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Have Irish, German or Italian settlers arriving in the US at the turn of the 20th century left an institutional trace which determines economic development differences to this day? Does the national origin of migrants matter for long-term development? This paper explores whether the distinct...
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Economic debate about the consequences of immigration in Germany has largely focused on the wage effects for natives at …
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higher wages generally commute longer distances but adjust their distance to a wage change predominantly in urban areas …
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the opening of the border (1980-2001) I shed light on the development of wages. Both German employees and Czech commuters …
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In recent years, foreign labour has become an essential issue in Western Europe. Recent research suggests that foreign labour has implications for regional growth patterns and employment opportunities of native workers. Yet, few studies go into the dimension of the regional determinants of...
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-skill immigrants to those countries which did not impose restrictions to immigration, namely Ireland, Sweden, and the UK. However …, there is lack of recent systematic evidence on the level of immigration and the quality of the new immigrants. We focus on … the UK and combine the British and the European Labour Force Surveys to analyse whether immigration to the UK has changed …
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The immigration to Norway has increased strongly since the turn of the millennium and especially since the eastward EU … their reason of immigration. The immigration has changed from a gender balance during the first years of the 2000 towards a … clear male dominance after 2005, mostly due to increased labour immigration. The immigration has changed from a dominance of …
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There exists empirical evidence for Germany that income inequality has increased. Further, development of housing prices is quite heterogeneous between regions. In this paper we analyze regional inequality regarding purchasing power per capita. By contrast to the existing literature we apply...
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Around 5% of the foreign population residing in Spain took the decision to leave this country in 2009. Spain has recently become a receiving country for migrants and the phenomenon of temporary migration is on the rise. The aim of this paper is to provide some insights into the determinants that...
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This paper examines the determinants of internal migration in a context where wages tend to be rather inflexible at a …
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