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Analyzing the labor market activity of immigrant families in Germany
Basilio, Leilanie (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper analyzes whether immigrant families facing credit constraints adopt a family investment strategy wherein, upon arrival, an immigrant spouse invests in host country-specific human capital while the other partner works to finance the family's current consumption. Using data for West...
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The savings behavior of immigrants in Germany
Sinning, Mathias (contributor) - 2007
hauptsächlich auf Einwanderer in Deutschland, enthält aber auch internationale Vergleiche. Das deutsche Sozio-ökonomische Panel … bildet die wichtigste Datenquelle für die Analyse von in Deutschland lebenden Einwanderern. Die empirischen Ergebnisse weisen … Deutschland lassen sich auf eine Einwanderungspolitik zurückführen, die sich hauptsächlich an kurzfristigen ökonomischen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725923
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Bringing home the money : xenophobia and remittances ; the case of Germany
Holst, Elke (contributor); Schäfer, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2008
The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of individuals with a personal migration background. Major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725980
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Gender, migration, remittances : evidence from Germany
Holst, Elke (contributor); Schäfer, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2008
Gender-specific determinants of remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In 2007, about 7.3 million foreigners were living in Germany. While the total number of foreigners has decreased over the last decade, female migration to Germany has increased....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726148
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Are immigrants more mobile than natives? : Evidence from Germany
Schündeln, Matthias (contributor) - 2007
Low rates of internal migration in many European countries contribute to the persistence of significant regional labor market differences. To further our understanding of the underlying reasons I study internal migration in Germany, using the Mikrozensus, a very large sample of households living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646703
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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2008
Literature examining immigrants' educational disadvantage across countries focuses generally on average differences in educational outcomes between immigrants and natives disguising thereby that immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group. The aim of this paper is to examine educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652710
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Labour market outcomes of second generation immigrants : how heterogeneous are they really?
Schurer, Stefanie (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008
The second and third generation of immigrants have been the centre of a lively debate about the economic integration of immigrants into their host societies, but there is little empirical evidence on the German case. In this study I comprehensively portray the labour market outcomes of second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740243
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The immigrant wage gap in Germany
Aldashev, Alisher; Gernandt, Johannes; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003741267
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Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland und Schweden : die berufliche Bildung unter Reformdruck
Schuldt-Baumgart, Nicola - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003742402