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Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985-2016
Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas - 2021
higher among foreign-born workers, reflecting weaker labor market attachment and high risk of large negative shocks for low-income … generosity and usage of benefit programs declined over time, we find stronger earnings growth among low-income workers …
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Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany - Relative Income Position, Income Portfolio, and Redistribution Effects
Büchel, Felix; Frick, Joachim R. - 2021
West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. Taking the indigenous population of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319899
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The Income Portfolio of Immigrants in Germany - Effects of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation (or Who Gains from Income Re-Distribution?)
Büchel, Felix; Frick, Joachim R. - 2021
market and non-market income as well as taxes and social security contributions. This income portfolio analysis is based on … have an even better relative income position than the autochthonous West German population. In general, we confirm the well … immigrants profit slightly. This is due to above average non-market income of "pure" immigrants. However, East Germans are still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321301
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Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985-2016
Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 4, pp. 1803-1847
among foreign‐born workers, reflecting weaker labor market attachment and high risk of large negative shocks for low‐income … the generosity and usage of benefit programs declined over time, we find stronger earnings growth among low‐income workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306326
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Work and money : payoffs by ethnic identity and gender
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being questioned, they can be classified into four states - assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization. This is suggested by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003858734
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Ethnic enclaves and the economic success of immigrants : evidence from a natural experiment
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000
Recent immigrants tend to locate in ethnic enclaves within metropolitan areas. The economic consequence of living in such enclaves is still an unresolved issue. We use an immigrant policy initiative in Sweden, when government authorities distributed refugee immigrants across locales in a way...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010460048
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Language Usage, Participation, Employment and Earnings - Evidence for Foreigners in West Germany with Multiple Sources of Selection
Aldashev, Alisher; Gernandt, Johannes; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2008
Language proficiency may not only affect the earnings of the individual, but the probability to participate in the labor market or becoming employed as well. It may also affect selection of people into economic sector and occupation. In this paper, the effects of language proficiency on earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212568
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Earnings Prospects for People With Migration Background in Germany
Aldashev, Alisher; Gernandt, Johannes; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2008
Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using citizenship to analyze economic issues of immigration may be problematic for two reasons. On the one hand, a quite substantial share of persons with migration background is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050333
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Ethnic enclaves and the economic success of immigrants : evidence from a natural experiment
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001545146
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Work and money : payoffs by ethnic identity and gender
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being questioned, they can be classified into four states assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization. This is suggested by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872706