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Occupational recognition and immigrant labor market outcomes
Brücker, Herbert; Glitz, Albrecht; Lerche, Adrian; … - 2018
In this paper, we analyze how the formal recognition of immigrants' foreign occupational qualifications afects their … information to their administrative records, allowing us to observe immigrants at monthly intervals before, during and after their …. After three years, the full recognition of immigrants' foreign qualifications increases their employment rates by 24 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962201
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The feminization of occupations and change in wages: A panel analysis of Britain, Germany and Switzerland
Murphy, Emily; Oesch, Daniel - 2015
In the last four decades, women have made major inroads into occupations previously dominated by men. This paper examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied by a decline in wages: Do workers suffer a wage penalty if they remain in, or move into, feminizing occupations? We analzye...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010475155
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The Feminization of Occupations and Change in Wages: A Panel Analysis of Britain, Germany and Switzerland
Murphy, Emily; Oesch, Daniel - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
In the last four decades, women have made major inroads into occupations previously dominated by men. This paper examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied by a decline in wages: Do workers suffer a wage penalty if they remain in, or move into, feminizing occupations? We analzye...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185789
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Educational Expansion and Its Heterogeneous Returns for Wage Workers
Gebel, Michael; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2007
This paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion entered the labour market and an upgrading of the skill structure took place. In order to tackle the issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600659
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Educational Expansion and Its Heterogeneous Returns for Wage Workers
Gebel, Michael; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
This paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion entered the labour market and an upgrading of the skill structure took place. In order to tackle the issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018725
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Transferability of human capital and immigrant assimilation: An analysis for Germany
Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K.; Kramer, Anica - 2014
, overall, education and in particular labor market experience accumulated in the home countries of the immigrants receive … human capital of immigrants across countries. Finally, imperfect human capital transferability appears to be a major factor … in explaining the wage differential between natives and immigrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010378275
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Transferability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation: An Analysis for Germany
Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K.; Kramer, Anica - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
, overall, education and in particular labor market experience accumulated in the home countries of the immigrants receive … human capital of immigrants across countries. Finally, imperfect human capital transferability appears to be a major factor … in explaining the wage differential between natives and immigrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267928
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Circular Migration: Counts of Exits and Years away from the Host Country
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007
The economic literature has largely overlooked the importance of repeat and circular migration. The paper studies this behavior by analyzing the number of exits and the total number of years away from the host country using count data models and panel data from Germany. More than 60% of migrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600686
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Circular Migration: Counts of Exits and Years away from the Host Country
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
The economic literature has largely overlooked the importance of repeat and circular migration. The paper studies this behavior by analyzing the number of exits and the total number of years away from the host country using count data models and panel data from Germany. More than 60% of migrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017471
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Assimilation and Cohort Effects for German Immigrants
Gundel, Sebastian; Peters, Heiko - 2007
the German Socioeconomic Panel up to the year 2006 in order to investigate the economic performance of immigrants. We … perform regressions of three pooled cross sections (1986, 1996, 2006) to estimate assimilation and quality of immigrants as … reflected by their earnings. Further we take the heterogeneity of immigrants into account by separating them by country of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600710