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Earnings assimilation of post-reunification East German migrants in West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Sauer, Irakli - 2024
We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014582283
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Earnings assimilation of post-reunification East German migrants in West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Sauer, Irakli - 2024
We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014632347
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The causal effect of age at migration on youth educational attainment
Lemmermann, Dominique; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2016
We investigate the causal effect of age at migration on subsequent educational attainment in the destination country. To identify the causal effect we compare the educational attainment of siblings at age 21, exploiting the fact that they typically migrate at different ages within a given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011552457
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Immigrant participation in social assistance programs
Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998
The share of foreigners in the German social assistance program exceeds their population share and continues to grow. This study tests whether higher foreigner welfare dependence is due to foreign-native differences in behavior as opposed to exogenous characteristics. The determinants of welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294525
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Immigrant participation in social assistance programs : evidence from German guestworkers
Riphahn, Regina T. - In: Applied economics quarterly 50 (2004) 4, pp. 329-362
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002861380
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Immigrant participation in social assistance programs
Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998
The share of foreigners in the German social assistance program exceeds their population share and continues to grow. This study tests whether higher foreigner welfare dependence is due to foreign-native differences in behavior as opposed to exogenous characteristics. The determinants of welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000995795
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Immigrant Participation in Social Assistance Programs
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2021
The share of foreigners in the German social assistance program exceeds their population share and continues to grow. This study tests whether higher foreigner welfare dependence is due to foreign-native differences in behavior as opposed to exogenous characteristics. The determinants of welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321410
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The causal effect of age at migration on youth educational attainment
Lemmermann, Dominique; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2017
We investigate the causal effect of age at migration on subsequent educational attainment in the destination country. To identify the causal effect we compare the educational attainment of siblings at age 21, exploiting the fact that they typically migrate at different ages within a given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011662703
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Essays on migration and labor economics
Saif, Salwan - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012173795
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Immigrant participation in social assistance programs
Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428170