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higher among foreign-born workers, reflecting weaker labor market attachment and high risk of large negative shocks for low-income … generosity and usage of benefit programs declined over time, we find stronger earnings growth among low-income workers …
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West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. Taking the indigenous population of …
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market and non-market income as well as taxes and social security contributions. This income portfolio analysis is based on … have an even better relative income position than the autochthonous West German population. In general, we confirm the well … immigrants profit slightly. This is due to above average non-market income of "pure" immigrants. However, East Germans are still …
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among foreign‐born workers, reflecting weaker labor market attachment and high risk of large negative shocks for low‐income … the generosity and usage of benefit programs declined over time, we find stronger earnings growth among low‐income workers …
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age of 30 and who have higher income. We also provide evidence of a positive selection into parenthood, whereby happier …
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This paper explores the association between income and stated views on minimum living standards; that is, views on … representative survey, we find the rich are less empathetic. In our baseline model, people at the bottom of the income distribution … report 10% more items as essential than do people at the top of the income distribution. The negative relationship between …
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This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the...
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-employed. Utilizing longitudinal data from the 1996, 2001 and 2004 Survey of Income and Program Participation panels, this paper analyzes …
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Using matched employer-employee data, we identify the determinants of immigrants’ earnings in the Portuguese labor market. Results previously reported for countries with a long tradition of hosting migrants are also valid in a new destination country. Two-thirds of the gap is attributable to...
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This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...
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