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Diffusion of information technology, internet use and the demand of heterogeneous labor
Falk, Martin - 2001
This paper analyzes the link between the diffusion of information- and communication technology (ICT) and both the skill structure and employment expectations of the different skill categories. The analysis is based on cross-sectional data for 4150 German firms conducted in mid-2000. The...
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IT Capital, Job Content and Educational Attainment
Spitz, Alexandra - 2003
Based on a large data set containing information on occupations between 1979 and 1999, this study explores the ?black box? surrounding the skill?biased technological change hypothesis by analyzing the mechanisms that induce information technologies to be complementary to employees with higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298123
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Der Einfluß der Grenznähe auf die Standortwahl von Unternehmen: Eine theoretische Analyse und empirische Befunde für Ostdeutschland
Engel, Dirk - 1999
Die EU-Osterweiterung ermöglicht eine stärkere Arbeitsteilung zwischen den relativ kapitalreichen Staaten der EU und den relativ arbeitsreichen Zutrittsländern Mittel- und Osteuropas, von der insbesondere die ostdeutschen Kreise in Nähe der Grenze profitieren können. Diese Studie widmet...
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Labor Pooling in R&D Intensive Industries
Gerlach, Heiko A.; Rønde, Thomas; Stahl, Konrad O. - 2008
We investigate the interplay between firms' R&D decisions and labor market competition, and how this influences equilibrium location choices and welfare. Firms engage in risky R&D activities and thus create stochastic product and implied labor demand. Spatial agglomeration is more likely in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298651
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Assimilation and the earnings of guestworkers in Germany
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 1992
Unlike prototype immigration countries, Germany has attracted a large number of southern Europeans as temporary …
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Cultural influences on the fertility behaviour of first- and second-generation immigrants in Germany
Stichnoth, Holger; Yeter, Mustafa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
'generation 1.5' (migrants arriving as children) and the second generation. It is stronger for women with low education and for …
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Refugees welcome? Understanding the regional heterogeneity of anti-foreigner hate crimes in Germany
Entorf, Horst; Lange, Martin - 2019
-born inhabitants that face large-scale immigration of asylum seekers witness the strongest upsurge in hate crime. Economically deprived …
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Cultural influences on the fertility behaviour of first- and second-generation immigrants in Germany
Stichnoth, Holger; Yeter, Mustafa - 2013
'generation 1.5' (migrants arriving as children) and the second generation. It is stronger for women with low education and for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312875
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"Brain gain" on Wikipedia: Immigrants return knowledge home
Slivko, Olga - 2018
Economic literature acknowledges the impact of immigration on cross-border patenting and scientific publications …. However, the role of immigration ows in the dissemination of knowledge in a broader sense is yet to be assessed. In this paper …, I estimate the effect of immigration on the facilitation of online knowledge reagrding destination countries in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793092
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The 2015 refugee inflow and concerns over immigration
Gallegos Torres, Katia - 2021
How did the large asylum-seeker inflow to Germany in 2015 affect concerns about immigration? Using individual …-level panel data for the years 2012-2018, I show that after 2015 concerns about immigration increased by about 21 pp. and support … line with the contact hypothesis, living in a high refugee migration district reduced concerns about immigration by 3 pp …
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