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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes: PISA Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration
Minoiu, Nicoleta; Entorf, Horst - 2004
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national … empirical results imply that for students with a migration background a key for catching up is the language spoken at home. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297318
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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes: PISA Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration
Minoiu, Nicoleta; Entorf, Horst - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national … empirical results imply that for students with a migration background a key for catching up is the language spoken at home. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097802
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Peer effects in language training for migrants
Sprietsma, Maresa; Pfeil, Lisa - 2015
We investigate the effect of peer group composition on language improvement in language classes for adults. Using unique survey data of migrants participating in an intensive language course in Germany, we find that the age and skill composition of groups affect skill acquisition as assessed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527430
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High-profile crime and perceived public safety: Evidence from Cologne's new year's eve in 2015
Lange, Martin; Schmidt, Alexander - 2023
This study analyses the impact of a high-profile crime event on perceived public safety. At the 2015 New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne (NYE), Germany, refugees allegedly committed over a thousand crimes, ranging from theft to sexual assault. The widespread media coverage of these incidents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476195
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From participants to citizens? Democratic voting rights and naturalization behavior
Slotwinski, Michaela; Stutzer, Alois; Bevelander, Pieter - 2020
We study the causal effect of the possibility to vote on foreigners propensity to naturalize, a key indicator of successful integration. Based on Swedish administrative data and an institutional setting producing a quasi-random assignment of the eligibility to vote, we find that the overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012300775
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Income redistribution and self-selection of immigrants
Corneo, Giacomo G.; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2019
We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative … level covariates, migration costs, and when testing for stochastic dominance of the skill distributions of migrants and … stayers. Policy simulations are run in order to gauge the magnitude of these migration effects. Based on estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012011028
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Der Zugang von Arbeitnehmern in den Bezug von Arbeitslosengeld II
Aldashev, Alisher; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2009
Diese Arbeit untersucht die erwerbsfÄahig eingestuften Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II, die mindestens einmal Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 bezogen haben. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass 16% der Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 während des Zeitraums 2000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299460
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Are we spending too many years in school? Causal evidence of the impact of shortening secondary school duration
Büttner, Bettina; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2010
This paper analyzes the impact of shortening the duration of secondary schooling on the accumulation of human capital. In 2003, an educational policy reform was enacted in Saxony-Anhalt, a German state, providing a natural experimental setting. The thirteenth year of schooling was eliminated for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299962
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Inequality of educational opportunities and the role of learning intensity: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in Germany
Camarero Garcia, Sebastian - 2018
Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one year while keeping the curriculum unchanged. Exploiting quasi-experimental variation due to the staggered introduction of this reform allows me to identify the causal effect of increased learning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011842228
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The effectiveness of school closures and other pre-lockdown COVID-19 mitigation strategies in Argentina, Italy, and South Korea
Neidhöfer, Guido; Neidhöfer, Claudio - 2020
The rapid spread of COVID-19 forced policy-makers to swiftly find solutions to reduce infection rates and keep mortality as low as possible. Empirical analyses on the effectiveness of control measures are hereby of primary importance. School closures were among the earliest measures enacted by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290515