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The dynamics of return migration, human capital accumulation, and wage assimilation
Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2021
This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model where individuals differ in ability and location preference to evaluate the mechanisms that affect the evolution of immigrants' careers in conjunction with their re-migration plans. Our analysis highlights a novel form of selective return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517729
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The dynamics of return migration, human capital accumulation, and wage assimilation
Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2021
This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model where individuals differ in ability and location preference to evaluate the mechanisms that affect the evolution of immigrants' careers in conjunction with their re-migration plans. Our analysis highlights a novel form of selective return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509554
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Permanent residency and refugee immigrants' skill investment
Nielson Arendt, Jacob; Dustmann, Christian; Ku, Hyejin - 2023
We analyze an immigration reform in Denmark that tightened refugee immigrants' eligibility criteria for permanent residency to incentivize their labor market attachment and acquisition of local language skills. Contrary to what the reform intended, the overall employment of those affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014315706
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Permanent residency and refugee immigrants' skill investment
Nielson Arendt, Jacob; Dustmann, Christian; Ku, Hyejin - 2023
We analyze an immigration reform in Denmark that tightened refugee immigrants' eligibility criteria for permanent residency to incentivize their labor market attachment and acquisition of local language skills. Contrary to what the reform intended, the overall employment of those affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014320080
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The career costs of children
Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Stevens, Katrien - 2016
We estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of labor supply, fertility and savings, incorporating occupational choices, with … occupational choice and desired fertility, as well as the sorting both into the labor market and across occupations. We quantify … encourage fertility and show that they are considerably smaller than short-run effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557762
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The effect of expansions in maternity leave coverage on children's long-term outcomes
Dustmann, Christian (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper evaluates the impact of three major expansions in leave coverage in Germany on the long-run education and labor market outcomes of children. Evaluation of three policy reforms as opposed to a single reform enables us to analyze whether the impact of paid leave differs from that of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737647
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Temporary migration and economic assimilation
Dustmann, Christian - 2000
In this paper, I study temporary migrations, and its consequences for immigrants' behaviour. I distinguish between temporary migrations where the return time is exogenous, and temporary migrations where the migrant chooses when to return. I then illustrate the consequences both types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336857
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Parental background, primary to secondary school transitions, and wages
Dustmann, Christian - 2001
The degree to which economic status is transmitted from one generation to the next is an important indicator for the inequality of opportunities. One crucial element of intergenerational mobility is the way parents influence the education of their children. Unlike in the UK or in the US, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403839
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Class size, education, and wages
Dustmann, Christian; Rajah, Najma; Soest, Arthur van - 2002
This paper examines the effects of class size on the decision to stay on in full time schooling at the age of 16 and on wages at later stages in life. Little research exists on the effect of school quality on career decisions, although it has potentially important long term implications. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411536
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The career costs of children
Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Stevens, Katrien - 2011
-friendly occupations. We estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of fertility, occupational choice, and labor supply using detailed survey and …-female wage gap as it evolves from labor market entry onward and the effect of pro-fertility policies. We show that a substantial … portion of the gender wage gap is explainable by realized and expected fertility and that the long-run effect of policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523509