immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with …

the German labor market since EU enlargement. Unlike other EU countries, Germany has not immediately opened up its labor … immigrants from outside of Europe for low-skilled jobs instead of competing with German natives. While Germany needs high … failure. -- EU enlargement ; international migration ; wages ; employment …

This paper analyzes the impact of immigration on Germany's labor market in the context of the recent 2004 and 2007 EU … immigration depressed annual wages and annual weeks worked for native German citizens. The results indicate that a 10 percent rise … of the share of immigrants in the workforce would in general reduce wages of native German citizens by about 3 percent …