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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. …

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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 …

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Selection Correction in Panel Data Models: An Application to Labour Supply and Wages

Dustmann, Christian; Rochina-Barrachina, María Engracia - 2000

In recent years a number of panel estimators have been suggested for sample selection models, where both the selection equation and the equation of interest contain individual effects which are correlated with the explanatory variables. We review and compare some of these estimators, and apply...

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Wages, experience and seniority

Dustmann, Christian; Meghir, Costas - 2001

In this paper we study the sources of wage growth. We identify the contribution to such growth of general, sector specific and firm specific human capital. Our results are interpretable within the context of a model where the returns to human capital may be heterogeneous and where firms may...

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Intergenerational Transmission ofLanguage Capital and Economic Outcomes

Casey, Teresa; Dustmann, Christian - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of language capital amongstimmigrants, and the effect of language deficiencies on the economic performance of secondgeneration immigrants...

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Career Progression, Economic Downturns, and Skills

Adda, Jerome; Dustmann, Christian; Meghir, Costas; … - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2013

This paper analyzes the career progression of skilled and unskilled workers, with a focus on how careers are affected by economic downturns and whether formal skills, acquired early on, can shield workers from the effect of recessions. Using detailed administrative data for Germany for numerous...

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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...

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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...

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The Dynamics of Return Migration, Human Capital Accumulation, and Wage Assimilation

Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Goerlach, 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...

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Permanent Residency and Refugee Immigrants' Skill Investment

Arendt, Jacob Nielsen; 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...

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