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EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May …
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There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....
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We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … "flexible" as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration. -- Immigration ; Skill …
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We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … quot;flexiblequot; as the UK labor market, it would be more effcient in dealing with the effects of immigration …
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We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … quot;flexiblequot; as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725100
There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318050
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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Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic … consequences of immigration for a host country=s labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated … against the available empirical evidence. The paper concludes that immigration cannot per se be considered as good or bad for …
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decades, it is important to know both how migrants integrate into the host countries and how immigration affects natives …-based tracking of children into different school types impede migrant integration. Chapters 4 and 5 cover the effect of immigration … on the host societies by showing that growing up in high immigration area increases intergenerational income mobility …
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We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … 'flexible' as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272347