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The Role of Turkish Immigrants in Entrepreneurial Activities in Germany
Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2005
This paper addresses a central issue to migration the role of immigrants in entrepreneurial activity. In particular, the paper focuses on the determinants of the decision to become an entrepreneur for Turks living in Germany. The paper provides some important benchmarks, including the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150190
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Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership
Constant, Amelie; Roberts, Rowan; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007
Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600703
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East-West Trade and Migration: The Austro-German Case
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
suggest that immigration exhibits negative effects on native employment and wages, and has no effects on total employment …. Imports affect employment negatively and exports have a positive effect on wages. The German results indicate that immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262250
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Immigration Labor and Workplace Safety
Bauer, Thomas K.; Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; … - 1998
Using standard as well as recently developed univariate and bivariate count data models, this paper analyzes the determinants of workplace accidents using a firm data set for Germany. Given the tight system of public workplace safety regulation, introduced partly as early as in 1869, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262262
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Occupational Mobility of Ethnic Migrants
Bauer, Thomas K.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
analysis suggests significant differences in the probability of downward occupational mobility by gender, immigration status … market position at the time of immigration, but are also able to reach their original occupational status much faster than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271830
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Ethnic identity and immigrant homeownership
Constant, Amelie F.; Roberts, Rowan; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007
Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272314
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Ethnic identity and immigrant homeownership
Constant, Amelie F.; Roberts, Rowan; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007
Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272337
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Unemployment benefits and immigration: Evidence from the EU
Giulietti, Corrado; Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; … - 2011
The paper studies the impact of unemployment benefits on immigration. A sample of 19 European countries observed over … immigration flows from EU and non-EU origins. While OLS estimates reveal the existence of a moderate correlation for non … zero causal impact of UBS on immigration. All estimates for immigrants from EU origins indicate that flows within the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286857
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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin (contributor);  … - 2008
suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard conditions. The context is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726036
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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin (contributor);  … - 2008
suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard conditions. The context is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726798