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Schlechte Noten für deutsche Abschottungspolitik
Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 76 (2009) 26, pp. 422, 424-429
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Zuwanderungen aus Mittel- und Osteuropa trotz Arbeitsmarktbarrieren deutlich gestiegen
Brenke, Karl; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 44, pp. 645-653
tätig zu werden, genutzt. Aber auch Arbeitnehmer sind zugewandert. Unter den in Deutschland lebenden Migranten aus den neuen … Möglichkeiten, in Deutschland einer Beschäftigung nachzugehen, stark eingeschränkt. Dennoch kam es nach der EU-Osterweiterung von … Zuwanderungsregelungen unterlaufen worden. Vor allem wurde die seit dem Beitritt bestehende Möglichkeit, als Selbständiger in Deutschland …
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10 years after : EU enlargement, closed borders, and migration to Germany
Elsner, Benjamin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013
We study how the EU enlargement in 2004 and the Great Recession in the late 2000s have shaped the scale and composition of migration flows from the New Member States to Germany. We demonstrate that immigration increased substantially despite the restrictions on the German labor market, and that...
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Does the calculation hold? : the fiscal balance of migration to Denmark and Germany
Hinte, Holger; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2014
Calculating the net fiscal effects of immigration not just for a fiscal year but over the lifespan of immigrant cohorts accentuates the assets and deficits in migration and integration policies and their long-term potential. The less national policies concentrate on a labor migrant selection...
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Reservation wages of first and second generation migrants
Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2010
This paper analyzes the reservation wages of first and second generation migrants. Based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that reservation wages increase from first to second generation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274118
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Migration for development : from challenges to opportunities
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2017
This contribution investigates the opportunities of migration for developing countries. The benefits of migration for sending countries are often undervalued. But migrants may foster trade, remittances, innovations, investments back home, and even return home at some time with better human...
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Immigrant performance and selective immigration policy : a European perspective
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2005
The European Union aims at a stronger participation by its population in work to foster growth and welfare. There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labour force, and discussions about the necessary policy responses. Integrated labour and migration policies are needed. The...
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Immigration policy, assimilation of immigrants and natives' sentiments towards immigrants : evidence from 12 OECD-countries
Bauer, Thomas K.; Lofstrom, Magnus; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2000
As in the U.S. and Canada, migration is a controversial issue in Europe. This paper explores the possibility that immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives' sentiments towards immigrants. It first reviews the assimilation literature in economics...
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Reservation wages of first and second generation migrants
Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2010
This paper analyzes the reservation wages of first and second generation migrants. Based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that reservation wages increase from first to second generation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314273
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How skilled immigration may improve economic equality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-13
Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute to a more efficient allocation of resources. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration...
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