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Immigration and heterogeneous labor in Western Germany : a labor market classification based on nonparametric estimation
Frölich, Markus; Puhani, Patrick A. - 2002
This paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities in heterogeneous labor markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447106
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The Swiss "job miracle"
Siegenthaler, Michael; Graff, Michael; Mannino, Massimo - 2014
While Switzerland's recent growth of employment was high in historical and international perspective, the reasons for this "job miracle" were not well understood. As the "miracle" was not anticipated by economic forecasters, it consequently resulted in systematic and persistent forecast errors....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438923
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EU enlargement and labour-force migration : proposals for a gradual convergence of labour markets
Sinn, Hans-Werner; Flaig, Gebhard; Werding, Martin; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländisches und … - 2001
estimate the migration potential after EU enlargement, econometric-based simulation models are used for the four most heavily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744064
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Self-Employment and Geographical Mobility in Germany
Reuschke, Darja - 2012
Little is known about the individual location behavior of self-employed entrepreneurs. This paper investigates the geographical mobility behavior of self-employed entrepreneurs, as compared to employees, thereby shedding new light onto the place embeddedness of self-employment. It examines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014174777
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Immigration and Heterogeneous Labor in Western Germany: A Labor Market Classification Based on Nonparametric Estimation
Puhani, Patrick A.; Frölich, Markus - 2002
This paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities in heterogeneous labor markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298120
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Internal migration and its impact on reducing inter-communal disparities in Chile
Villalobos Barría, Carlos - 2012
Based on the affirmation that internal migration in Chile has become increasingly less important as an equalizing … migration decision (based on observed and unobserved characteristics). This study finds that the productivity differential is … the leading factor explaining migration. However, migration not only depends on individual characteristics, but strongly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332691
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Are foreign migrants more assimilated than native ones?
Faini, Riccardo; Strøm, Steinar; Venturini, Alessandra; … - 2009
Italy, a country with large internal and international migration. This comparison, not yet exploited, yields understanding … migration and unobserved heterogeneity. The three groups of workers start their careers at the same wage level but, as …
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Wage growth through job hopping in China
Ariga, Kenn; Ohtake, Fumio; Sasaki, Masaru; Wu, Zheren - 2012
differentials essentially disappear. We also find that migration and job mobility are highly selective processes. Our evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291448
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Job mobility as a new explanation for the immigrant-native wage gap : a longitudinal analysis for the German labor market
Brenzel, Hanna; Reichelt, Malte - 2015
depreciation in human capital with migration or differences in endowments. However, even after considering human capital measures …. Diese unterstellt Ausstattungsunterschiede oder eine Abwertung von Humankapital bei Migration. Trotzdem bleibt auch nach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500648
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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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