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This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
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to maintain their real wages by reducing labor demand still further. Furthermore, we argue inflationary pressures have …
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wages and their respective outcomes across sectors and various worker characteristics. To analyze the pandemic's impacts on …) regressions. We also estimate the effects on real daily wages through OLS regressions on subsamples of wage and salary workers … larger on employment than on real wages, in contrast to findings for previous crises which found the reverse to be true …
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This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) who arrived in Germany between 1989 and 1994. The results reveal that migrants have lower educational attainments than natives, and that within the group of...
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This paper documents and analyses the predominance of informal employment in Africa and shows that lack of demand for labour rather than worker characteristics is the main reason for pervasive underemployment. Integration into the global economy and exports of labour-intensive products are vital...
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the labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …
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