Das Wachstum einer Volkswirtschaft und die Wohlfahrt einer Gesellschaft hängen wesentlich davon ab, dass ständig neue Unternehmen in die Märkte eintreten und mit neuen Ideen und Produkten für Wettbewerb sorgen. Sehr häufig werden sie von jungen Menschen gegründet. Im Zusammenhang mit einer...

This paper combines individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with economic and demographic postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities of high- and low-skilled natives. Employing an...

Migration is an unavoidable aspect of globalization. While full flexibility is politically unfeasible, the paper argues for regulated openness. Migration in the age of globalization should be judged according to the labor market needs of the receiving countries. This would also serve best the...

Migration is an unavoidable aspect of globalization. While full flexibility is politically unfeasible, the paper argues for regulated openness. Migration in the age of globalization should be judged according to the labor market needs of the receiving countries. This would also serve best the...