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A Life-Cycle Model of Outmigration and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants in Germany
Bellemare, Charles - 2021
This paper estimates a structural dynamic life-cycle model of outmigration where, in each period, immigrants choose … features of existing life-cycle theories of outmigration but distinguishes itself by introducing uncertainty in about future … overcome the problem of not directly observing outmigration movements by using panel attrition as a proxy variable and use a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319507
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Do high-income or low-income immigrants leave faster?
Bijwaard, Govert; Wahba, Jackline - 2013
We estimate the impact of the income earned in the host country on return migration of labor migrants from developing countries. We use a three-state correlated competing risks model to account for the strong dependence of labor market status and the income earned. Our analysis is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211160
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The Societal Integration of Immigrants in Germany
Fertig, Michael - 2021
This paper investigates whether and to what extent immigrants in Germany are integrated into German society by utilizing a variety of qualitative information and subjective data collected in the 1999 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). To this end, leisure-time activities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319159
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Self-Selection, Earnings, and Out-Migration : A Longitudinal Study of Immigrants to Germany
Constant, Amelie F.; Massey, Douglas - 2021
In this paper we seek to deepen understanding of out-migration as a social and economic process and to investigate … whether cross-sectional earnings assimilation results suffer from selection bias. To model the process of out-migration we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320128
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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. - 2021
This paper deals with the economic performance of various population groups in Germany giving special attention to ethnic origin of immigrants as compared to the native born German population. In addition, winners and losers of the re-distribution process, induced by the tax and social security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321301
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Self-selection, earnings, and out-migration : a longitudinal study of immigrants to Germany
Constant, Amelie; Massey, Douglas S. - 2002
In this paper we seek to deepen understanding of out-migration as a social and economic process and to investigate … whether cross-sectional earnings assimilation results suffer from selection bias. To model the process of out-migration we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415559
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Self-selection, earnings, and out-migration : a longitudinal study of immigrants to Germany
Constant, Amelie - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268939
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The impact of immigration on the well-being of natives
Akay, Alpaslan; Constant, Amelie; Giulietti, Corrado - 2012
This paper examines the effect of immigration directly on the overall utility of natives. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to explore such nexus. Combining information from the German Socio-Economic Panel dataset with detailed local labour market characteristics for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548724
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Skill downgrading among refugees and economic immigrants in Germany : evidence from the Syrian refugee crisis
Nikolov, Plamen; Salarpour Goodarzi, Leila; Titus, David - 2022
Upon arrival to a new country, many immigrants face job downgrading, a phenomenon describing workers being in jobs far below where they would be assigned based on their skills. Downgrading leads to immigrants receiving lower returns to the same skills than natives. The level of downgrading could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285855
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Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants : Evidence from Count Data Models
Riphahn, Regina T.; Mayer, Jochen - 2021
This study applies count data estimation techniques to investigate the fertility adjustment of immigrants in the destination country. Data on completed fertility are taken from the 1996 wave of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). While the economic literature stresses the role of prices and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321389