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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 … women who live with a partner from the same country of origin. -- Immigration ; fertility ; assimilation ; intergenerational …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740254

Peer effects in language training for migrants

Sprietsma, Maresa; Pfeil, Lisa - 2015

unique survey data of migrants participating in an intensive language course in Germany, we find that the age and skill …

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The immigrant wage gap in Germany

Aldashev, Alisher (contributor); … - 2008

Immigrants consist of foreigners and citizens with migration background. We analyze the wage gap between natives and these two groups in Germany. The estimates show a substantial gap for both groups with respect to natives. Discarding immigrants who completed education abroad reduces much of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777724

The human capital selection of young males seeking asylum in Germany

Lange, Martin; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2018 - This version, August 29, 2018

This study analyses the selection of recently arrived asylum seekers from Middle Eastern and African countries in Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers have 22 percent more years of schooling - the indicator used for human capital - when compared to same-aged persons...

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Poor background or low returns? : why immigrant students in Germany perform so poorly in PISA

Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor) - 2005

Student performance of Germans and immigrants differed greatly in the 2000 PISA study. This paper analyses why the two groups of students performed so differently by estimating educational production functions, using an extension study with imputed data. The difference in the test scores is...

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What active labour market programmes work for immigrants in Europe? : A meta-analysis of the evaluation literature

Butschek, Sebastian; Walter, Thomas - 2013

A growing body of programme evaluation literature recognises immigrants as a disadvantaged group on European labour markets and investigates the employment effects of Active Labour Market Pro-grammes (ALMPs) on this subgroup. Using a meta-analysis, we condense 93 estimates from 33 empir-ical...

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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 …

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Integrating young male refugees : initial evidence from an inclusive soccer project

Lange, Martin; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2017

The study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomized experiment. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project, which aimed at facilitating labour market integration, or to a control group. We evaluate the randomization process, we discuss...

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Does immigration weaken natives’ support for the welfare state? : evidence from Germany

Stichnoth, Holger - 2010

state ; immigration ; ethnic diversity ; Germany ; cluster-robust standard errors ; two-way clustering …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923101

EU enlargement and immigration

Kraus, Margit; Schwager, Robert - 2000

accession affects income gaps. Moreover, if EU membership is refused, fear of future restrictions on immigration will lead to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443914

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