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Estonia and the European Monetary Union – Are there Benefits from a ""Late"" Accession?
Baas, Timo - 2014
The failure of the Maastricht criteria delayed Estonia's accession to the European Monetary Union (EMU) until January 2011. During this time, trading shares with Eurozone countries declined, raising questions about the optimal accession time. In this study, the macroeconomic effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420997
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Estonia and the European Monetary Union – Are there Benefi ts from a “Late” Accession?
Baas, Timo - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2014
The failure of the Maastricht criteria delayed Estonia’s accession to the European Monetary Union (EMU) until January 2011. During this time, trading shares with Eurozone countries declined, raising questions about the optimal accession time. In this study, the macroeconomic eff ects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814382
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Multigenerational Living Arrangements among Migrants
Flake, Regina - 2012
There is a significantly higher prevalence of multigenerational living arrangements among migrants than among natives in Germany which may be explained with migrants choosing this household structure in order to compensate for economic disadvantages. This hypothesis is tested by analyzing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289813
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Multigenerational Living Arrangements among Migrants
Flake, Regina - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
There is a significantly higher prevalence of multigenerational living arrangements among migrants than among natives in Germany which may be explained with migrants choosing this household structure in order to compensate for economic disadvantages. This hypothesis is tested by analyzing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010576035
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Transferability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation – An Analysis for Germany
Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K. - 2010
This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269990
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Task specialization and the native-foreign wage gap: Evidence from worker-level data
Storm, Eduard - 2021
for imperfect substitution of native and foreign workers in the production function and consequently small migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803892
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The Effect of Ethnic Clustering on Migrant Integration in Germany
Schaffner, Sandra; Treude, Barbara - 2014
Since ethnic clustering is common in Germany, a better understanding of its effects on the integration of immigrants could be important for integration policies, especially in the light of rising immigration and a skilled worker shortage. Yet, both economic theory and empirical research for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010475132
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Transferability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation – An Analysis for Germany
Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2010
This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518188
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The Effect of Ethnic Clustering on Migrant Integration in Germany
Schaffner, Sandra; Treude, Barbara - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2014
Since ethnic clustering is common in Germany, a better understanding of its effects on the integration of immigrants could be important for integration policies, especially in the light of rising immigration and a skilled worker shortage. Yet, both economic theory and empirical research for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186380
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Migration response to an immigration shock: Evidence from Russia's aggression against Ukraine
Zuchowski, David - 2023
Russia's attacks against Ukraine have triggered massive and unexpected migration movements. In this paper, I examine … the impact of the inflow of Ukrainians that resulted from Russia's aggression in 2014 on local migration patterns in … internal and international out-migration of the Polish population. I provide supportive evidence that the decrease in out-migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014456424