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Human capital transmission and the earnings of second-generation immigrants in Sweden
Hammarstedt, Mats; Palme, Mårten - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
We compare the earnings and the intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants with natives in Sweden. We find an …
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Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level : migration policy lessons from Spain
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-20
What are the migration policy lessons that can be learned from the Spanish case? Unlike countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants, in Spain having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms wage or occupational assimilation (relative to their native...
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Labor market conditions and self-employment : a Denmark-Spain comparison
Carrasco, Raquel; Ejrnæs, Mette - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-16
wage distribution and non-employees, particularly unemployed without unemployment benefits and mothers with small children …
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Selected issues of personal income taxation harmonization
Wołowiec, Tomasz - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 2, pp. 30-44
In the process of furthering EU integration little attention was given to the role of income taxes. Multiple income tax systems exist across the Union and their differentiation negatively impacts the European labor market, investments and savings, inhibiting economic growth. Individual nations...
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Wenig Chancengleichheit in Deutschland : Familienhintergrund prägt eigenen ökonomischen Erfolg
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 4, pp. 3-9
Die Sicherstellung von gleichen Lebenschancen ist ein Ziel, das seit vielen Jahren alle westlich geprägten demokratisch verfassten Gesellschaften teilen. Obwohl alle Bürger formal über gleiche Rechte verfügen, sind auch in Deutschland die Chancen für individuelle Lebensverläufe je nach...
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Bildung der Mütter kommt der Gesundheit ihrer Kinder zugute
Kemptner, Daniel; Marcus, Jan - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 5, pp. 3-12
Frühgeburten und Kinder mit niedrigem Geburtsgewicht zur Welt. Eine gesundheitliche Ungleichheit besteht demnach von Geburt an …
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Ethnic persistence, assimilation and risk proclivity
Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie; Tatsiramons, Konstantinos - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
This paper investigates whether immigrants adapt to the attitudes of the majority population in the host country by focusing on the effect of ethnic persistence and assimilation on individual risk proclivity. Employing information from a unique representative German survey, we find that...
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Allein tätige Selbständige : starkes Beschäftigungswachstum, oft nur geringe Einkommen
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 7, pp. 3-15
due to an increasing number of self-employed persons without employees (solo entrepreneurs). There has been a particularly … marked escalation in the number of self-employed women. Although some solo entrepreneurs command high incomes, the average … the low-pay sector. Although the proportion of low earners among solo entrepreneurs has fallen since the middle of the …
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Does more unemployment cause more fear of unemployment?
Gimpelson, Vladimir; Oshchepkov, Aleksey - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-26
Using the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey data, the paper examines Russian workers’ fear of unemployment under different economic and labor market conditions during the last 15 years. We employ two alternative measures for this fear. The first one looks at the workers’ fear of losing...
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The impact of parents’ years since migration on children’s academic achievement
Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Rangvid, Beatrice Schindler - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
of each parent’s years since migration on their children’s school achievements. We exploit variation in years since … migration and within-family variation. We find evidence of a positive impact of parents’ years since migration on children …
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