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Multigenerational living arrangements among migrants
Flake, Regina - 2012
There is a significantly higher prevalence of multigenerational living arrangements among migrants than among natives in Germany which may be explained with migrants choosing this household structure in order to compensate for economic disadvantages. This hypothesis is tested by analyzing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669446
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Labour market status and migration dynamics
Bijwaard, Govert - 2009
In this empirical paper we assess how labour market transitions and out- and repeated migration of immigrants are interrelated. We estimate a multi-state multiple spell competing risks model with four states: employed, unemployed receiving benefits, out-of-the-labour market (no benefits) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003908641
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Labour Market Status and Migration Dynamics
Bijwaard, Govert E. - 2009
In this empirical paper we assess how labour market transitions and out- and repeated migration of immigrants are interrelated. We estimate a multi-state multiple spell competing risks model with four states: employed, unemployed receiving benefits, out-of-the-labour market (no benefits) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154986
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The Optimal Migration Duration and Activity Choice after Re-Migration
Dustmann, Christian; Kirchkamp, Oliver - 2021
If migrants return to their origin countries, two questions arise which are of immediate economic interest for both immigration and emigration country: What determines their optimal migration duration, and what are the activities migrants choose after a return. Little research has been devoted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321014
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Brain Gain or Brain Waste? The Performance of Return Labor Migrants in the Ukrainian Labor Market
Kupets, Olga - 2011
Return migration is an important channel through which international labor migration can have a direct positive effect on development of the sending country. Using the unique individual-level data set, this study identifies the main characteristics of return labor migration to Ukraine and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183746
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The optimal migration duration and activity choice after re-migration
Dustmann, Christian; Kirchkamp, Oliver - 2001
If migrants return to their origin countries, two questions arise which are of immediate economic interest for both immigration and emigration country: What determines their optimal migration duration, and what are the activities migrants choose after a return. Little research has been devoted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001589502
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The optimal migration duration and activity choice after re-migration
Dustmann, Christian; Kirchkamp, Oliver - 2001
If migrants return to their origin countries, two questions arise which are of immediate economic interest for both immigration and emigration country: What determines their optimal migration duration, and what are the activities migrants choose after a return. Little research has been devoted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400790
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Foreign ownership and its effects on employment and wages: The case of Sweden
Brännlund, Runar; Nordström, Jonas; Stage, Jesper; … - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 8, pp. 1-17
In this paper, we study how foreign ownership of Swedish companies affects employment and wages. To study these effects … employers bargain over employment and wages. Our hypothesis is that bargaining power is affected by institutional settings and … the period 1980-2005. The results indicate no significant impact of foreign ownership on employment or wages in Sweden. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011991890
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Do Workers Benefit from Resource Booms in Their Home State? Evidence from the Fracking Era
Winters, John V.; Cai, Zhengyu; Maguire, Karen; … - 2019
Fracking innovations revolutionized the United States oil and gas industry and facilitated a boom in energy production in states with oil and gas resources. This paper examines effects of oil and gas booms within a state on individual employment and earnings. To account for endogenous migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098928
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Ethnic Minority Immigrants and their Children in Britain
Dustmann, Christian; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos - 2006
exist across immigrant/ethnic groups and genders. British born ethnic minorities appear to have slightly higher wages than … were attributed white native characteristics, their wages would be considerably lower. The substantial employment gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532942