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The refugee wave to Germany and its impact on crime
Dehos, Fabian T. - 2017
Does refugee migration cause crime? I address this question drawing on recent refugee migration to Germany during the years 2010 to 2015. Based on administrative data records, I add to the literature by disentangling the direct crime impact of asylum seekers and recognized refugees separately....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800302
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Immigration and electoral outcomes: Evidence from the 2015 refugee inflow to Germany
Bredtmann, Julia - 2020
This paper investigates the effects of the 2015 mass inflow of refugees to Germany on electoral outcomes. Specifically, using unique data on refugee populations and their type of accommodation, I analyze how local exposure to refugees affects the outcomes of the March 2016 state election - an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012501321
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Linguistic Distance and the Language Fluency of Immigrants
Isphording, Ingo E.; Otten, Sebastian - 2011
We use a newly available measure of linguistic distance developed by the German Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology to explain heterogeneity in language skills of immigrants. This measure is based on an automatical algorithm comparing pronunciation and vocabulary of language...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287352
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Returns to Local and Foreign Language Skills – Causal Evidence from Spain
Isphording, Ingo - 2013
This study examines the returns to foreign and local language skills of immigrants in the Spanish labor market. Different sources of endogeneity are addressed by deriving a set of novel instruments for language proficiency through a measure of linguistic dissimilarity. Using cross-sectional data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290798
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Disadvantages of Linguistic Origin – Evidence from Immigrant Literacy Scores
Isphording, Ingo - 2013
This study quantifies the disadvantage in the formation of literacy skills of immigrants that arises from the linguistic distance between mother tongue and host country language. Combining unique cross-country data on literacy scores with information on the linguistic distance between languages,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290801
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Linguistic Distance and the Language Fluency of Immigrants
Isphording, Ingo E.; Otten, Sebastian - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
We use a newly available measure of linguistic distance developed by the German Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology to explain heterogeneity in language skills of immigrants. This measure is based on an automatical algorithm comparing pronunciation and vocabulary of language...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321168
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Disadvantages of Linguistic Origin – Evidence from Immigrant Literacy Scores
Isphording, Ingo - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2013
This study quantifies the disadvantage in the formation of literacy skills of immigrants that arises from the linguistic distance between mother tongue and host country language. Combining unique cross-country data on literacy scores with information on the linguistic distance between languages,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617558
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Returns to Local and Foreign Language Skills – Causal Evidence from Spain
Isphording, Ingo - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2013
This study examines the returns to foreign and local language skills of immigrants in the Spanish labor market. Different sources of endogeneity are addressed by deriving a set of novel instruments for language proficiency through a measure of linguistic dissimilarity. Using cross-sectional data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617560
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Parental Impact on Attitude Formation - A Siblings Study on Worries about Immigration
Brenner, Jan - 2007
The existing literature on attitudes towards immigration has not accounted for the potential effect of unobservable … about immigration controlling for unobserved family specific effects.Our results suggest that benchmark models used in the … literature yield inconsistent estimates of the main determinants of attitudes towards immigration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264694
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Parental Impact on Attitude Formation - A Siblings Study on Worries about Immigration
Brenner, Jan - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2007
The existing literature on attitudes towards immigration has not accounted for the potential effect of unobservable … about immigration controlling for unobserved family specific effects.Our results suggest that benchmark models used in the … literature yield inconsistent estimates of the main determinants of attitudes towards immigration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561965