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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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This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) who arrived in Germany between 1989 and 1994. The results reveal that migrants have lower educational attainments than natives, and that within the group of...
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The labor market differs from other markets in many respects. Most important is that those who supply labor also have to deliver it in person. It means firstly that the work environment and organization of work are important for those who deliver labor, since they are in the work place....
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In light of the remarkable number of young people who pass through a period of temp work at the beginning of their career the question arises whether labor market entry via temporary work agency (TWA) employment has any (persistent) effects on labor market outcomes. We investigate this issue...
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the labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …
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We investigate the impact of labour market concentration on two dimensions of job quality, namely wages and job … and local product market concentration, we show that the elasticities of wages with respect to labour market concentration … are strikingly similar across countries: increasing labour market concentration by 10% reduces wages by 0.19% in Germany …
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We develop a model which shows that wages, prices and real income should grow faster in countries with low increase in … increase in their prices and in German wages. This mechanism is magnified by the low price elasticity of the demand for German …
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wages for each establishment. The AWFP contains this information also for partitions of the labor force according to various …
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