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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 in particular labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010378275
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 in particular labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267928
We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352763
We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896283
a yearly assimilation rate of 2.3 percent. Due to a changing immigration pattern the cohort quality is declining. … immigration. In addition, the pattern of immigration changed markedly during the past decades. Therefore we use the latest data of … perform regressions of three pooled cross sections (1986, 1996, 2006) to estimate assimilation and quality of immigrants as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600710
Using a rich panel data set, I estimate wage assimilation patterns for immigrants in Germany as an example of a key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287579
a yearly assimilation rate of 2.3 percent. Due to a changing immigration pattern the cohort quality is declining. … immigration. In addition, the pattern of immigration changed markedly during the past decades. Therefore we use the latest data of … perform regressions of three pooled cross sections (1986, 1996, 2006) to estimate assimilation and quality of immigrants as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069134
Using a rich panel data set, I estimate wage assimilation patterns for immigrants in Germany as an example of a key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896279
This paper studies the effects of immigration on health. We merge information on individual characteristics from the … component of the data to analyse how immigration affects the health of both immigrants and natives over time. Upon their arrival … population. Our results suggest that immigration reduces the likelihood that residents report negative health outcomes. We show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352765
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
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