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The Income Portfolio of Immigrants in Germany - Effects of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation Or: Who Gains from Income Re-Distribution?
Büchel, Felix; Frick, Joachim R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
market and non-market income as well as taxes and social security contributions. This income portfolio analysis is based on … have an even better relative income position than the autochthonous West German population. In general, we confirm the well … immigrants profit slightly. This is due to above average non-market income of "pure" immigrants. However, East Germans are still …
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Labour Market Matters - June 2013
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
of low income on consumption. …
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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
Based on a 1% sample of the German population, we study how fertility rates in the country of origin-a proxy for cultural imprint-influence the fertility outcomes of first- and second-generation female immigrants. We use both total fertility rates in the year of migration and a new measure of...
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Children's First Names and Immigration Background in France
Arai, Mahmood; Besancenot, Damien; Huynh, Kim; Skalli, Ali - Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies (SULCIS), … - 2009
We present evidence indicating that immigrants and especially those from the Maghreb/Middle-East give first names to their children that are different from those given by the French majority population. When it comes to natives with an immigrant background, these differences are very little...
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Assimilation effects on infant mortality among immigrants in Norway
Kinge, Jonas Minet; Kornstad, Tom - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013
The wellbeing of children of immigrant mothers is of great concern worldwide. In this study, we investigate the relationship between infant mortality and maternal country of origin and whether or not this relationship varies with the number of years since maternal migration. We use an extensive...
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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: a survey of the literature for receiving countries
Nathan, Max - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014) 1, pp. 1-20
G23; G24; J15; J61; L5; L26; M12; M13; O31; O32; R11 </AbstractSection> Copyright Nathan; licensee Springer. 2014
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Bridges or buffers? Motives behind Immigrants’ Religiosity
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013) 1, pp. 1-23
J11; J15; Z12; Z13 </AbstractSection> Copyright Garcia-Muñoz and Neuman; licensee Springer. 2013
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Migrants` Acquisition of Cultural Skills and Selective Immigration Policies
Bonn, Moritz - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, … - 2012
Based on the requirement of OECD countries to permit substantial inflows of immigrants to compensate for the effects of the demographic change, this paper explores the incentives of heterogeneous migrants to acquire host country specific cultural skills to improve their labor market outcomes....
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Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William; Lincoln, William - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2014
Firms play a central role in the selection, sponsorship, and employment of skilled immigrants entering the United States for work through programs like the H-1B visa. This role has not been widely recognized in the literature, and the data to better understand it have only recently become...
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Immigrant Wage and Employment Assimilation: A Comparison of Methods
Cobb-Clark, Deborah; Hanel, Barbara; McVicar, Duncan - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2012
We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over 2001 - 2009 for a large, nationally-representative sample of immigrants. Previous assimilation estimates have been mainly based on crosssectional data and have therefore suffered...
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