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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill
Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - Økonomisk Institut, Copenhagen Business School - 2012
We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during the experience of unemployment. Within a search and matching model, we show that all natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019042
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Self-Employment of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
Giulietti, Corrado; Ning, Guangjie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
potential gains from either type of employment; the second takes into account that the determinants of the migration decision … can be correlated with employment choices. Using data from the 2008 Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI … differential, which in turn is used to model the employment choice. The procedure is extended to account for migration selectivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144855
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Immigration und Arbeitsmarkt: Eine oekonomische Perspektive
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country?s labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262255
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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions: consequences for the German labor market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271227
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Self-employment of rural-to-urban migrants in China
Giulietti, Corrado; Ning, Guangjie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
potential gains from either type of employment; the second takes into account that the determinants of the migration decision … can be correlated with employment choices. Using data from the 2008 Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI … differential, which in turn is used to model the employment choice. The procedure is extended to account for migration selectivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278768
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Do Attitudes Towards Immigrants Matter?
Waisman, Gisela; Larsen, Birthe - Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies (SULCIS), … - 2008
We exploit the regional variation in negative attitudes towards immigrants to Sweden in order to analyse what are the consequences of such attitudes on immigrants' welfare. A well educated immigrant from a non developed country who lives in a municipality with strong negative attitudes earns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771124
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EU Enlargement under Continued Mobility Restrictions: Consequences for the German Labor Market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103275
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Reflections on wage-setting
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018
expectations about inflation and future growth. Migration plays a significant role to balance wages across regions and countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874299
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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill
Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - 2012
We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during the experience of unemployment. Within a search and matching model, we show that all natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142374
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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill. Extended version
Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - 2015
We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during an unemployment experience. Within a search and matching framework, we show that both natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142379