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The role of migration in regional wage convergence: Evidence from Sweden 1860–1940
Enflo, Kerstin; Lundh, Christer; Prado, Svante - In: Explorations in Economic History 52 (2014) C, pp. 93-110
across Swedish counties. To account for statistical problems such as endogeneity of migration, time-invariant county … World War and internal migration mainly during the interwar years. The agglomeration effects of urbanization were not …
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Russian migrants to Russia : assimilation and local labor market effects
Lazareva, Olga - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-25
after about ten years after the peak of migration wave. …
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Occupational regulation, institutions, and migrants' labor market outcomes
Koumenta, Maria; Pagliero, Mario; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2022
We study how licensing, certification and unionisation affect the wages of natives and migrants and their representation among licensed, certified, and unionized workers. We provide evidence of a dual role of labor market institutions, which both screen workers based on unobservable...
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Demand and supply effects on native-immigrant wage differentials : the case of Malaysia
Abdullah, Borhan; Zangelidis, Alexandros; Theodossiou, … - In: Journal for labour market research 57 (2023) 1, pp. 1-17
This paper uses a matched employee-employer dataset using the Productivity and Investment Climate Survey 2007 to assess the relative effect of demand and supply-side characteristics on the wages of native and immigrant workers in Malaysia. In doing so, the study demonstrates noteworthy...
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Microeconometric analyses on economic consequences of selective migration
Ruhose, Jens - 2015
selection and the importance of migrant selection to labor force quality. Chapter 2 quantifies non-pecuniary migration costs … that are incurred due to selective migration along cultural traits. Chapter 3 discusses whether early performance …
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German Trade Unions After Unification: Third Degree Wage Discriminating Monopolists?
Burda, Michael C; Funke, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
After unification, real wages in Eastern Germany rose rapidly relative to labour productivity despite high and rising levels of unemployment. This substantial increase in wage levels relative to those in Western Germany is difficult to explain without recourse to models of union behaviour or...
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Eastern Germany Since Unification: Wage Subsidies Remain a Better Way
Begg, David; Portes, Richard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
In Spring 1991, we argued that the centrepiece of German policy towards unification should be a universal, temporary wage subsidy in Eastern Germany and the elimination of all other subsidies. Subsequent events have strengthened the analytical case for and practical importance of this policy....
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Bevölkerungs- und Wirtschaftsentwicklung in den mittel- und osteuropäischen Ländern (MOEL)
Weinberger-Vidovic, Hermine; Astrov, Vasily; Jestl, Stefan - 2022
The study assesses the current and future migration potential to Austria (Vienna) from the Central and Eastern European … migration flows will shift significantly with regard to the Austrian provinces. …
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Migration and the Wage Curve : A Structural Approach to Measure the Wage and Employment Effects of Migration
Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Based on a wage curve approach we examine the labor market effects of migration in Germany. The wage curve relies on … wage and employment effects of migration simultaneously in a general equilibrium framework. For the empirical analysis we … vocational degree. The wage and employment effects of migration are moderate... …
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The Employment and Earnings of Migrants inGreat Britain
Andrews, Martyn; Clark, Ken; Whittaker, William - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
examine the labour market returns to inter-regional migration inGreat Britain... …
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