policy and the pre …-existing networks of immigrants to construct an instrument for immigration across Korean municipalities, we find that locations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388820
considerably. The authors quantify the reduction of the workforce in Germany until 2050. Moreover, they analyse whether immigration … may possibly offset the projected labour supply shrinkage. It is shown that - in the long term - immigration signifi …, immigration will notably increase labour supply in Germany. Only in 2030 will the workforce shrink back to its current level. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404168
employment and the wages of native workers are the focus of the above articles. The authors agree that Germany needs immigration …The size and composition of the most recent wave of immigrants to Germany and the potential effects of immigration on …. Thus, the existence of a sizeable amount of low-skilled immigration cannot be prevented. A major challenge is going to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257723
(elasticity +0.16) with no decrease or an increase in U.S. employment (elasticity +0.10, statistically imprecise) across several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435151
We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss the effects of immigration … among natives. Next, we unpack the channels behind the political effects of immigration, distinguishing between economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210107