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Does Intermarriage Pay Off? A Panel Data Analysis

Nottmeyer, Olga - 2010

Taking advantage of the panel structure of the data, the impact of intermarriage on labor market productivity as measured by earnings is examined. Contrarily to previous studies which rely on instrumental variable techniques, selection issues are addressed within a fixed effects framework. The...

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Migrant's pursuit of happiness. The impact of adaption, social comparison and relative deprivation: Evidence from a "natural" experiment

Melzer, Silvia Maja; Muffels, Ruud J. - 2012

inquire the impact of migration on subjective well-being (SWB). The main goal of the research is to assessing the impact of … Germany after the German reunification in 1989. We suspect that the gains or losses in subjective well-being after migration … migration on SWB, although it is strongly suppressed by dissatisfaction resulting from the comparison of migrants' income with …

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Arbeitsmarktintegration: Spielt der Geburtsort eine Rolle? Eine empirische Untersuchung mit Daten des SOEP zum Zusammenhang zwischen Geburtsort und Arbeitsmarkterfolg von Migranten...

Kostmann, Michael - 2015

autochthonous German population. Using the IAB-SOEP-Migration Sample 2013, differences between first- and second …

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Das Glück der Migranten: Eine Lebenslaufanalyse zum subjektiven Wohlbefinden von Migranten der ersten Generation in Deutschland

Brockmann, Hilke - 2012

Wie glücklich sind Migranten der ersten Generation in Deutschland heute? Wie beeinflussen formelle oder informelle Diskriminierungen ihre Lebenszufriedenheit? Welchen Einfluss haben materielle und immaterielle Ressourcen? Welche Vergleichsmaßstäbe ziehen sie zur Beurteilung ihres Glücks...

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A Socio-Economic Analysis of Youth Disconnectedness

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2010

Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth questionnaires, approximately 13% of young people in Germany...

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Exposure to past immigration waves and attitudes toward newcomers

Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea; Stella, Luca - 2022

How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration of refugees? To answer this question, we investigate attitudes toward newcomers among natives and previous immigrants. In areas that in the 1990s received higher inflows of...

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Forced migration and social cohesion: Evidence from the 2015/16 mass inflow in Germany

Albarosa, Emanuele; Elsner, Benjamin - 2023

A commonly expressed concern about immigration is that it undermines social cohesion in the receiving country. In this paper, we study the impact of a large and sudden inflow of asylum seekers on several indicators of social cohesion. In 2015/16, over one million asylum seekers from Syria,...

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Number of siblings and educational choices of immigrant children: Evidence from first- and second-generation siblings

Meurs, Dominique; Puhani, Patrick A.; von Haaren, Friederike - 2015

We document the educational integration of immigrant children with a focus on the link between family size and educational decisions and distinguishing particularly between first- and second-generation immigrants and between source country groups. First, for immigrant adolescents, we show...

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Are Regional Differences in Utility Eliminated over Time? Evidence from Germany

Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2007

Hedonic theory assumes that changes in land prices and wage rates eliminate the utility advantages of differing locations. Using happiness data from the German socio-economic panel this paper empirically tests whether regional utility differences exist and if so whether utility levels show any...

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Earnings Assimilation of Immigrants in Germany: The Importance of Heterogeneity and Attrition Bias

Fertig, Michael; Schurer, Stefanie - 2007

Heterogeneity in the ethnic composition of Germany's immigrant population renders general conclusions on the degree of economic integration difficult. Using a rich longitudinal data-set, this paper tests for differences in economic assimilation profiles of four entry cohorts of foreign-born...

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