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Earnings assimilation of immigrants in Germany : the importance of heterogeneity and attrition bias
Fertig, Michael; Schurer, Stefanie - 2007
Heterogeneity in the ethnic composition of Germany's immigrant population renders general conclusions on the degree of economic integration difficult. Using a rich longitudinal data-set, this paper tests for differences in economic assimilation profiles of four entry cohorts of foreign-born...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630024
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Mobility in an enlarging European Union : projections of potential flows from EU's eastern neighbors and Croatia
Fertig, Michael; Kahanec, Martin - 2013
This study evaluates potential migration flows to the European Union from its eastern neighbors and Croatia. We perform …-enlargement migration flows following the EU's 2004 enlargement. We consider two baseline policy scenarios, with and without accession of … sending countries to the EU. Our results show that migration flows are driven by migration costs and economic conditions, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010194751
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Social learning along international migrant networks
Tian, Yuan; Caballero, Maria Ésther; Kovak, Brian K. - 2020
We document the transmission of social distancing practices from the United States to Mexico along migrant networks during the early 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Using data on pre-existing migrant connections between Mexican and U.S. locations and mobile-phone tracking data revealing social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262823
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Projections of potential flows to the enlarging EU from Ukraine, Croatia and other Eastern neighbors
Fertig, Michael; Kahanec, Martin - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-27
This study evaluates potential migration flows to the European Union from its Eastern neighbors and Croatia. We perform … out-of-sample forecasts to time series cross-sectional data about post-enlargement migration flows following the EU's 2004 … show that migration flows are driven by migration costs and economic conditions, but the largest effects accrue to policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526555
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Economic impact of STEM immigrant workers
Baum, Christopher F.; Lööf, Hans; Stephan, Andreas - 2018
STEM-focused industries are critical to the innovation-driven economy. As many firms are running short of STEM workers, international immigrants are increasingly recognized as a potential for high-tech job recruitment. This paper studies STEM occupations in Sweden 2011-2015 and tests hypotheses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129939
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Interregional migration, human capital externalities and unemployment dynamics : evidence from Italian provinces
Basile, Roberto; Girardi, Alessandro; Mantuano, Marianna; … - 2017
We analyze the effect of interregional migration on regional unemployment in Italy. With the help of a simple two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011752851
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The impact of migration on family left behind : estimation in presence of intra-household selection of migrants
Murard, Elie - 2019
This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The … empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as …, 1994; Rubin, 1974). I show that the point-identification of the causal impact of migration requires strong behavioral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974338
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Do immigrants improve the health of native workers? : immigration crowds native workers out of risky jobs and into less strenuous work, with consequent benefits to their health
Giuntella, Osea - 2014
Public debate on immigration focuses on its effects on wages and employment, yet the discussion typically fails to consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that immigrants are more likely than natives to work in risky jobs,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422425
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Do immigrants bring good health?
Giuntella, Osea; Mazzonna, Fabrizio - 2014
This paper studies the effects of immigration on health. We merge information on individual characteristics from the German Socio-Economic Panel (1984-2010) with detailed local labour market characteristics and exploit the longitudinal component of the data to analyse how immigration affects the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010355347
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Social Learning Along International Migrant Networks
Tian, Yuan - 2020
We document the transmission of social distancing practices from the United States to Mexico along migrant networks during the early 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Using data on pre-existing migrant connections between Mexican and U.S. locations and mobile-phone tracking data revealing social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826234