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language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and … determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants[...] …This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that …
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This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslavimmigrants in Germany differentiating between actual and planned citizenship. Using theGerman Socio-Economic Panel, we measure the impact that integration and ethnicityindicators exert on the probability to...
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Naturalization is usually regarded as an important sign of civic and political integration amongst immigrants, but it … phenomenon in France and examine its link with the immigrants` labor force status. We use longitudinal data from the "Echantillon …,685) is limited to immigrants who declared themselves non-naturalized at the time they first appeared in the panel. This makes …
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Based on a wage curve approach we examine the labor market effects of migration in Germany. The wage curve relies on the assumption that wages respond to a change in the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This allows one to derive the wage and employment effects of migration simultaneously...
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some of the immigrants were in greater proportion in such jobs. Overtime, unemployment inequality has become significant … among minority natives whereas theposition of immigrants in terms of employment status appeared to have improved. In … recentyears, minority immigrants’ representation in superior occupations has reducedsignificantly, which is in contrast to the …
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This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...
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Persistent productivity gains to rural-urban migrants have been documented by a number ofresearchers. One …
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characteristics of immigrants and features of their countries of origin. The empirical analysis is based on the 2000 US Census... …
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induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income …
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This paper examines resident foreigners´ interest in German citizenship. The study focuseson the roles played by attitudes towards foreigners, political interest of foreigners,intergenerational conflict between natives and foreigners and among foreigners themselves,and regional differences in...
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