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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. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
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 …
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Labour Market Matters - June 2013
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
of low income on consumption. …
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Cultural influences on the fertility behaviour of first- and second-generation immigrants in Germany
Stichnoth, Holger; Yeter, Mustafa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Based on a 1% sample of the German population, we study how fertility rates in the country of origin-a proxy for cultural imprint-influence the fertility outcomes of first- and second-generation female immigrants. We use both total fertility rates in the year of migration and a new measure of...
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Age at migration and social integration
Skans, Oskar Nordström; Aslund, Olof; Bohlmark, Anders - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2009
The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the residential market, the labor market, and the marriage market. We use population-wide Swedish data and compare outcomes as adults among siblings arriving at different ages in order to...
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Childhood and Family Experiences and the Social Integration of Young Migrants
Åslund, Olof; Böhlmark, Anders; Skans, Oskar Nordström - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
We use sibling variation in age at migration to study how early life exposure to the host country affects social integration in adulthood. Building on a Swedish population-wide dataset, we show that early experiences affect the probability of living close to, working with, and marrying other...
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Children's First Names and Immigration Background in France
Arai, Mahmood; Besancenot, Damien; Huynh, Kim; Skalli, Ali - Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies (SULCIS), … - 2009
We present evidence indicating that immigrants and especially those from the Maghreb/Middle-East give first names to their children that are different from those given by the French majority population. When it comes to natives with an immigrant background, these differences are very little...
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Age at migration and social integration
Åslund, Olof; Böhlmark, Anders; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the residential market, the labor market, and the marriage market. We use population-wide Swedish data and compare outcomes as adults among siblings arriving at different ages in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531410
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Children's First Names and Immigration Background in France
Arai, Mahmood; Besancenot, Damien; Huynh, Kim; Skalli, Ali - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet - 2009
We present evidence indicating that immigrants and especially those from the Maghreb/Middle-East give first names to their children that are different from those given by the French majority population. When it comes to natives with an immigrant background, these differences are very little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999558
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Assimilation effects on infant mortality among immigrants in Norway
Kinge, Jonas Minet; Kornstad, Tom - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013
The wellbeing of children of immigrant mothers is of great concern worldwide. In this study, we investigate the relationship between infant mortality and maternal country of origin and whether or not this relationship varies with the number of years since maternal migration. We use an extensive...
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What Explains the Wealth Gap Between Immigrants and the New Zealand Born?
Gibson, John; Le, Trinh; Stillman, Steven - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2007
Immigrants are typically found to have less wealth and hold it in different forms than the native born. These differences may affect both the economic assimilation of immigrants and overall portfolio allocation when immigrants are a large share of the population, as in New Zealand. In this...
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