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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011592698
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The economic integration of forced migrants : evidence for post-war Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2011
the lower tail of the skill distribution. -- Forced migration ; economic integration ; World War II ; West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579631
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Migration magnet : the role of work experience in rural-urban wage differentials in Mexico
Michaelsen, Maren; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2011
analyse rural-to-urban migrants' labour market performance. The findings suggest that rural-to-urban migration will continue … ; internal migration ; Mexico … Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass die Land-Stadt-Migration in Zukunft andauern wird und der informelle Sektor in Mexikos Städten …
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What explains the urban wage premium? : sorting, non-portable or portable agglomeration effects?
Frings, Hanna; Kamb, Rebecca - 2021
wage premium. More explicitly, we distinguish worker sorting, as well as portable and non-portable agglomeration effects … used for identification and provide guidance how this selectivity can be reduced. Agglomeration effects explain about one … third of the urban wage premium, with portable and non-portable agglomeration effects being of similar importance. …
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Agglomerations, tasks and wage growth
Perl, Maximilian - 2023
agglomeration economies, and its consequences for the city-size wage gap. After 15 years of work experience in Munich the cumulative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228358
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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...
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Local labor markets and the persistence of population shocks
Braun, Sebastian; Kramer, Anica; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2017
This paper studies the persistence of a large, unexpected, and regionally very unevenly distributed population shock, the inflow of eight million ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II. Using detailed census data from 1939 to 1970, we show that the shock had a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734794
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Young FSU migrants in Germany : educational attainment and early labor market outcomes
Flake, Regina - 2013
This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) who arrived in Germany between 1989 and 1994. The results reveal that migrants have lower educational attainments than natives, and that within the group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771160
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Labor market effects of immigration : evidence from neighborhood data
Bauer, Thomas K.; Flake, Regina; Sinning, Mathias - 2011
immigration. -- International migration ; effects of immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124265
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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/10012497324