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The impact of immigration on the well-being of natives
Akay, Alpaslan; Constant, Amelie F.; Giulietti, Corrado - 2012
well-being is a function of the assimilation of immigrants in the region. The effect of immigration is higher in regions …This paper examines the effect of immigration directly on the overall utility of natives. To the best of our knowledge … robust, positive effect of immigration on natives' well-being. The presence of confounding local labour market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287659
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The Impact of Immigration on the Well-Being of Natives
Akay, Alpaslan; Constant, Amelie F.; Giulietti, Corrado - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
well-being is a function of the assimilation of immigrants in the region. The effect of immigration is higher in regions …This paper examines the effect of immigration directly on the overall utility of natives. To the best of our knowledge … robust, positive effect of immigration on natives' well-being. The presence of confounding local labour market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990924
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Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic … identity is a major issue; even more challenging is to measure its impact on economic outcomes such as the probability to work … or the earnings of immigrants. The thin but burgeoning theoretical and empirical literature shows that ethnic identity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959840
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Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F. - 2014
remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic … identity is a major issue; even more challenging is to measure its impact on economic outcomes such as the probability to work … or the earnings of immigrants. The thin but burgeoning theoretical and empirical literature shows that ethnic identity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435280
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Ethnic Diversity and Well-Being
Akay, Alpaslan; Constant, Amelie F.; Giulietti, Corrado; … - 2016
This paper investigates how ethnic diversity, measured by the immigrants' countries of origin, influences the well-being of the host country. Using panel data from Germany for the period 1998 to 2012, we find a positive effect of ethnic diversity on the well-being of German citizens. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479244
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie F. - 2017
the host countries. Through a general literature review and examination of specific immigration countries, we provide … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and … measurement challenges. While health is part of human capital, health assimilation is the mirror image of earnings assimilation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729229
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie F. - 2017
the host countries. Through a general literature review and examination of specific immigration countries, we provide … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and … measurement challenges. While health is part of human capital, health assimilation is the mirror image of earnings assimilation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744998
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Circular Migration : Counts of Exits and Years Away from the Host Country
Constant, Amelie F. - 2008
The economic literature has largely overlooked the importance of repeat and circular migration. The paper studies this behavior by analyzing the number of exits and the total number of years away from the host country using count data models and panel data from Germany. More than 60% of migrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773400
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The Impact of Immigration on the Well-Being of Natives
Akay, Alpaslan - 2012
well-being is a function of the assimilation of immigrants in the region. The effect of immigration is higher in regions …This paper examines the effect of immigration directly on the overall utility of natives. To the best of our knowledge … robust, positive effect of immigration on natives' well-being. The presence of confounding local labour market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104941
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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-Employment Proclivity : A Bi-National Study of Immigrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2021
There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318050