"The economic potential of ethnic and cultural diversity is often underestimated. This paper summarizes a number of recent studies which show that 'soft' factors such as attitudes, perceptions and identities - and in particular ethnic identities - significantly affect economic outcomes. More...

"This paper analyzes intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants and ethnic minorities in the UK. We use a two-sample technique and utilize the British Household Panel Survey for estimating the mobility coefficient. The estimation provides the evidence of differences in generational...

"The economic potential of ethnic and cultural diversity is often underestimated. This paper summarizes a number of recent studies which show that 'soft' factors such as attitudes, perceptions and identities - and in particular ethnic identities - significantly affect economic outcomes. More...

"This paper analyzes intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants and ethnic minorities in the UK. We use a two-sample technique and utilize the British Household Panel Survey for estimating the mobility coefficient. The estimation provides the evidence of differences in generational...

"The paper analyses the impact of regional own-ethnic concentration on the language proficiency of immigrants. It solves the endogeneity of immigrants' location choices by exploiting the fact that guest-workers in Germany after WWII were initially placed by firms and labor agencies. We find a...

"The paper analyses the impact of regional own-ethnic concentration on the language proficiency of immigrants. It solves the endogeneity of immigrants' location choices by exploiting the fact that guest-workers in Germany after WWII were initially placed by firms and labor agencies. We find a...

Auf der Basis eines theoretischen Integrationsmodells, statistischer Daten des Landesamtes Berlin und einer teilnehmenden Beobachtung wird der Stand der Ausländerintegration in Berlin-West und Berlin-Ost analysiert. Es zeigen sich noch deutliche Spuren der unterschiedlichen Geschichte. In den...

Das Forschungsprojekt Mobilisierung innovativer Unternehmerinnen-Potenziale/ MobIUP wurde von Oktober 2007 bis März 2010 durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse, welche durch die Verbundpartner der BTU Cottbus generiert wurden, beschreiben spezielle Zielgruppen hinsichtlich ihrer subjektiven...

The relation between mobility and earnings is investigated for the Russian factors estimated for 1998. Mobility does not boost income relative to job stayers. The exception from this Russian labor market rule is formed by the small group of academics and managers. The gender gap of about 30% may...