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Young FSU migrants in Germany : educational attainment and early labor market outcomes
Flake, Regina - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771160
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Young FSU Migrants in Germany: Educational Attainment and Early Labor Market Outcomes
Flake, Regina - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684808
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Return international migration and geographical inequality : the case of Egypt
McCormick, Barry; Wahba, Jackline - 2004
This paper explores entrepreneurship amongst return migrants, how their business locations and characteristics differ from other businesses, and the implications for rural-urban inequality. First, we examine, amongst returnees, the determinants of investment in a project/enterprise. Second, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514468
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Gender Differences in the Intergenerational Earnings Mobility of Second-Generation Migrants
Flake, Regina - 2011
This study analyzes gender diff erences in the intergenerational earnings mobility of second-generation migrants in Germany. The analysis takes into account potential influences like assortative mating in the form of ethnic marriages and the parental integration measured by parents' years since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287410
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Economic shocks and internal migration
Monras, Joan - 2015
conclude that internal migration might help to alleviate up to one third of the effects of the crisis on wages in the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479002
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Labor Market Transparency
Wadensjo, Eskil - 2013
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074198
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European immigrants in the UK before and after the 2004 enlargement : is there a change in immigrant self-selection?
Longhi, Simonetta; Rokicka, Magdalena - 2012 - This version: 18 October 2012
The 2004 accession of Eastern European countries (EU8) to the European Union has generated concerns about the influx of low-skill immigrants to the Western member states (EU15). Only three countries, namely Ireland, Sweden, and the UK, did not impose restrictions to immigration from Eastern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009632213
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Gender Differences in the Intergenerational Earnings Mobility of Second-Generation Migrants
Flake, Regina - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
This study analyzes gender diff erences in the intergenerational earnings mobility of second-generation migrants in Germany. The analysis takes into account potential infl uences like assortative mating in the form of ethnic marriages and the parental integration measured by parents’ years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321173
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Search Equilibrium with Migration : The Case of Poland
Budnik, Katarzyna Barbara - 2008
market. In particular, it focuses on the impact of the migration flows on wages. The wage equation derived from the search … implied elasticity of wages to reduction of the workforce due to emigration between 2003 and 2006 was in the range of 0 ….2-0.3. Mediocre response of wages to emigration corresponds well with earlier studies on the impact of emigration on the source …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218573
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The Impact of International Migration on Inclusive Growth : A Review
Koczan, Zsoka; Peri, Giovanni; Pinat, Magali; Rozhkov, … - 2022
International migration is an important channel of material improvement for individuals and their offspring. The movement of people across country borders, especially from less developed to richer countries, has a substantial impact in several dimensions. First, it affects the migrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013305681