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Ethnic spatial dispersion and immigrant identity : conference paper

Constant, Amelie; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2014

separate literature has also examined the cultural and ethnic identity of immigrants and how these affect their economic … performance and societal integration. However, an unexplored channel connects ethnic clustering with ethnic identity formation … of co-ethnic concentration for the minority identity and at very low levels of local concentration for the majority …

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Do high-skilled immigrants find jobs faster than low-skilled immigrants? : conference paper

Hochfellner, Daniela; Wapler, Rüdiger - 2014 - Preliminary version: 27th February 2014

This paper investigates the role that pre-immigration skills play in immigrants job-finding processes in Germany. We first show theoretically that the job-finding rate for the high-skilled varies depending on their search strategy: if they are prepared to look for both unskilled as well as...

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Birthright citizenship and education : do immigrant children need a passport to thrive? ; conference paper

Sajons, Christoph; Clots-Figueras, Irma - 2014 - First version: February, 1st, 2014, Preliminary results

This paper evaluates the effect of becoming citizen of the host-country at birth on educational outcomes of immigrant children in Germany. We exploit the introduction of birthright citizenship for newborn children in Germany starting on the 1st of January, 2000, to obtain...

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Granting birthright citizenship : a door opener for immigrant children's educational participation and success? ; conference paper

Felfe, Christina; Saurer, Judith - 2014

Does granting citizenship at birth help immigrant children to integrate in the host country's educational system and thus, to promote their educational success? Our identification strategy is based on a reform of the German naturalization law in 2000. We exploit this natural experiment and use a...

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Cultural influences on the fertility behaviour of first- and second-generation immigrants in Germany : conference paper

Stichnoth, Holger; Yeter, Mustafa - 2013

Using an epidemiological approach, we study the cultural influence on fertility outcomes of first- and second-generation female immigrants based on a 1% sample of the German population. We proxy for culture in the country of origin using total fertility rates from the year of migration, survey...

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Revisiting migrant networks : migrants and their descendants in labour markets

Keskiner, Elif (ed.); Eve, Michael (ed.); Ryan, Louise (ed.) - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Revisiting Networks: setting the conceptual and methodological scene -- Chapter 2. The direct and indirect role of migrants’ networks in accessing diverse labour market sectors: an analysis of the weak/ strong ties continuum -- Chapter 3. Are “weak ties” really...

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The effect of ethnic clustering on migrant integration in Germany : conference paper

Treude, Barbara - 2014

Even though ethnic clustering is common, both economic theory and empirical research have not been able to provide a clear-cut answer on its effects on the integration of immigrants. In this paper, we study the effect of residential clustering on the labour market outcome of immigrants in...

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Transition from initial vocational training into stable employment : documentation of a European conference ; [the publication documents the process and the results of a European Conference on "Transition from Initial Vocational Training to Stable Employment" which took place in Offenbach/Main on June 28 and 29, 1999]

Schlegel, Wolfgang (ed.) - 2000

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Integration of refugees into the European education and labour market : requirements for a target group oriented approach

Seukwa, Louis Henri (ed.) - 2013

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Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Strukturwandel : empirische Analysen

Schmid, Günther (ed.); Gangl, Markus (contributor); … - 2004

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