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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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for immigrants than for natives: a one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a 0.61 and 0 …
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The paper uses a large survey (GSOEP) to analyze the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It finds that new immigrant workers earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for immigrants from advanced countries,...
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Surveys of Youth, we find that negative labor market outcomes during high-unemployment periods are mitigated by exposure to a …
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unemployment relative to wage employment, and that self-employment increases with this ratio. To understand the sources of these … matches, and calibrate it to match all transition rates between wage employment, unemployment and self-employment as well as … that labor market frictions affect self-employment as much as unemployment. Labor market frictions also reduce aggregate …
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The effect of foreign labor on native employment within an occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation – which is rarely directly measured – even if native and foreign labor are perfect substitutes in production. This paper uses two natural quasi-experiments to directly...
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market outcomes do not benefit significantly from naturalization. Naturalization reduces the risks of unemployment and …
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market outcomes do not benefit significantly from naturalization. Naturalization reduces the risks of unemployment and …
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market outcomes do not benefit significantly from naturalization. Naturalization reduces the risks of unemployment and …
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This paper reviews and analyzes the effects of Canada's post World War II immigration policies with the perspective of what European policy makers can learn from this experience. Impact of Immigration on natives' employment and earnings, as well as, immigrants' labor market experiences are...
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