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The welfare magnet hypothesis and the welfare take-up of migrants : welfare benefits are not a key determinant of migration
Giulietti, Corrado - 2014
Contrary to the welfare magnet hypothesis, empirical evidence suggests that immigration decisions are not made on the basis of the relative generosity of the receiving nation's social benefits. Even when immigrants are found to use welfare more intensively than natives, the gap is mostly...
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Income of immigrants and their return : both low- and high-income immigrants stay for a relatively short time
Bijwaard, Govert - 2015
The majority of immigrants stay only temporarily in the host country. When many migrations are temporary, it is important to know who leaves and who stays, and why. The key questions for the host country are whether immigrants are net contributors to the welfare system and whether migrants...
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Eastern partnership migrants in Germany : outcomes, potentials and challenges
Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 7, pp. 1-20
) countries, very little is known about the magnitude and characteristics of migration from these countries. We find that EaP … to unleash the potential of migration for the German economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532218
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Eastern partnership migrants in Germany : outcomes, potentials and challenges
Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013
) countries, very little is known about the magnitude and characteristics of migration from these countries. We find that EaP … to unleash the potential of migration for the German economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229297
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Voice of the diaspora: An analysis of migrant voting behavior
Fidrmuc, Jan; Doyle, Orla - 2005
evidence that differences in migrants' political attitudes are caused by pre-migration self-selection with regard to political … significantly in the wake of migration as migrants adapt to the norms and values prevailing in the host country. This change away …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301270
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Ethnic Concentration and Human Capital Formation
de Graaff, Thomas; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2004
international migration research, both from a methodological as well as an empirical perspective. The purpose of this paper is … twofold. First, it aims to provide an overview of that part of the migration literature that is concerned with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325440
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Labour market entry of migrants in Germany: Does cultural diversity matter?
Haas, Anette; Damelang, Andreas - 2007
Der Beitrag analysiert den Arbeitsmarktzugang von jugendlichen Migranten in Deutschland nach Abschluss ihrer Lehrzeit. Dabei gilt das besondere Interesse der Auswirkung lokaler kultureller Verschiedenheit auf den erfolgreichen Start einer beruflichen Karriere. Der Fokus liegt auf einer...
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Migration und Integration: Deutschland als Einwanderungsland - "... denn ihr seid selbst Fremde in Ägypten gewesen"
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
selbstbewusster und unaufgeregter Umgang mit den Themen Migration und Integration angeregt, zu dem Deutschland leider bislang nicht …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331457
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011
-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336074
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Zuwanderungen aus Mittel- und Osteuropa trotz Arbeitsmarktbarrieren deutlich gestiegen
Brenke, Karl; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 44, pp. 645-653
Für Arbeitskräfte aus den mittel- und osteuropäischen Beitrittsländern der Europäischen Union (EU) sind die Möglichkeiten, in Deutschland einer Beschäftigung nachzugehen, stark eingeschränkt. Dennoch kam es nach der EU-Osterweiterung von 2004 zu einem deutlichen Anstieg der Zuwanderungen...
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