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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018
Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904906
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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018
Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897300
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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018
Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898989
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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018
Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in hostcountry labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011899228
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Employment effect of citizenship acquisition : evidence from the Belgian labour market
Bignandi, Sousso; Piton, Céline - 2022
This paper investigates whether citizenship acquisition affects immigrants' employment in Belgium. To do so, we rely on … Security (CBSS) and survey data from the Labour Force Surveys (LFS). During this period, citizenship was open to all immigrants … carried out using panel data fixed effects techniques applied to a programme evaluation model. We find that citizenship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013490772
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The impact of Syrian refugees on natives' labor market outcomes in Turkey: Evidence from a quasi-experimental design
Ceritoglu, Evren; Yunculer, H. Burcu Gurcihan; Torun, … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 6 (2017) 5, pp. 1-28
Civil conflict in Syria, started in March 2011, led to a massive wave of forced immigration from Northern Syria to the Southeastern regions of Turkey, which later had serious economic/political repercussions on the MENA region and most of Europe. This paper exploits this natural experiment to...
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Informality and macroeconomic fluctuations
Fiess, Norbert M.; Fugazza, Marco; Maloney, William F. - 2008
This paper examines the adjustment of developing country labor markets to macroeconomic shocks. It models as having two sectors: a formal salaried (tradable) sector that may or may not be affected by union or legislation induced wage rigidities, and an informal (nontradable) self-employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268792
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A note on informality in the labor market
Khamis, Melanie - 2009
This paper provides a detailed analysis of various dimensions of informality in the Mexican labor market. To understand … the nature of informality in terms of regulations and compliance, the legalistic view, and in terms of productivity view … informality. Questions related to these various concepts, social security and benefits coverage, contractual information, legal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269422
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Comparative analysis of labor market dynamics using Markov processes: an application to informality
Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William F. - 2007
This paper discusses a set of statistics for examining and comparing labor market dynamics based on the estimation of continuous time Markov transition processes. It then uses these to establish stylized facts about dynamic patterns of movement using panel data from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275820
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Labour markets in low-income countries: Challenges and opportunities
Lam, David; Elsayed, Ahmed - 2022
Employment and job creation are key components in achieving economic growth and sustainable development, particularly in low-income countries. The growing size of the working-age population in many developing regions underscores the need to further strengthen labour market structures in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279356