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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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also an adequate distribution of income is influenced by many factors, including migration. This paper aims at highlighting … the effects of migration upon the economic development of EU Member State receiving countries, starting from economic and … social facts indicating a migration phenomenon that is ever increasing. In this regard, it has been thought appropriate to …
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In this paper, we assess the impact of immigration and unemployment for a sample of 15 EU countries between 1997 and 2016. We test for the existence of a core-periphery dualism based on differences in macroeconomic fundamentals and labour market characteristics. We use a Panel Error Correction...
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contrast, in the longer run the crisis might lead to a moderate increase in migration from some of the new member states …
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Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined the impact of social contacts on immigrant occupational status and income. In addition to general social contacts, we also analyzed the effects of bonding (i.e., co-ethnic) and bridging (i.e., interethnic) ties on economic outcomes....
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Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined the impact of social contacts on immigrant occupational status and income. In addition to general social contacts, we also analyzed the effects of bonding (i.e., co-ethnic) and bridging (i.e., interethnic) ties on economic outcomes....
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Violent conflict is a well-recognised driver of forced migration but literature does not usually consider the pull … separately. This is in contrast to literature on regular international migration, which considers both push and pull factors. We … contribute to these literatures by studying bilateral forced migration from multiple countries of origin to 28 European countries …
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With the pilot study Living outside Germany, the longitudinal German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) ventures into completely uncharted methodological territory by attempting to locate the addresses of former participants in the German household panel study SOEP who have since immigrated...
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This paper analyzes the migration dynamics in the Americas from 1960 to 2005 using an equilibrium approach. The … migration flow is evaluated using spatial econometrics techniques and controlling for the labor mobility effect and regional … wages. Additionally, the estimated model looks for variations in migration by taking into account the distinctive population …
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This paper analyses the immigrant-native wage gap and incorporates cognitive skills to approximate an individual human capital profile. Based on data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) for 15 European countries, we document that on average...
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