This paper analyzes wage assimilation of ethnic German immigrants to Germany. We use unique administrative data that … include a standardized measure of immigrants' pre-migration wage based on occupation, industry, tenure, qualification, and the … German wage structure. We find that immigrants experience a substantial initial wage disadvantage compared to natives. During …

This paper analyzes wage assimilation of ethnic German immigrants to Germany. We use unique administrative data that … include a standardized measure of immigrants' pre-migration wage based on occupation, industry, tenure, qualification, and the … German wage structure. We find that immigrants experience a substantial initial wage disadvantage compared to natives. During …

We perform a comprehensive analysis of the stepping-stone effect of temporary agency employment on unemployed workers …. Using the timing-of-events approach, we not only investigate whether agency employment is a bridge into regular employment … intensity increases the likelihood of leaving unemployment for regular jobs. Our results show that agency employment is even …

We perform a comprehensive analysis of the stepping-stone effect of temporary agency employment on unemployed workers …. Using the timing-of-events approach, we not only investigate whether agency employment is a bridge into regular em-ployment … intensity increases the likelihood of leaving unemployment for regular jobs. Our re-sults show that agency employment is even …

workers' entry wages are of similar magnitude as those predicted under monopsonistic wage setting, suggesting that monopsony … power should not be neglected when analysing wage cyclicality. …